Chickenpox is a common infectious disease caused by a virus. It is very contagious and most people already have chickenpox as a child. Common symptoms are fever and fluid-filled blisters, which can itch a lot. The symptoms are often more troublesome the older you are when you get chickenpox. The disease usually heals itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can only get chickenpox once.\u00a0Once you have had the disease you become immune.\u00a0Then you can meet people who have chickenpox without getting sick.\u00a0Also, you can’t get a\u00a0\u00a0shingle from meeting a person who has chickenpox, even though the diseases are caused by the same virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the most common symptoms of chickenpox<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It usually takes between ten and twenty days from the time you are infected until the first symptoms of chickenpox<\/strong> are noticed.\u00a0They are usually fever, headache, and fatigue.\u00a0After a few days, red rashes are formed, usually on the upper body.\u00a0They can spread to the face, scalp, arms, and legs.\u00a0The rash can occur anywhere on the body.\u00a0They can come on mucous membranes, such as in the mouth, throat, rectum, pubic lips or penis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rashes start out as red dots, which become knots and eventually blisters with a transparent liquid in. If you have dark skin, the rashes can be difficult to see before the blisters arrive.\u00a0The blisters often itch.\u00a0The rash can come in several rounds, for four to five days.\u00a0At each bullet, you can get a little fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How many blisters you get may vary.\u00a0Some get only a few blisters, while others get blisters all over the body.\u00a0After someday they burst and small scabs form.\u00a0After a few days the crusts dry and roll off.\u00a0The blisters usually heal nicely, without forming scars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox is a viral disease that tends to be alleviated the earlier in life you get the disease.\u00a0Symptoms often become more difficult when the child is older.\u00a0Adults often get more rashes and more itching than children.\u00a0Children usually get healthy a week after the first symptoms show up, but for adults, it may take longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In children, chickenpox<\/strong> usually passes by itself, without the child having to see a doctor.\u00a0But there are exceptions when you should contact a\u00a0health care center\u00a0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are 18 years or older, you should always contact the healthcare provider if you have been infected with chickenpox. Especially if you have a reduced immune system. Treatment for chickenpox must be started as soon as possible in order to have a good effect. Preferably within 24 hours after the blisters have arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should also seek care at a health care center if you get a cough and fever again after the blisters have healed.\u00a0It may be a sign of pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are pregnant, you have not had chickenpox before and suspect that you have come in contact with the infection should contact a health care center or a midwife reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you need to seek care, call before you go in. Contact a health care center first. To avoid infecting others, you may be shown directly to an examination room to see a doctor, without first sitting in the waiting room. This also applies to sick children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox is very contagious. The time it takes for the disease to spread out is usually about two weeks but can vary from ten to twenty days. You become immune when you have had the disease once. Then there is no danger in meeting someone with chickenpox. This is true even if you are pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox is spread through direct contact from person to person or through the exhaled air and when you cough or sneeze, for example. You can spread the virus even before you notice any symptoms. Therefore, it is difficult to avoid passing on the infection. Often, a whole preschool group or school class can get chickenpox at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox infects most from a few days before the rash appears until about six days after they start to appear.\u00a0But it can get infected until all the chickenpox<\/em> has dried in and become sores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When a case of chickenpox is detected, for example at a preschool, the infection has often already spread. Therefore, it is difficult to stop the infection by keeping the baby at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child can go back to preschool or school when they are fever-free and feel good, and are able to be in a children’s group all day and participate in the usual activities. Children usually get healthy one to two weeks after the symptoms show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notify preschool or school if your child has chickenpox, as more may have been infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more at\u00a0\u00a0F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan about the rules that apply to the care of sick children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can only get chickenpox once in a lifetime. When you have the disease, antibodies are formed against it and you become immune. The virus that causes chickenpox stays in the body for the rest of life. Sometimes it can be activated again and then cause the disease shingles, which also causes blisters on the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can’t get shingles from meeting someone with chickenpox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In contrast, the virus in a shingles bladder can, through direct contact, infect a person who has not previously had chickenpox, so that the person gets chickenpox. It is very uncommon for this to happen because most people have had chickenpox as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can be difficult to prevent chickenpox from spreading because you are contagious even before you get any symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are smallpox vaccines, which provide good protection and have few side effects.\u00a0It is a so-called live vaccine.\u00a0This means that a small dose of weakened chickenpox virus is injected into the body, which then builds up antibodies to the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In several other European countries and in the United States. You can choose to vaccinate yourself or your child if you pay yourself. Anyone who wants can be vaccinated if you do not have a severely impaired immune system or are pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The vaccine can be given to children from the age of nine months, as well as to adolescents and adults. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The protective effect against chickenpox after two injections is very good. If you still get the disease despite vaccination, the problems will be alleviated more easily than if you have not been vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most common trouble with chickenpox is that the rashes itch. You can do several things yourself to relieve the hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wash skin with soap and water.\u00a0By keeping your skin clean you can prevent bacteria from getting into the chickenpox so that they become infected.\u00a0It can easily happen if you itch a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can relieve the itching with a cold conditioner, alcohol, and cool water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooling balm and spirits can be bought at a pharmacy without a prescription.\u00a0Coldwater can also feel cool and comfortable on the skin.\u00a0Cooling conditioner and cool water can also be used against itchy rash on mucous membranes on the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some non-prescription antihistamines can be used for itchings, such as Loratadine and Clarityn.\u00a0There is an age limit for many of the medicines and it is stated on the package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avoid using cream or ointment with hydrocortisone against itching of chickenpox, as it can make the bladders more easily infected by bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The drugs are available in several different forms that are suitable for children, such as orodispersible tablets and solutions.\u00a0Ask a pharmacy what is right for your child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the instructions on the package carefully and do not combine different medicines. Here you can read about combining paracetamol and ibuprofen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can read more about medicine in the package leaflet that comes with the package.