• Chickenpox Chickenpox

Contagious disease caused by the herpes zoster virus.

Treatment

Using a drug to counter the proliferation of herpes zoster virus, the disease is not caused major problems.

May be prescribed oral medications like ointments against itching.

When there is suppuration, one can simultaneously use anitibióticos.

Care should be taken at home.

Food: if there feridinhas mouth, take foods that do not irritate.

Bathroom: the principle, not bathing. If the rash (irritation) is very strong and does not have a fever and are well prepared, you can take a bath in the shower.

School: when eruptions dry (crusts), you can go to school.

Bring back to the hospital

If the rash fester and swell or inflame.

If fever persists for more than four days, are exhausted and unwilling.

Are not feeling well, discouraged or powerless.

Prevention

Chickenpox is an airborne disease and is highly contagious even before the rash breaks out, which makes prevention difficult. It is possible to catch chickenpox from a person who is in another aisle in the supermarket and do not even know who has chicken pox!

The chickenpox vaccine is part of routine immunization.

• Children receive two doses of the traditional chickenpox vaccine. The first dose is given 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose is received from 4 to 6 years of age.

• People over 13 who have not been vaccinated and contracted chickenpox should not take two doses of vaccine at a specified interval 4-8 weeks.

Virtually anyone who takes the vaccine arrives to present moderate or severe chickenpox. The small number of children who contracted chickenpox after receiving the vaccine, only one child presented a mild case.

The chickenpox vaccine does not require a booster later. However, a vaccine similar, but different, later received reduces the incidence of herpes zoster (shingles).

Talk to your doctor if you think your child may be at risk of complications and may have been exposed. Immediate preventive measures may be important. Vaccination after exposure can also reduce the severity of disease.