Treatment in Chicken Pox
Author: Groshan Fabiola

My baby has a red, spotty rash all over her chest. Could it be chicken pox?

It is very possible. The chicken pox usually shows up on the body under the form of a simple rash (tiny red itching spots). These spots gradually turn into clear, fluid-filled blisters on a pink base, which after bursting will become dry brown crusts. One disadvantage would be the fact that this kind of blisters keep on appearing on the body for up to 7 more days. She might also be tired and slightly feverish.

A highly contagious disease, chicken pox is usually spread through air, when inhaling the air near a pacient with this disease that has just coughed or sneezed, pr by touch , again by coming in direct contact with a diseased person. Infants usually get their antibodies from their mothers while steal being in the womb, so it is very improbable for them to catch the disease in their first year of life. And even if they do in most cases it just a mild form they would be suffering from.

In the case of healthy babies chicken pox is more of a nuisance than a real threat. It is a completely other business if the child has a weak or weakened immune system. Chronic illness, leukemia or taking high dose oral steroids medication for asthma can lead to such a thing. Complication and infection can cause serious trouble for the pacient such as pneumonia or encephalitis, a serious brain disease. The best thing in this cases would be to call a doctor or a pediatrician as soon as symptoms of this viral disease appear in the young pacients. For more protection it is best to administer an injection of varicella zoster immune globulin or the varicella vaccine immediately after the exposure to the threat

For adults getting the disease is actually more dangerous than in the case of children because of the risk to develop complications such as bacterial pneumonia. To fight chicken pox doctors have researched and found a vaccine in 1995 witch they recommend to shot any child 12 months or older who hasn't already had the disease. Having very few side effects, it is able to protect more than 95% from getting a serious case of chicken pox. The only downside is that it fails to completely immunize some 10 to 30 percent of the children, still this kids only get a very mild case of the disease.

Part of the treatment for chicken pox is giving the pacient bath every 3 to 4 hours to relieve the itching, adding some dry oat meal to the water. For the fever it is recommended to use acetaminophen not being indicated for pacients under 20. Best thing to do would be to follow the doctors advice.

For more information about symptoms of chicken pox or even about chicken pox virus please review this page http://www.chicken-pox-center.com/

 

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