How Many Days to Recover From Chicken Pox
How Many Days to Recover From Chicken Pox? Chickenpox symptoms start with a fever and then an itchy rash that develops into fluid-filled blisters. The blisters then dry and form scabs. The virus is contagious until all the blisters have crusted over.
Healthy children do not need specific treatment for chicken pox. However, calamine lotion or oatmeal baths can help relieve itching. Acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) can help reduce a fever.
Method 1: Symptoms How Many Days to Recover From Chicken Pox
Most people with chickenpox feel better after a week or so. But itching can be severe. Children with the illness may also have a fever, headache and dry cough. Chickenpox can lead to serious complications, especially in young babies and adults, or people with a weak immune system. The symptoms of chicken pox appear about 10 to 21 days after a person is exposed to the varicella-zoster virus.
They start with flu-like symptoms, and then a rash of itchy red spots appears. These spots develop fluid-filled blisters, which weep and then turn into scabs. Itching is the main symptom of chickenpox, but you can also experience fever, fatigue, sore throat and loss of appetite. Children can be sent back to school or nursery after the rash has crusted over but should stay at home until then and should avoid contact with babies, pregnant women and anyone who is immunocompromised (for example, people receiving cancer treatment or taking long-term steroids). They should also avoid touching any blisters.
Method 2: Treatment How Many Days to Recover From Chicken Pox
The varicella-zoster virus usually lives silently in the nervous system throughout life, but sometimes it can be reactivated (come back to life) when your immune defences are lower, such as during stress, serious illness, pregnancy or after treatment for another health problem. When reactivated, it causes herpes zoster, more commonly known as shingles.
Symptoms begin about 10 to 21 days after you or your child is exposed to the chickenpox virus. They include fever and a sick feeling, followed by a rash with itchy, fluid-filled blisters. These blisters then dry, form scabs and heal.
Most people with chickenpox recover without complications. But it’s important to treat the symptoms of chickenpox at home, such as a cool bath with baking soda or aluminium acetate and calamine lotion dabbed on the itchy spots. Antiviral drugs can help with complications. But you should never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have chickenpox, because it can lead to a rare but dangerous medical condition called Reye’s syndrome.
Method 3: Prevention
Today, most kids get the chickenpox vaccine and usually don’t need any special treatment if they do get it. But kids who haven’t gotten the vaccine can still catch chickenpox (varicella, or herpes zoster) and get very sick with itchy skin rash and fever that forms small, fluid-filled blisters and then scabs over.
Symptoms start 10 to 21 days after a person is exposed to the virus. They begin with tiredness and a feeling of illness that lasts two weeks. Then comes the itchy rash that usually looks like spots or raised bumps on the body and face. These bumps turn into fluid-filled blisters that eventually dry up and scab over in about five days.
Children and adults who get chickenpox should stay at home until all the blisters are over. They should avoid school or work until then. People can drink lots of fluids to prevent dehydration. Acetaminophen, or Tylenol, can help with pain and a fever. Never give aspirin to children or teenagers who have chickenpox, because this can lead to a serious problem called Reye’s syndrome.
Method 4: Vaccination
Vaccination against chickenpox is extremely important for children, and adults who can’t afford the vaccine are at risk of serious complications from this illness. It is available from a doctor, nurse or midwife, and is usually given in the arm.
The vaccine prevents the disease by stimulating a person’s immune system to produce antibodies against the varicella-zoster virus. Once you’ve had two doses of the vaccine, you’re protected against chickenpox.
People at high risk of severe symptoms if they catch the disease include young babies, pregnant women, or anyone with a weak immune system, such as those having cancer treatment or taking steroids. A very remote chance of an allergic reaction to the vaccine, or a side effect, can occur in any person.
Avoid the vaccine if you have had a severe allergic reaction to a previous dose, or a component of the vaccine; take aspirin during immunisation, as it can increase the risk of Reye’s syndrome; or are breastfeeding.
