How to treat chickenpox

Chickenpox is a disease that many people are familiar with. This type of disease needs timely treatment after it occurs, otherwise it will cause great harm to one's health. Moreover, after the occurrence of chickenpox, the choice of treatment method cannot be carried out arbitrarily, otherwise it will not have any benefit to the patient's health. So how to treat chickenpox? Many people are not very clear about this issue.

When treating chickenpox, you need to have a good understanding of its treatment methods so that you know how to treat it best. So what is the treatment method for chickenpox? The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have a good understanding of its treatment methods.

Treatment of Chicken Pox:

The child should be isolated early until all the rashes have crusted over. Children who have been in contact with chickenpox should be isolated and observed for 3 weeks. There is no specific treatment for this disease. The main treatment is symptomatic treatment to prevent secondary skin infection, keep it clean and avoid itching. Strengthen care to prevent secondary infection. Actively isolate patients to prevent infection.

Isolate early until the rash is completely crusted and dry. Local treatment is mainly to relieve itching and prevent infection. Gentian violet solution can be applied externally, and antibiotic ointment can be used externally for secondary infection. Antibiotics can be used when the systemic symptoms of secondary infection are severe. Avoid using corticosteroids to prevent the spread and aggravation of chickenpox.

When the herpes breaks or secondary infection occurs, 1% gentian violet solution can be applied locally. If the herpes has not broken, calamine lotion can be applied. Effective antitoxins can be used when there is secondary infection. Hormones should not be used for chickenpox to avoid spreading the virus.

For patients with disseminated varicella in immunocompromised patients, neonatal varicella or varicella pneumonia, encephalitis and other severe cases, antiviral drug treatment should be adopted as soon as possible. Or add interferon-a to inhibit viral replication, prevent viral spread, promote skin lesion healing, accelerate disease recovery, and reduce mortality.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the treatment methods of chickenpox, so when treating it, we can follow the above methods. However, it should be noted that when treating it, we must also pay attention to the patient's physical condition. After some problems occur, the patient needs to improve in time.