Chickenpox on children is a contagious, rash-like disease caused by varicella-zoster virus infection. Chickenpox is a self-limiting disease, no complications when the general treatment, symptomatic treatment, antiviral treatment.
1. General treatment: patients should be isolated in time, change underwear frequently, cut the nails of children wearing gloves to prevent scratching, maintain air circulation, drink more water, choose light and easy to digest food.
2. Symptomatic treatment: itching patients can use glycerine lotion; fever can take acetaminophen, ibuprofen and other antipyretic drugs; secondary bacterial infections, you can use topical erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment.
3. Antiviral therapy: should be used as early as possible, within 48 hours of the appearance of the rash began to use the first choice of drugs for acyclovir, the early use of interferon is also able to inhibit the development of the rash, accelerate the recovery of the disease.
Children with chickenpox should seek medical attention in a timely manner, and drugs need to be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.