Chickenpox on the hands is caused by infection with varicella-zoster virus, which can be treated with topical medications, oral medications and other treatments.
1. Topical medication: If the local itching is obvious, you can use topical antipruritic agent treatment, such as glycerine lotion, etc.; or topical antiviral drugs to improve the symptoms, such as acyclovir ointment, vasiclovir ointment, etc.; secondary infections, you can comply with the doctor’s instructions for topical antibiotics, such as erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment and so on.
2. Oral medication: oral antiviral medication, such as aciclovir, vasiclovir, etc.; fever can be given to physical cooling, if the temperature is more than 38.5 ℃, oral antipyretic medication, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and so on.
It is recommended that patients diagnosed with chickenpox, good isolation measures to avoid transmission to others. When using medication, we should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, not blindly self-medication, so as to avoid adverse reactions and delay the condition.