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What it is necessary to know about children's chicken pox?

Causative agent of chicken pox

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Chicken pox is an infectious viral disease. Preferential children are ill it, but it can meet, though is rare, at adult age. The causative agent of chicken pox – the Varicella Zoster virus. It very quickly extends on an organism. Its characteristics: the virus is sensitive to ultraviolet beams, has ability to survive at low temperatures, does not perish at repeated freezing.

Types of chicken pox

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At hit in an organism the virus begins to work, and visible symptoms of a disease – bubbles in which there is a liquid are soon shown. But as soon as on site bubbles there are crusts, the virus disappears. Distinguish two types of chicken pox: typical and atypical. At quiet disease of the patient can stay at home, but at essential deterioration in health it is placed by all means in a hospital.

Chicken pox symptoms

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The main symptom of chicken pox are rashes in the form of bubbles which arise on all body. The disease can sometimes be followed by a headache, irritation in a throat and temperature increase, but such symptoms are optional. Having appeared on a body, bubbles burst after a while, then dry up and at the final stage on their place crusts are formed.

Chicken pox periods

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The first period – incubatory. Its duration is from 10 to 23 days. The next period – prodromal. It is couple of days before emergence of bubbles. In it the period the disease enters a dangerous phase – the patient becomes an infection source. The final period – the period of rashes. At this stage the body becomes covered by bubbles which in several days burst, forming crusts.

How to make the diagnosis?

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It is rather simple to make the diagnosis at a disease of chicken pox. Also not professionals can cope with it. It is enough to parents to see characteristic rashes on a body and if the child had a contact with the patient with chicken pox, then the diagnosis does not raise doubts. Anyway, it can be rechecked, having addressed to medical institution.

How there is infection?

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Infection is transmitted from the sick person in the airborne way. And if the child was not ill earlier and has no immunity to this disease, then the probability of infection is very high. Viruses of chicken pox can remain, for example, in the elevator in which the diseased passed and to get to the person who entered there after it. Often the disease flashes in kindergartens.

How chicken pox develops?

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Getting on mucous nasopharynxes, the virus enters a reproduction phase that it represents an incubation interval. At this moment of the patient also does not suspect that it is infected. Only when the virus on a lymph is carried on all organism and there are rashes, state chicken pox. In an acute phase of a disease causative agents of a virus are in bubbles, at recession of a disease the virus passes into the sleeping state.

Course of a disease

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At the beginning of a disease temperature increases, quite often there is a headache. Many children complain of lack of appetite, the general weakness and slackness, and also of an intolerable itch. Undoubtedly, it serves as the main reason for increase in a capriciousness. The first rashes develop on a face and a pilar part of the head, then extend on all body.

Treatment of chicken pox at children

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If the disease does not take a severe form, then the child is treated in house conditions. Observe a bed rest, healthy nutrition and allow to drink a lot of liquid. All medicines if those are required, the attending physician writes out. He can appoint antihistaminic drug of weak action for simplification of an itch. It is also possible to reduce displays of an itch, greasing places of defeat with glycerin.

How to facilitate a condition of the patient?

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As bubbles do not appear all and at once, and continue to arise for some time, it is important to trace them and to process timely. For processing of rashes on a body use brilliant green. It well dries bubbles. Especially carefully it is necessary to process a crotch and auricles. On mucous surfaces apply peroxide of hydrogen of 3%.

Whether there can be complications?

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If during treatment of a disease all necessary precautionary measures, then development of complications – extremely unusual occurrence were observed. More often than others there is purulent dermatitis, owing to combing of bubbles. At children of advanced age varicellous encephalitis (attacks of a severe headache) can be observed. In other cases against the background of easing of immunity stomatitis or conjunctivitis can develop.

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