Children with chickenpox need physical fever reduction treatment, isolation of the child, oral antiviral drugs.
Children with chickenpox, need to be clear that chickenpox is a self-limiting disease that can be automatically restored to normal by the body, generally only need to treat the symptoms.
1. Physical antipyretic: when the child is infected with varicella zoster virus, the body may have fever symptoms, body fever up to 38 degrees Celsius, so we need to address the child timely antipyretic, can be placed on the child’s head with ice packs, to the child’s body with warm water wipe and so on.
2. Isolation of children: chickenpox is highly contagious, so children need to be isolated, not to go to kindergartens or schools and other crowded places. To avoid spreading the disease to other people.
3. Oral antiviral drugs: such as acyclovir. For some patients, low immunity can easily lead to systemic spread of the virus, and early antiviral treatment is needed. The drug is more effective when taken within 24h, and it is the drug of choice for the treatment of varicella-zoster virus to prevent the spread of the virus.
If the symptoms of chickenpox in small children persist or worsen, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, isolate the child and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor.