Chickenpox, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.

today's topic is chickenpox a disease commonly of children caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever malaise an eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes it's very rare to have the chickenpox infection more than once and since the chickenpox vaccine was introduced in the mid 1990s cases have declined causes varicella-zoster virus or vzb causes the chickenpox infection most cases occur through contact with an infected person the virus is contagious to those around you for one to two days before your blisters appear vzv remains contagious until all blisters have crusted over the virus can spread through saliva coughing sneezing contact with fluid from the blisters signs and symptoms the hallmark symptom of chickenpox is a rash before the rash appears there will be a general feeling of being unwell or malaise fever which is usually worse in adults than children aching muscles loss of appetite in some cases of feeling of nausea after the rash appears there will be rash severity varies from a few spots to a rash that covers the whole body spots the spots developing clusters and generally appear on the face limbs the chest and stomach they tend to be small red and itchy blisters blisters can develop on the top of the spots these can become very itchy cloudy within about 48 hours the blisters cloud over and start drying out a crust develops healing within about 10 days the crusts fall off on their own during the whole cycle new waves of spots can appear in such cases the patient may have different clusters of spots and varying stages of itchiness dryness and crustiness other symptoms a few people have more severe symptoms if the following occur a doctor should be contacted the skin around the spots or blisters becomes painful and red there are breathing difficulties most healthy individuals make a full recovery as with a cold or flu by resting and drinking plenty of fluids diagnosis doctor or nurse will know whether a child or adult has chickenpox just by looking and asking a few questions no medical tests are required to aid in the diagnosis on rare occasions chicken pox may be confused with scabies or some types of insect bites the treatment if you have a fever your doctor may recommend antipyretics if you appear dehydrated and are unable to drink fluids your doctor may recommend IV fluids either in an emergency room or as a hospitalized patient secondary bacterial skin infections may be treated with antibiotics cause a virus causes chickenpox no antibiotic can cure the disease tap or Pat don't scratch your itch take a cool oatmeal bath you can buy it at your local drugstore dab or Pat don't rub your skin dry wear loose cotton clothing so your skin can breathe heat and sweat make you itch more use a cool wet washcloth on super itchy areas to calm your skin drink lots of fluids to help your body rid itself of the virus faster it also helps you from getting dehydrated thank you for watching our video please do not forget to like and share the video also please subscribe to the channel to stay updated on our latest videos

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Length: 4min 27sec (267 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 02 2018