Chicken Pox Symptoms and Treatments

Everyone will experience chicken pox in his lifetime regardless of age.

Some people get chicken pox at early age while others had it during middle age.

The worst experience is having it during golden age years because the immune system had decreased and it is very painful to endure.

My family

When I was pregnant with my first child who was 4 months old in my womb, I had chicken pox.

My doctor told me that I might delivered my baby with health problems if I decided to keep her. His advice was to abort the child. I decided to keep her and my decision was right.

My daughter had her chicken pox when she was a teenager while my son had it when he was 6 years old.

Having chicken pox at a tender age , he doesn’t have to suffer through the pain because it wasn’t as serious as mine when I had it in my 20s

 

Chicken Pox Symptoms 

 

#1-Pimples Pox

One of the first sign of chicken pox is the pimples

• pimples on the face, body and scalp of the head
• pox are raised up like any normal pimples
• yellow water blisters on top of the head of the pimples
• base of the pimple and the skin around are reddened
• delicate blisters breaks in a few hours
• dries up into a dried crust
• doctors make diagnosis through looking for new pimples that has blister
• new chicken pox blisters will keep surfacing for the next 4 days

 

#2 Fever and Sick 

• toddlers do not feel sick because they are active during the day
• teenagers and adults may feel sick, tired, aching bones
• fever is slightly higher than usual for the first 2 days
• others may experienced both fever and sickness, unable to move around.

 

#3- Rashes and itch

• when the blisters are ripe, you will feel itchy, unable to resist scratching
• scabs start to fall off when dried up

 

Treatments

• DO NOT give ASPIRIN ( for fever ) to the victims because it will increase their susceptibility to Reye Syndrome

 

How to relieve itchiness

• get from the doctor for mild antihistamie to help relieve the itch
• do not peel off the dried scabs
• boils will surface when the chicken pox are infected with bacteria from the fingernails by scratching
• wash the child’s hands with soap after visting the loo or touching toys
• wash hands before eating
• cut the fingernails short to prevent the dirt, germs, dried dead skin hidden under the nails
• encourage the child to wear thin cotton gloves during sleeping time.
• prevents the child from scratching the pox, bursting them
• apply calamine lotion to cool down the itchiness by dabbing the lotion with cotton wool onto the skin, not the pox

 

Bathe in corn starch solution

( mom taught me these steps )

• relieve itch by soaking into a bathtub of lukewarm corn starch or baking soda for 10 minutes, 3 times a day.
• when using corn starch or baking soda, use 1 cupful for a small tub.
• 2 cups for a large tub
• dry corn starch should be placed in a 4 cup container.
• add cold water slowly while stirring until corn starch dilutes
• this helps to prevent the corn starch lumps formation.
• add corn starch solution to lukwarm bath water.

 

COnclusion

Most chicken pox disease duration is 2-3 weeks after exposure of the blisters

Quarantine the chicken pox victims ( child or adults) at home, away from those who have not had chicken pox yet

Do not share food, beverage or use the same daily needs ( beds, towels, handkerchief)

To some superstitious people , dried scabs are contagious, one can contract the chicken pox from the victims easily.

It is best to wait until the scabs had all fallen off

 

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