Can I breastfeed if I have chickenpox during breastfeeding?

Varicella is a highly contagious disease. If you get chickenpox during breastfeeding, it is best not to breastfeed your child. Wait until the chickenpox is healed before breastfeeding. Also, you need to isolate yourself from your child if you have chickenpox during breastfeeding. Although chickenpox is a respiratory infection, it can easily cause itching. If you scratch it, the broken chickenpox can be transmitted to the child through contact. Your daily diet should also be light, and try not to eat spicy or irritating foods.

What should I do if I get chickenpox during breastfeeding ? It usually takes at least a week for a breastfeeding mother to recover from chickenpox. Also, you should make sure to see a doctor, because at this time you should try to separate yourself from your baby. Chickenpox is highly contagious. The patient is the main source of infection and is contagious from 1 to 2 days before the rash appears to 5 days after it appears. Children may also develop chickenpox if they come into contact with someone with shingles, as the two have the same cause. The main transmission routes are respiratory droplets or direct contact. It may also be contaminated by contact with contaminated items. This disease mainly occurs in winter and spring, and the general population is susceptible, but a single attack can provide lifelong immunity. (I) Source of infection: Chickenpox patients are the main source of infection. Chickenpox is contagious from 1 to 2 days before the rash appears until the rash dries and forms scabs. Susceptible children may also develop chickenpox when they come into contact with patients with shingles, but this is rare. (2) The main transmission routes are through droplets and direct contact. It can also be transmitted indirectly through healthy people at close range and within a short period of time. (3) Susceptible populations are generally susceptible. But the disease is most common in preschool children. Infants under 6 months old are less likely to develop the disease because they obtain antibodies from their mothers. Chickenpox during pregnancy can infect the fetus. People acquire lasting immunity after the illness, but shingles may occur. (IV) Epidemic characteristics can occur throughout the year, but are more common in winter and spring. The disease is highly contagious, and about 90% of susceptible people will develop the disease after coming into contact with patients. Therefore, it is easy for kindergartens, primary schools and other collective institutions for young children to cause an epidemic.

Treatment of insomnia during lactation Insomnia usually means that the patient is not satisfied with the sleep time or sleep quality. When you are free, you must pay attention to relieving the excitement of your brain. You can do some appropriate gymnastics before going to bed, avoid taking some stimulating beverages, don’t smoke, but try to wash your teeth, keep your mouth clean, and pay attention to improving the sleeping environment, which will help relieve the excitement of the brain. During the interview, you should pay attention to mental relaxation. You can take some Qiye Shen'an tablets or Anshenbao granules orally.

Folk remedies for treating severe insomnia: 1. Fresh salvia miltiorrhiza and fresh jujube root. Decoction in water, mainly used to treat insomnia, forgetfulness, and strange dreams at night. 2. 2 eggs, wolfberry, and 10 red dates. First boil the wolfberries and red dates in water for 30 minutes, then add the eggs and cook until cooked. Mainly used to treat insomnia and forgetfulness. 3. Hawthorn kernel. Fry until charcoal is formed, crush it, boil it in water, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take one dose every night before going to bed. Mainly used to treat palpitations and insomnia. (Do not use if you have excessive stomach acid) 5. 1 pig heart, Panax notoginseng, and honey. Wash the pig heart, cook it with Panax notoginseng, and add honey after the pig heart is cooked. Eat meat and drink soup. 6. Chinese jujube seed powder, green tea. Brew green tea and drink it before 8 am in the morning, and avoid drinking tea after 8 am. Take 10 grams of Chinese jujube seed powder before going to bed at night. Use with caution in women with hypertension, tachycardia, habitual constipation and breastfeeding women. 7. Boil coptis root, donkey-hide gelatin, raw oyster, tortoise shell, pine nut seed, raw rehmannia root and spiny jujube seed in water and drink.

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