Veterinary chicken pox was formerly considered one of theclassical childhood diseases. But she began to meet much less often after the invention of the vaccine. Basically, this disease is easily treatable, but with the diagnosis of "chicken pox" complications can still be.
Chickenpox spreads very easily. You can get infected if the carrier of infection coughs or sneezes nearby. A person becomes a spreader of the disease even before water bubbles appear.
Often, chickenpox occurs in children, but alsoadults can also get sick of it. The disease is calm, although with the diagnosis of "chicken pox" complications sometimes happen. Older people usually suffer an infection worse than children. Severe course of such a disease can be in children whose immune system is weakened.
Symptoms of chickenpox include:
- fever,
- headache,
- abdominal pain,
Rash occurs 10-21 days after coming into contact with the virus carrier.
Most children do not suffer complications when diagnosing the disease "chicken pox".
When treatment is recommended:
- be careful of combing and damaging the bubbles;
- Wear cool, light, loose clothing.
- Do not expose the skin to prolonged exposure to moisture and excessive heat.
In rare cases, with the diagnosis of "chicken pox" complications can lead to serious infections, such as encephalitis. In addition, the disease can be complicated:
- Reye's syndrome.This is a rare but often severe and even fatal ailment that often affects children and adolescents. In patients with a diagnosis of Reye syndrome, mental changes are usually observed. The malaise can proceed calmly or progress, bringing the patient's condition to a coma. Possible fatal outcome;
- myocarditis.It is an inflammatory process in the heart muscle. It can be caused by a variety of infections and viruses, as well as immune diseases. With this disease, the virus affects the heart muscle and causes local inflammation;
- pneumonia.It is an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, fungi or parasites. It is characterized, above all, by inflammation of the alveoli. This is a very serious disease. It is very dangerous for kids. Children younger than one year are more likely than others to develop pneumonia. They have symptoms that are weak. Signs of damage are cough, possibly with green slime from the lungs, fever, rapid breathing, chills, vomiting, diarrhea;
- cosmetic defects.Despite the fact that chickenpox does not leave scarring behind, they can still be formed if the patient has scratched the vesicles. In this case, the upper layer of the skin breaks down and small scars remain during healing. They can go through a few months, but they can stay.
If a man gets sick with chickenpox, then it is much harder for him to bear the infection than for the baby. Therefore, there are more complications in adults.
The most serious consequence of the disease isinfection of a bacterial type, such as encephalitis. This can even lead to death. To prevent this from happening, do not comb the blisters to prevent infection.
Even an adult can have vision impairment or complete loss of vision. Rheumatism is also one of the complications of chicken pox.
In women who have contracted chickenpox during the periodpregnancy, the fetus can also be infected. With the maternal diagnosis of chicken pox, complications in children who have been born may not appear immediately, but after a time, therefore, it always shrouds to be vaccinated, because the vaccine usually completely prevents the disease or makes the course of the disease very mild and calm. Complications of chickenpox occur, but they can be avoided with proper treatment.
