The child developed fever after infection, and the skin appeared papules, herpes and scabs in batches. Fever symptoms of about 38℃ began from about14 to17 days after infection, and lasted for 1 ~ 2 days, accompanied by headache, runny nose, cough and other symptoms. Usually a few hours later, to 1 day, the rash appears. At first, there were small red spots on the abdomen or back similar to mosquito bites. At first, there were only 1 ~ 2 points. After a few hours, they develop into wrists and legs, and some of them become blisters (from small grains of rice to mung beans). 24 hours after the eruption, red spots and blisters appeared on the face, back, abdomen, limbs and other places, and some of them scabbed, which seemed to be the coexistence of three rash shapes.
You can also find blisters on your scalp by pulling out your hair by hand and observing it carefully. If you see a rash on the palate, you can roughly diagnose it as chicken pox.
It takes 20 days from scab drying to shedding. At this time, there is generally no virus in scab.
treat cordially
Because the condition of chickenpox is generally mild, if it can be determined that it is chickenpox, you can also take care of it at home without going to the hospital. However,/kloc-children over 0/0 years old suffer from chickenpox, which is prone to high fever, rash, serious symptoms and scars. Therefore, children should be allowed to develop chickenpox in early childhood as much as possible.
People who have had chickenpox in childhood and are immune to it are called herpes zoster when they come back in adulthood. It spreads along the nerves on one side of the body and becomes herpes with neuralgia.
Chickenpox is caused by virus infection, and it is ineffective to use antibiotics. Chinese medicine can be used to resist viruses in clinic. If the symptoms are mild, don't take medicine, rest properly and adjust your diet.
Diet regulation
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Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chickenpox is caused by damp-heat accumulation in the body and pathogenic virus caused by exogenous pathogens. It is not necessary to strengthen nutrition in particular. It is advisable to have a light diet, such as porridge, rice soup, milk, noodles, bread, etc., and some bean products and lean pork can also be added.
During chickenpox, sick children may have a fever and dry stools. At this time, they need to replenish enough water, drink more water and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon juice, fresh pear juice, fresh orange juice and tomato juice. Eat leafy vegetables, such as cabbage, celery, spinach and bean sprouts. Vegetables with leaves contain more crude fiber, which helps to clear away accumulated heat in the body and pass stool; You can also eat melon, cucumber and so on.
Food taboo
1. Cold and greasy food.
2. hair. Such as fish, shrimp, crab, cattle, mutton, coriander, fennel, fungi and other foods rich in protein, these foreign protein are prone to produce allergens, causing allergic reactions in the body, leading to aggravation of the disease.
3. Spicy food. Such as pepper, pepper, ginger, garlic, etc., will cause excessive internal heat, which is not conducive to the early recovery of the disease.
In addition, some dietotherapy can also be used for chickenpox. The symptoms of chickenpox are different in different periods, and the dietotherapy methods adopted are also different:
First, the initial stage of chicken pox
1. Red adzuki beans should make soup instead of tea, or add water to make porridge slowly.
2. 30 grams of winter melon skin or 15 ~ 30 grams of winter melon seeds. Decoct with water to get juice, and add rock sugar to drink.
3. 60 grams of rice, lotus leaf 1. Cook the rice porridge first. After the porridge is cooked, cover the washed lotus leaf on the porridge and eat it.
Second, when the chicken pox came out.
30-50g of lophatherum gracile, 45-60g of gypsum, 50-100g of rice, and a proper amount of crystal sugar or white sugar. First, wash the bamboo leaves, boil them with gypsum and water for 30 minutes, remove the residue, add rice and cook them into porridge, and add some sugar to taste. Take it 2-3 times a day for 3-5 days.
Third, when the fever has subsided, scabbing begins.
1. Lily 10g, almond 6g, adzuki bean 60g. Cook porridge for a few days.
2. 1 sweet pear. Slice the pear, put it in iced water, soak it for several days, and drink it often.
Prevention and care
Chickenpox is highly contagious. Children who find sick should be isolated immediately until all herpes scabs.
During the chicken pox epidemic, children who have never had chicken pox should go to public places less. After contact with children with chickenpox; Should be isolated at home for 3 weeks.
Children with chickenpox should completely avoid contact with people with pyogenic bacteria at home. Cut your nails often, wash your hands, and change your shirt and underwear every day.
Clothes and utensils contaminated by respiratory secretions or rash contents of patients should be disinfected by exposure, boiling and ultraviolet irradiation.
Indoor air should be circulated, pay attention to shelter from the wind and cold, and prevent external pathogens from being infected again.
Don't scratch your skin to prevent secondary infection. Use 2% gentian violet liquid for external application.
It is forbidden for sick children to use hormones, and sick children who are using hormones should immediately stop using or reduce the dose.
How to treat chickenpox with traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chickenpox is an exogenous evil, which hurts the lungs and spleen and produces damp heat, which is caused by the skin. Treatment is mainly based on expelling wind and clearing heat, detoxifying and eliminating dampness, which can be divided into the following two types according to the severity of illness:
First, rheumatic fever syndrome
A. Symptoms: mild, with fever, cough, runny nose, ruddy chickenpox, sparse distribution, clear and bright water, itching, anorexia, loose stool, thin and white tongue coating, and floating pulse.
B. treatment: it is advisable to dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, and clear away heat and dampness. The prescription is Yinqiao Powder.
Second, damp-heat betting card
A. Symptoms: It is a severe syndrome, which is more common in children with weak constitution. Severe fever, manifested as excessive heat, polydipsia, red lips and face, listlessness, dense purplish-red acne rash, turbid acne pulp, and even herpes in the mouth, accompanied by dry mouth and thirst, dry stool, short and red urine, yellow and thick tongue coating, and slippery pulse. This is the evil in healthy qi, and the evil of dampness and heat is committed internally.
B. treatment: treatment should increase the power of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Choose improved sterilized drinks. According to the specific situation of patients, appropriate western medicine can be selected for symptomatic treatment, such as reducing fever and relieving itching. The rest of Chinese and western medicine have the same requirements in nursing, diet, disinfection and isolation.
Chickenpox diet
First, the dietary principles of chickenpox
A. A digestible and nutritious liquid and semi-liquid diet should be given. It is advisable to drink mung bean soup, honeysuckle dew, wheat soup, porridge, noodles, dragon beard egg noodles and so on. Drink more boiled water and drinks.
B avoid greasy, ginger, pepper and other irritating foods and hair products.
Second, the diet therapy of chickenpox
(A) dispelling wind and clearing heat diet therapy
A. Carrot and coriander soup: 60g carrot and 60g coriander, respectively, washed and chopped, decocted in water, and taken with rock sugar, daily 1 dose, taken in three times. For a week, the baby only drinks soup.
B honeysuckle sugarcane tea: honeysuckle 10g, sugarcane juice 100ml. Boil honeysuckle with water to 100 ml, and add sugarcane juice instead of tea. You can take it often. Daily 1 dose, 7 ~ 10 days as a course of treatment.
(2) Detoxification and dampness-removing dietotherapy
A. Coix seed and red bean porridge: 20 grams of Coix seed, 30 grams of red beans and Smilax glabra, and 0/00 gram of japonica rice/kloc, washed and cooked, and the porridge cooked beans are mixed with rock sugar. Daily 1 dose, divided into three times. Suitable for people with chicken pox, fever, red urine, mental fatigue and anorexia.
B. Portulaca oleracea horseshoe paste: fresh Portulaca oleracea, water chestnut powder 30g each, crystal sugar 15g, fresh Portulaca oleracea, washed and mashed, mixed with water chestnut powder, added with crystal sugar, and boiled with boiling water until paste. Every day 1 dose. Suitable for chickenpox, fever, irritability, loose stool.