Chickenpox Disease Symptoms,Diagnosis and Treatment

Chickenpox diseases is very common in children.it is not cause  severe symptoms.Varicella -zoster virus is te cause of Chickenpox diseases.Chickenpox is the first infection of that virus which is occur mostly in children than shingles mostly seen in adulthood and elderly people.

Symptoms

The virus infection approximately after 14 days it can cause symptoms in the body (10-20 days ) before  occurs mild fever,malaise and anorexia.The disease usually start with mild fever,malaise.But the main symptoms of chickenpox is skin eruptions.Before skin starts to be pink ,can be seen red coloured shapes in the body.it develops spontaneously.Chickenpox is more severe in adults than in children.İf chickenpox is passed in the first 3 months of pregnancy ,it can cause congenital anomalies.

DIAGNOSIS

Careful examination of the skin ,can  be immediately diagnosed with chickenpox.İf someone contact with someone how had chickenpox ,can be directly to the diagnoses because of chickenpox highly contagious.

TREATMENT

Basically treatment for chickenpox is prevent infection and for ithcing should be used lotion for and daily cleaning of  the body also important for the prevention of infection.Cleaning of the body is necessary to prevent bacterial infection ,Children with high fever may use antipiretic syrup.İn those children should not be given aspirin in anyway.Because Reye's syndrome is a serious complication of using aspirin in children.İt can cause loss of liver function and cause fatty liver.with the loss of consciousness leading to come or even dead.

Modes of Transmission

Chicken pox is a highly infectious disease is a disease. Communicability period of 1-2 days before the rash starts. This direct contact with the infected rash. In addition, the so-called droplet path is transmitted by air. So if child  lives with someone  in the same household ,High possibility of contamination of Chicken pox.

Ways of Protection

First it is important to avoid contact with patients suffering from chicken pox.Children suffering from chicken pox should not  go to the school until the end of infection.And other way of protection is vaccine

If you are older than 12 years with an interval of 1 month still to be made to one of the 2 doses of vaccine should be administered. If your child is with chickenpox is contagious within the first 72 hours at a time only if contact with the disease have the vaccine can protect him. In addition, varicella-zoster immune globulin as a method of passive protection (VZIG) may be used. Again, this is one of your child's contact with the patient 96 hours after the first application is protective.