What should I do if my child has chickenpox in an emergency?
Regarding chickenpox, eight out of ten people have had chickenpox, and many children are in kindergarten or elementary school, because of other people's infection and other reasons, it is easy to get chickenpox, what should children do if they have chickenpox?
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease, and it can be spread through spittle, contact, etc. In kindergarten, if a child is infected with chickenpox, and the parents or teachers do not find out, and continue to let the child play with the child, basically the whole class can be infected with chickenpox.
Chickenpox has a rapid onset, and about two weeks after a child is infected with the chickenpox virus, the child will have a prodromal symptom of chickenpox. Fever, headache, general malaise, etc., 24 hours after the onset of the disease, the child will have a rash on the body, and quickly grow into a rice grain or pea-sized chickenpox, these chickenpox are surrounded by redness, the center of the blister becomes a navel socket, after two to three days, the chickenpox will gradually dry and consolidate the scab, and slowly fall off.
Chickenpox can grow anywhere, but of course, chickenpox grows more often on the trunk. Chickenpox can be cured, but because chickenpox can cause itching, many children will scratch it, and chickenpox is likely to cause complications, because when chickenpox appears on the child's body, parents still need to take their children to the hospital for treatment in time.
If parents do not take good care of children's chickenpox, it will cause secondary infection of skin herpes, pneumonia, chickenpox encephalitis, chickenpox hepatitis, myocarditis,nephritis, hypothalamic syndrome, and so on. These chickenpox complications are very harmful to the child, if the doctor can control the condition in time, it is fine, if not, such as encephalitis and other neurothoracic complications can lead to the death of the child, even if it survives, there will be permanent sequelae.
Chickenpox is very itchy, we must cut the child's fingernails short to avoid the infection and scar caused by the child's scratching. For some smaller children, such as a few months old, you can put protective cotton gloves on your child to prevent them from scratching chickenpox.
After the child has chickenpox, try to stay in bed at home, and do not go out again, so as not to cause other complications after going out and aggravate the child's condition.
Chickenpox will scab over about 3 to 5 days after the onset of the disease, so be careful not to scratch the child, if you scratch the scab, it will be easy to leave a scar. Especially for chickenpox scabs on the face, special attention must be paid to it.
Therefore, for the sake of the child's health, when the child has chickenpox symptoms, parents must not be sloppy, and should take the child to the hospital for treatment in time. At the same time, pay attention to the diet of the little ones. When a child has chickenpox, many foods should be abstained from, and eating them will only aggravate the child's condition.
In addition to knowing the solution to your child's chickenpox, some precautions should also be paid attention to. So, what should children pay attention to when they have chickenpox?
1. Isolation
Patients with suspected or confirmed chickenpox should be isolated. Children who go to school or are enrolled in nurseries can generally be isolated at home, and if there are other children in the family who have not had chickenpox, they should choose another place to live or not share a room with the patient. Isolation should continue until all herpes is dry and crusted over.
2. Open the window regularly
Air circulation also has the effect of killing viruses in the air. However, care should be taken to prevent children from getting cold when ventilating the room. Let the room be flooded with sunlight as much as possible, and open the glass windows (glass blocks virus-killing UV rays).
3. Change clothes and quilts frequently to keep your skin clean
Clothes, bedding, towels, dressings, toys, and tableware that come into contact with varicella herpes fluid should be washed, sunburned, scalded, boiled, and burned separately according to the situation, and should not be shared with healthy people.
4. Avoid the baby from scratching the acne rash with his hands
In particular, be careful not to scratch the acne rash on the face, so as not to cause the herpes to be scratched and purulent and infected, and if the lesion is deeply damaged, it may leave a scar. To prevent this from happening, cut your child's nails short and keep their hands clean. A pair of gloves with a raw edge outwards can be sewn, or gauze can be wrapped around his hands. If the herpes breaks, apply 1% purple syrup, or antibiotic ointment if suppurated.