Chickenpox Disease|Chickenpox (or varicella) is a contagious disease that can occur at any age but is most commonly seen in children. Typical features of this disease are fever and blisters on the skin. These blisters turn into vesicles filled with clear fluid within a few hours.|Main Causes|This disease occurs in the form of epidemics, especially affecting children under the age of ten. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus and has an extraordinary contagiousness. Although lifelong immunity is gained by having this disease, the virus can lie dormant and then manifest itself as herpes zoster, or shingles, in adulthood. |Chickenpox Symptoms in Childhood|There is an incubation period of 14 to 21 days after infection, and then the child may feel sicker with complaints such as fever or slight chills or vomiting and pain in the back and legs. Almost at the same time, numerous red and itchy bumps appear on the back and chest, sometimes around the forehead and, more rarely, on the arms and legs. These bumps turn into vesicles filled with a clear fluid within a few hours. The appearance of these vesicles continues for a few days, and from the second day onwards, their contents turn into pus and may burst within a day or two, or they dry and freeze, forming brownish crusts on top. These small crusts flake off within a week and healing is complete.
The sick child should be isolated from children who have not had the disease for a week from the appearance of the rash or until the blisters dry up. However, there is no need to wait for the crusts to fall off. | Winter and early spring are the months when chickenpox is most common. Adults and adolescents are at greater risk of severe disease compared to children. Symptoms such as pain, fever, malaise, and itching are more severe, the rash spreads over a wider area and heals more quickly, and the course of the disease is longer. In addition, the risk of severe complications is higher for adults and adolescents with chickenpox. | Chickenpox Treatment | Treatment can be directed at both the symptoms and the causative agent. Antipyretics or systemic antihistamines can be used to relieve symptoms. Antiviral agents can be used in the treatment of Varicella zoster infection in children with immune problems or at risk for infection and complications. Application should be made within the first 24 hours following the appearance of rashes and in children older than 2 years.
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Elderflower: Brewed and drunk as tea in the morning, noon and evening
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Rosemary: Drink tea 3 times a day
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Licorice root: Boil and drink 30 minutes before meals.
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St. John's Wort Oil: It is applied to the skin and problematic areas of the skin.
