? The baby returned from the garden languidly, eyesBlushed, slept poorly, and in the morning on the face and body showed a small reddish rash? Most likely - it's chicken pox, or chicken pox. Infection, which is easily transmitted by contact with airborne droplets. You can distinguish it by the rare speckles of the rash - at first they can be 2-3 on the face, then on the stomach. At the first signs of chickenpox, you need to call a doctor, since there are many diseases with such manifestations, the right diagnosis should be made by a specialist. The doctor's arrival on the house will exclude:
• infection with other people in the clinic
• possible complications due to hypothermia
whether the virus is dangerous?
Varicella-zoster virus of the herpes group, itso perfect, that susceptibility to it 100 per cent, if the person has not had chickenpox, contact necessarily infected. The virus is not resistant, outside the body dies quickly in sunlight. Contagious already sick the day before the rash appears, and 5 days after her disappearance. Varicella-zoster virus causes two types of the disease - chicken pox and shingles. Ringworm is usually in adulthood and is triggered by the development of the weakening of the immune system.
What to do with the rash?
The rash usually forms on the face and body in the form ofreddish irregular nodules with a bubble. After 8-10 hours of them follows a liquid and formed a crust, which gradually heal, if not damaging. The main thing - do not give the child to comb sores, or perhaps getting an infection. Every need to handle an antiseptic, it is better - a simple green paint.
In some children the disease is bright: multiple rashes appear immediately and take place in a few days. Others can last up to three weeks. During this period the child needs gentle treatment, without exhaustion, hypothermia and hyperthermia. Power is stored as usual. When you cough, fever doctor will advise the necessary preparations.
What not to do
When varicella in children with normal immunity problems usually do not occur, the disease ends in recovery. But some steps can greatly hurt and stretch the process Treatment of chickenpox in children. Absolutely can not:
• use antibiotics
• applied to the rash of various ointments
• bathe the patient
Anyone who deals with the ill with chickenpox, it is best to wear a mask. Adults suffer the disease seriously.
The funds for the prevention of chickenpox does not exist. It is necessary to support the immune system of the child, promote health and disease in the period to ensure proper care.
