Chickenpox
Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Chickenpox is very contagious. Symptoms include an itchy, blister-like rash in addition to other symptoms. Chickenpox illness usually lasts about 4 to 7 days. Children usually miss 5 to 6 days of school or childcare due to chickenpox.
Chickenpox
Symptoms of Chicken Pox
An itchy rash with fluid-filled blisters that eventually scab over.
Duration: Usually lasts 4 to 7 days.
Symptoms of chickenpox usually happen in the following order
Low-grade fever.
Feeling tired.
Headache.
A stomachache that makes you not want to eat.
A skin rash that’s very itchy and looks like many small blisters.
Bumps filled with a liquid that looks like milky water.
Scabs after the blisters break.
Skin that looks blotchy.
Crusty spots that fade away.
Three stages of chickenpox
Usually refer to the way the rash looks
Stage 1 is a red and bumpy rash. This can last a few days.
Stage 2 is a fluid-filled blistered rash. The blisters break open after about one to two days.
Stage 3 is when the blisters scab over. This stage also lasts a few days.
Even though the rash goes through three stages, you could have all types of bumps at the same time. This means some bumps can be forming while others are already breaking open. The entire rash can last up to about 10 days.
Transmission of Chicken Pox
Contact with someone with chickenpox
Up to 90% of people who are not immune and close to someone with chickenpox will also get infected.
A person with chickenpox is contagious 1 to 2 days before the rash begins, until all the chickenpox lesions have crusted (scabbed over).
These people are contagious until no new lesions have appeared for 24 hours.
Spread by coughing, sneezing, or direct contact with the rash.
Immunity: For most people, getting chickenpox once provides immunity for life.
Chickenpox can be serious, even life-threatening, for: pregnant women, babies, adolescents, adults, and people with weakened immune systems.
Contact with someone with shingles
VZV also causes shingles. After people recover from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in the body. People get shingles when VZV reactivates in their bodies later in life.
People who never had chickenpox or didn’t get chickenpox vaccine can get infected with VZV from someone who has shingles. They will develop chickenpox, not shingles.
These people can get the virus through
1.Direct contact with the fluid from shingles rash blisters.
2.Breathing in virus particles that come from the blisters.
3.It takes about 2 weeks (10 to 21 days) after exposure to a person with chickenpox or shingles for someone to develop chickenpox.
Treatment for Chicken Pox
Get plenty of rest and fluids.
Plenty of water and fluids to prevent dehydration.
A soft, bland diet can help if they have blisters in their mouth.
Chickenpox will go away on its own in a week or two.
To help your child feel less itchy
Press a cool, moist rag on the rash.
Keep your child cool.
Encourage your child not to scratch. Trim their fingernails so they can’t scratch.
Give your child a cool bath or shower every day from the 3rd or 5th day of onset of symptoms to prevent the further spread.
You can also give your child an oatmeal bath.
When you’re drying them off, don’t rub them with the towel. Instead, pat your child dry.
Don’t give/take aspirin. Aspirin can harm who have fevers.
There are several things that you can do at home to help relieve chickenpox symptoms and prevent skin infections.
Antiviral medication is recommended for people with chickenpox who are more likely to develop dangerous illnesses.
To ease symptoms and prevent the spread of chickenpox
Stay at home while you’re infectious
Cut your fingernails short or wear gloves to prevent scratching.
Maintain good hygiene and clean your skin with warm water daily.
Complications from chickenpox
unlikely but possible
Bacterial infections of your skin, blood and soft tissues.
Encephalitis or Reye’s syndrome.
Pneumonia.
Dehydration.
Issues with how your blood clots.
Liver problems.
Even when chickenpox was prevalent, healthy children generally had mild cases of chickenpox. But chickenpox can cause more serious symptoms in adults over 18.
chickenpox be fatal?
It’s very unlikely that you’ll die from chickenpox. Most people recover without complications. Of those who die from chickenpox, most people are adults. In 2022, there were fewer than 30 deaths from chickenpox in the U.S. and fewer than 1,400 hospitalizations. As the same time the countries like India having and following traditional treatment methods reporting very low or zero mortality rate.
Additionally
A bacterial infection, such as red, tender, or sore skin around the spots and blisters
Breathing difficulties, which may indicate pneumonia
Encephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain
Reye’s syndrome, which is a rare condition that causes swelling of the liver and brain in recovering children and teenagers
Hemorrhage, which is a loss of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
Sepsis, which is a life-threatening infection in the blood.
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