Chicken Pox Creates Acute Health Disorder
January 16, 2009
Chicken pox is a high degree infectious skin ailment. This is prevalently seen with children below 12 years of age. It is a viral infection caused by the infection of vericella-zoster virus. The infection of chicken pox is displayed by some small itchy red spots which turns into small blisters and ultimately get disappeared by one week time but as the rash is extremely itchy in nature and accompanied by fever and low immunity problem, it becomes painful for the patient to bear with the intensity and trouble with this disease.
Initially the rashes like red spots turn to be appeared on chest and stomach and gradually spread in the other parts of the body and in a short course of time get converted to itchy blisters. This skin disease is extremely contagious and the contamination period extends the before the rash comes to be appeared on the body until all the blisters are dried.
Before appearance of the red rash with somebody it is difficult to understand the problem of chicken pox infection and contamination mostly happens during this time. Chicken pox gets spread with direct contact with the affected person and never by indirect contact of an ailing person.
The infection mainly is borne by air. From the proximal distance the sneezing and coughing of the chicken pox patient the infection may get spread to another person.
A carrying mother can pass her infection in her baby in the womb.
If mothers are affected with chicken pox the disease may transmitted to the new born babies in post-birth period.
Isolation and rest is the best treatment as well as the best preventive for chicken pox. The affected person should stay in physical rest for the period until the blisters are all curd and dried up completely. If absolute isolation is not possible, the patient should not come in close contact with other members of the house for best possible prevention.
In normal cases chicken pox is cured in one week time by home remedies and rest, but incase the patient is suffering from high fever, terribly painful blisters with yellowish or greenish pus oozing, continuous vomiting, in case of acute dehydration, and/ or in case any rash in eye, you should consult a doctor immediately for clinical advice.
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