Adults with chickenpox, the treatment includes life conditioning, topical medication (glycerine lotion, etc.), oral medication (loratadine tablets, etc.) and so on.
1. Life management: chickenpox is a self-limiting disease, during the chickenpox, need to maintain air circulation at home, try to trim the nails neatly, avoid scratching the chickenpox parts of the skin, in order to avoid infection. Because chickenpox is contagious, family members avoid contact with things that have been contaminated by the patient’s blisters.
2. Topical medication: If the chickenpox has not ruptured, you need to apply medication such as glycerin lotion to the chickenpox area to relieve itching, and apply medication such as acyclovir cream and vasiclovir cream.
3. Oral medication: antiviral medications such as acyclovir and famciclovir can be taken orally. If there is obvious itching of the skin, you can also take oral loratadine tablets, cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and other drugs to treat. Antipyretic medications such as acetaminophen are given for high fever.
Adults are advised to seek timely medical attention. Chickenpox needs to be treated in strict accordance with medical advice, and medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor to avoid blindly using medications on their own.