Precautions for adults with chickenpox

Most people think that chickenpox is a disease that only occurs in children. Generally, adults have very strong immune systems and can resist some diseases. Moreover, if the disease occurs when a child is young, the chance of developing the disease will decrease as they grow older. This causes adults to misdiagnose chickenpox or neglect treatment, which is a very scary situation. So what are the precautions for adults with chickenpox? Let's take a closer look below.

1. Disinfection

Thoroughly disinfect the air, bedding, clothes and utensils contaminated by the patient's droplets or rash. For example, the patient's snot and fallen scabs should be wrapped in toilet paper and burned; tableware should be boiled and disinfected for 5 to 10 minutes. Toys, furniture, and floors can be scrubbed and disinfected with soapy water or Lysol. Bedding, clothes, and other things that cannot be scrubbed or boiled can be exposed to the sun for 4 to 6 hours. The room should be ventilated to keep the air fresh. Patients should change their underwear and bed sheets frequently and keep their skin clean. Wash your hands frequently and trim your nails to avoid scratching the chickenpox scabs which may cause infection.

2. Isolation

Because chickenpox is highly contagious, patients must be isolated early until the rash dries up, crusts over, and falls off, which takes about 2 weeks.

3. Don’t grab it with your hands

The blisters of chickenpox generally do not break on their own, so there is no need to apply medicine. If there is ulceration, apply 2% gentian violet locally. If secondary infection occurs, antibiotics can be given for treatment. Because chickenpox is very itchy, be careful to avoid scratching it with your hands. If the itching is severe, you can use some anti-itch lotion.

4. Take some rest

If the patient has a fever, he should rest in bed, drink plenty of water, eat easily digestible food and eat more fruits. If you have a high fever, you can take antipyretics.

5. Eat digestible food

Drink plenty of water, eat easily digestible and nutritious foods such as porridge, mung bean soup, milk, soy milk, eggs, etc., and eat more fruits.

This is the end of the explanation of the precautions for adults with chickenpox. Chickenpox is a phenomenon we are very familiar with. Almost most children have experienced this disease. However, we need to pay attention that not only children but adults can also get chickenpox. We need to take scientific methods of treatment in time to get rid of the harm of chickenpox as soon as possible.