- Treatment for chickenpox: how to avoid complications
- In adults,
Treatment of chickenpox in adults
Treatment is initiated with the appointment of bed rest, proper nutrition and care of affected skin and mucous membranes. Because of the daily diet of an adult suffering from chickenpox, eliminate sharp, fried, smoked, salty, sweet foods, fatty meats, concentrated broths. Preference is given to dairy and plant foods.
An adult can afford to shower several times a day, followed by drying of the skin, or neat blotted it with a clean soft towel. Do not use a washcloth and rub the skin with soap. To wash the suit only neutral shower gels, which can be used in a day. You can take a bath, adding them starch, broth oat extracts of herbs with anti-inflammatory and antiseptic action.
The skin can be lubricated with calamine lotion and rash individual elements - green paint, but for adults Zelenka is not very suitable, as long the skin.
How to quickly recover from chickenpox adult? Since chicken pox in adults often runs hard and gives complications, patients are usually prescribed from the start antiviral system and outdoor activities. It antivirals chickenpox will help to quickly cope with the infection. For this purpose, appoint such antiviral drugs like acyclovir, valacyclovir (Valtrex) and famciclovir (Famvir).
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Possess antiviral properties, and drugs, which include interferon - a protein that is produced by virus-infected cells. These drugs include viferon.
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Produce its own interferon body cells make such means chickenpox as arbidol.
Preparations for the treatment of chicken pox will also help to reduce the heat (they also help reduce inflammation and pain) - is diclofenac, ibuklin, paracetamol and other. You can reduce itching by using antihistamines such as suprastin, fenistil, Claritin
Claritin - histamine receptor blocker
, Erius and so on.
Than to treat chicken pox when she was joined by a bacterial infection? In this case, treatment with antibiotics chickenpox. Typically, this broad-spectrum antibiotics
Broad-spectrum antibiotics - not only treat but also cripple
- Tsiprolet, sumamed
Sumamed antibiotics wisely
and others.
Assign also drugs chickenpox outdoor activities. The best remedy for chickenpox - a 5% acyclovir ointment or cream
Acyclovir - as it is safe?
(Zovirax). The cream is applied to separate areas of the skin 5 times a day, without rubbing. Do not apply ointment on all the skin - one of the functions of the skin is breathing, covered with ointment and skin can not breathe.
From external tools are used and such preparations chickenpox as infagel (interferon gel) Gel viferon (also interferon gel with vitamin E) - these drugs have antiviral effect).
Chickenpox mouth rinses treated (miramistinom, furatsilinom, chamomile and St. John's wort) and lubrication (sea buckthorn oil, oil solution hlorofillipta, dental adhesive paste solkoseril and others).
How to cure chickenpox, not to leave the consequences? This can make a doctor, because in many ways the treatment requires an individual approach taking into account the patient's general condition, the presence of his chronic disease, the severity of chickenpox. How it is treated chickenpox, as determined by a physician, and in this regard it is fully trusted. But usually the antiviral drugs administered for 5-7 days. Symptomatic treatment (antipyretic, antipruritic) designate as long as there are certain symptoms. The duration of antibiotic also depends on the flow of purulent complications.
Than to treat scars of chickenpox
Scars after chickenpox are rare. Scars are usually the outcome or severe chickenpox rash with large bubbles, or chickenpox, complicated by a bacterial infection. Externally, these scars would be invisible if not differ from the rest of the skin more white.
Immediately after the falling away crusts with such small ridges can be handled with special ointments, promotes the resorption of connective tissue. This ointment such as Contractubex, dermatiks, Aldar, medgel, kelofibraza and others. All of them affect the forming scar, and contribute to its rapid maturation and elimination of excess connective tissue. As a result, the rumen becomes thin and inconspicuous.
When the scar is already formed, to work on his useless creams. In this case, there are different types of peeling - removal of the upper stratum corneum of the skin. Today, the most effective and affordable sea peeling considered laser peels. During several procedures cosmetologist layers removes surface layers of the skin, and with them the connective tissue scar. Fully scar is usually not removed, but thins and becomes invisible.
Treatment of chickenpox should always be individualized.
Galina Romanenko