9 Characteristics of Chickenpox to Watch Out for

KOMPAS.com – Chicken pox is an infection that causes an itchy rash with fluid-filled blisters.

Reason chicken pox due to varicella-zoster virus infection. This disease is very contagious, especially in patients who have never been infected or have never been injected with chickenpox vaccine.

To increase awareness in this disease, identify chicken pox symptoms that need to be watched out for.

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Characteristics of chickenpox

The characteristics of chickenpox are relatively easy to recognize because they are distinctive and appear sequentially. Reported from Cleveland Clinicthe following is the order of symptoms:

• Fever
• No appetite
• The body is weak or easily tired
• Headache
• Stomach ache for a day or two
• A rash appears in the form of small blisters on the skin and it feels very itchy
• Blisters in the form of small lumps filled with whitish fluid like milk
• After the blisters burst, a scab or scab forms on the skin
• Chickenpox scar skin looks like acne scars

Quoted from Mayo Clinic, A rash in the form of blisters on the skin will appear after 10 to 21 days after the patient is exposed to the virus the cause of chickenpox.

Symptoms of rash and bumps on the skin usually appear for five to 10 days.

One to two days before the rash and blisters on the skin appear, the patient will first feel a fever, no appetite, to a headache.

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When to watch out for chickenpox?

Make sure you immediately consult a doctor if you find the characteristics of chickenpox above.

Doctors will usually prescribe medication to reduce the symptoms of chickenpox and prevent complications of the disease.

Make sure you are also vigilant and do not delay taking the patient to the doctor or hospital if chickenpox:

• Until it spreads to the eyes
• The rash is very red, warm, and tender. This condition can be a sign of a secondary bacterial infection
• Accompanied by symptoms of dizziness, fast heart rate, shortness of breath, tremor, severe cough, vomiting, stiff neck, or fever above 38.9 degrees Celsius
• Infect babies under the age of six months or have a weak immune system

The disease is generally mild in otherwise healthy children. However, infection chickenpox virus Severe cases can cause rashes all over the body to the throat, eyes, urethra, anus, vagina, and cause severe complications.

This condition is dangerous for babies under the age of six months, pregnant women, owners of weak immune systems, cancer sufferers, HIV/AIDS sufferers, steroid drug users, or people who have undergone organ transplant surgery.

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