Complications of chickenpox in children like?

The time of March - April is when chickenpox outbreaks in children as well as adults. Many parents, because they have not yet been equipped with the necessary knowledge in the care of chickenpox in children, accidentally make their baby's condition worse and worse.

The season of chickenpox in the season is when many people feel extremely worried about the dangerous complications that the disease causes, especially for the target group of children and pregnant women. So what is the nature of the disease and the consequences it leaves for the patient? The following article of aFamilyToday Health will help readers to answer these questions.

What is chickenpox?

Chickenpox (chickenpox) is an acute infection caused by the varicella zoster virus. The highest prevalence rates are usually in urban areas where people are densely populated, especially during the changing seasons. The most susceptible age is 2-7 years old, mostly in children who have not had chickenpox vaccination. The disease is rarely seen in children under 6 months. Adults are also at risk.

Symptoms of the disease

Chickenpox starts 10 to 21 days after a patient is exposed to the virus and usually lasts 5 to 10 days. A rash is a sign that the disease has started. Other signs and symptoms that may appear 1-2 days before the rash, include:

Fever

Anorexia

Headache

Tired.

Once onset, chickenpox will progress through 3 stages:

Red spots of different sizes appear and then spread to the entire body

Water bubbles appear

The water balloon dries and becomes scaly, and over the next several days the crust falls off.

Note: When a child has chickenpox, parents absolutely do not let their child scratch because if the balloon bursts, they will spread and leave a deep scar and many other dangerous complications.

Complications of the disease

Chickenpox is a common disease, but the complications are dangerous and even fatal. Complications include:

Skin, soft tissue, bone, joint or blood (plasma) infection

Dehydration

Pneumonia

Encephalitis (meningitis)

Toxic shock syndrome

Reye Syndrome for people who take aspirin during chickenpox.

Who is at risk of infection?

People at high risk of complications from chickenpox include:

Newborns and infants whose mothers have not had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine

Adults

Pregnant women have not had chickenpox

Children with asthma.

Chickenpox during pregnancy

Pregnant women with chickenpox will have many dangerous complications for both mother and fetus. If the mother gets chickenpox in early pregnancy, the baby may be born with an underweight, birth defect in the arms or legs. In the case of pregnant women getting chickenpox in the week immediately before birth or within a few days after giving birth, the disease causes serious and life-threatening infections of the newborn.

If you are pregnant and have not had chickenpox any time, you should consult your doctor about the risk and effects of the disease on the fetus.

Chickenpox and shingles

If you have had chickenpox in the past, you are at risk for another condition caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus called shingles. After getting chickenpox, some varicella-zoster viruses can still survive in nerve cells. Years later, the virus can reactivate and develop shingles . This virus usually reappears in the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

Shingles has its own complications that are typically painful after the shingles rash has gone. This complication, called neuralgia after a herpes infection, is extremely dangerous. A vaccine against shingles (Zostavax) is available and is recommended by health professionals for use by adults 60 years of age and older who have had chickenpox.

Chickenpox with many other dangerous complications entails always an obsession with everyone. Timely detection and treatment will be a key factor in reducing the risks encountered. Hope this information will help readers understand more about the disease and have the correct treatment direction.