Chickenpox patients can infect other people, chickenpox patients are the only source of infection, mainly through air droplet transmission, the population is generally susceptible.
1. Source of infection: chickenpox patients are the only source of infection. The virus exists in the patient’s herpes fluid, blood and nasopharyngeal secretions, 48 hours before the rash until the herpes completely crusted are infectious. Chickenpox is highly contagious.
2. Transmission way: the main transmission way of chickenpox is through the air droplet transmission, input in the incubation period of the patient’s blood, direct contact with chickenpox herpes fluid can also be spread. Pregnant women who suffer from chickenpox 6 days before delivery can infect the fetus.
3. Susceptible people: universal susceptibility, chickenpox mainly occurs in children, after 20 years of age, the incidence of relatively few people. After the disease immunity lasting, generally no longer occurring chickenpox.
Chickenpox patients should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment.