Chicken pox used to be considered one of the classic childhood diseases. But it became much less common after the invention of the vaccine. Basically, this disease is easily treatable, however, with the diagnosis of chickenpox, complications can still be.
Chicken pox spreads very easily. You can become infected if the carrier of the infection coughs or sneezes nearby. A person becomes a distributor of the disease even before water bubbles appear.
Chickenpox is often found in children, but adults can also get it. The disease proceeds calmly, although complications sometimes occur with a diagnosis of chickenpox. Older people are usually less likely to tolerate infection than children. A severe course of such a disease can be in children whose immune system is weakened.
Symptoms of chickenpox include:
- fever
- headache,
- abdominal pain,
The rash appears 10-21 days after coming into contact with the virus carrier.
In most children, complications do not occur when diagnosing chickenpox.
In the treatment recommended:
- Avoid combing and damage to the bubbles;
- Wear cool, light, loose clothing.
- Do not expose the skin to prolonged exposure to moisture and excessive heat.
In rare cases, with a diagnosis of chickenpox, complications can lead to serious infections, such as encephalitis. In addition, the disease can be complicated:
- Reye's syndrome. This is a rare, but often severe and even fatal ailment that often affects children and adolescents. Patients with a diagnosis of Reye's syndrome usually experience mental changes. The malaise can proceed calmly or progress, bringing the patient's condition to a coma. Lethal outcome possible;
- myocarditis. This is an inflammatory process in the heart muscle. It can be caused by a number of infections and viruses, as well as immune diseases. With this disease, the virus affects the heart muscle and causes local inflammation;
- pneumonia. It is a lung infection caused by bacteria, fungi, or parasites. It is characterized primarily by inflammation of the alveoli. This is a very serious disease. It is very dangerous for kids. Children under one year old are more likely than others to develop pneumonia. Their symptoms are mild. Signs of damage include coughing, possibly with green mucus from the lungs, fever, fast breathing, chills, vomiting, diarrhea;
- cosmetic defects. Despite the fact that chickenpox does not leave scars, they can still form if the patient scratches the vesicles. In this case, violations of the upper layer of the skin occur and during healing small scars remain. They may pass in a few months, but they may remain.
If a mature person falls ill with chickenpox, then it is much harder to transfer the infection to him than to a baby. Therefore, there are more complications in adults.
The most serious consequence of the disease is the attachment of a bacterial infection such as encephalitis. This can even be fatal. To prevent this from happening, you should not comb the bubbles in order to prevent infection.
Even in an adult, vision may be impaired or complete loss may occur. Rheumatism is also one of the complications of chickenpox.
In women who have become infected with chickenpox during pregnancy, the fetus may be infected. With a maternal diagnosis of chickenpox, complications in children born may not appear immediately, but after a while, therefore, always vaccinate, because the vaccine usually completely prevents the disease or makes the course of the disease very mild and calm. Complications of chickenpox are found, but they can be avoided with proper treatment.