How to deal with chicken pox in children

Chickenpox in children is mainly an acute infectious skin disease caused by varicella zoster virus infection, which can be handled by symptomatic treatment, antiviral treatment and other methods. 1. Symptomatic treatment: Because chickenpox disease course has self-limiting, most can improve by themselves, so can be symptomatic treatment. Children should pay attention to bed rest when fever occurs, and can take ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretics under the guidance of doctors to reduce fever; If the itching of chickenpox is more serious, you can follow the doctor’s instructions, oral antihistamines for relief, such as loratadine, cetirizine, etc., can also be applied to stop itching glycerite lotion. 2. Antiviral: mild chickenpox generally do not need antiviral treatment, if the combination of immune disorders, the use of immunosuppressive drugs or serious complications can use acyclovir antiviral treatment. Once the children appear chickenpox, should pay attention to timely to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for reasonable treatment.