Get to know more about chicken pox

Get to know more about chicken pox

Chickenpox or also known in the medical world as varicella is a type of skin disease that occurs due to a viral infection in the human body. This viral infection causes the sufferer's body to develop blisters filled with water or pus all over the body.

Chickenpox is a type of infectious skin disease and is quite common in children. However, it cannot be denied that this type of chickenpox can also spread to adults, especially if that person has never had chickenpox.

Apart from that, the cause of varicella is also due to a weak immune system or weak immune system. Pregnant women, babies, and elderly people are also at risk of contracting chickenpox.

The virus that causes varicella is called Varicella zoster (VZV). This virus can be spread to other people through direct contact with sufferers, including contact with the sufferer's blisters, or inhaling saliva droplets through coughing or sneezing. Apart from that, the process of spreading the virus can also occur starting 2 days before the blisters appear and 6 days after the wounds and lesions dry up.

Someone who has had chicken pox, their body has a high chance of not being exposed because the body's immune system already knows the virus that attacks it so it can easily ward off the existing virus.

The initial signs of chickenpox virus infection begin with itching all over the body, fever, fatigue, dizziness, and loss of appetite. This is followed by the appearance of an itchy rash on the skin, blisters filled with fluid. The healing process for varicella virus infection takes around 7 days to 21 days for the lesion to dry.

There is nothing to worry too much about chickenpox, because chickenpox is a disease that can heal by itself. However, chickenpox causes discomfort that requires several types of medication to reduce fever and relieve itching caused by rashes and lesions all over the body.

Apart from that, there are several ways you can reduce the symptoms of varicella, namely consuming enough water, maintaining body hygiene, and not scratching the skin.

A person is declared cured of chickenpox if there is no elasticity and redness on the surface of the skin, and the elasticity has broken and dried out.

However, if you want to find out more about Varessella disease, you can immediately take the time to have it checked with a skin specialist at Hermina Hospital, Manado.