\u00a0You can also lookup the drug at\u00a0fass.se\u00a0and read the package leaflet there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drugs for pain and fever in adults<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are several different prescription drugs. Examples are drugs containing paracetamol and drugs belonging to the NSAID group, or cox inhibitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here you can read about which prescription drugs are available and which may be right for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Children rarely need to be treated by the healthcare system. The disease heals by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless the non-prescription alternatives help with the itch, doctors can prescribe prescription drugs.\u00a0Antihistamine drugs used to treat allergic itching usually help.\u00a0For example, Travel tablets or Atarax solution and tablets.\u00a0You often get tired of the drugs.\u00a0It can be an advantage if it is difficult to sleep because of the blisters itch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are over 18, you are advised to receive antiviral treatment.\u00a0The treatment of chickenpox<\/strong> should preferably be started already during the first day the chickenpox begins to appear to give a good effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In some cases, newborn babies or those with a reduced immune system can be treated with medicines with ready-made antibodies, also called immunoglobulin. The drug fights the virus and prevents you from getting sick if you have been infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The risk of birth defects and other complications is very small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seek care if you are pregnant, unsure if you have had chickenpox in the past and have come in contact with someone who is infected. If blood tests show that you have no chickenpox protection, you can receive preventative treatment, which reduces the risk of getting sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you get chickenpox during early pregnancy, antibodies are transferred from you to the baby through the placenta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, if you get chickenpox at the end of pregnancy, no antibodies can be formed and transmitted to the baby. To avoid the baby getting chickenpox, you are recommended as pregnant to receive treatment. This applies from week 35 until birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you get chickenpox before week 35, you may also receive treatment, even if the child cannot get chickenpox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The risk of children up to six months getting chickenpox is affected by whether or not the baby’s mother has had chickenpox before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The usual thing is that the child’s mother has had chickenpox earlier in life and is immune. Then antibodies against the disease are transferred to the baby in the uterus during the end of pregnancy. The child will then receive some protection against chickenpox up to about six months of age. The protection is not entirely safe, but it usually prevents the youngest children from getting the disease. If the child is still getting chickenpox in the first six months, the symptoms tend to be mild. However, avoid allowing such young children to meet a person with chickenpox, if possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breastfeeding provides no protection against chickenpox. The antibodies against the disease are not transmitted into breast milk, but through the placenta during the end of pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the mother has not had chickenpox, no antibodies against the disease have been transferred to the baby during pregnancy. Then the child can get the disease. Children who have no protection and get chickenpox for the first six months can have troublesome symptoms. Especially newborns who fall ill during the first weeks after childbirth. The youngest children can be treated with ready-made antibodies, which help fight the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you have chickenpox and itch, your skin may become infected by bacteria entering the bladder. Persistent fluid in the blisters and red and tender skin may be a sign of a skin infection. The fever may come back if you get a skin infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox can sometimes cause disease.\u00a0It is most common in adults.\u00a0It can be a sign of pneumonia if you get the disease and fever again after the chickenpox has healed.\u00a0Then contact a health care center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a severely impaired immune system, such as in a cytostatic treatment against cancer, your body cannot produce enough antibodies to fight the virus.\u00a0In very rare cases, chickenpox can lead to meningitis or inflammation of the brain.\u00a0Although it would happen, you usually recover without complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can seek care at any medical center or open specialist clinic you want throughout the country.\u00a0Sometimes\u00a0a referral\u00a0\u00a0to the open specialized care is\u00a0required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for you to be involved in your care and treatment, it is important that you understand the information you receive from the healthcare staff.\u00a0Ask questions if you don’t understand.\u00a0For example, you should get information about treatment options and how long you may have to wait for care and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children should also be involved in their care. The older the child, the more important it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have received information about what options and options for the care you have, you can give your consent or in some other way express a yes.\u00a0This also applies to you who are not of legal age. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may choose not to give your consent to the care you are offered.\u00a0You may also withdraw your consent at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may get a\u00a0\u00a0new medical assessment from another doctor if you have a life-threatening or particularly serious illness.\u00a0Obtaining another doctor’s assessment can help you, for example, if you are unsure of which treatment or treatment is best for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chickenpox is a common infectious disease caused by a virus. It is very contagious and most people already have chickenpox as a child. Common symptoms are fever and fluid-filled blisters, which can itch a lot. The symptoms are often more troublesome the older you are when you get chickenpox. The disease usually heals itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,826,585],"tags":[911,919,916,914,912,899,918],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-infections-on-the-skin","category-skin-hair-and-nails","tag-chickenpox","tag-chickenpox-headache","tag-chickenpox-rash","tag-chickenpox-symptoms","tag-chickenpox-treatment","tag-fever","tag-signs-of-chickenpox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Rashes and blisters that itch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Symptoms are milder in children than adults<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Always seek care if you are 18 years of age or older<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Always call first<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
So chickenpox is infected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How long should children stay at home?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You do not get shingles from meeting someone with chickenpox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How can I prevent chickenpox?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can vaccinate yourself if you pay yourself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What can I do for myself?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Keep your skin clean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Relieve the itching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Avoid hydrocortisone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Medication for pain and fever in children<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment of chickenpox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Medication on prescription for itching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Adults are treated with antiviral drugs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment with finished antibodies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pregnancy and chickenpox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Children under six months and chickenpox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When the child’s mother has had chickenpox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When the child’s mother has not had chickenpox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Sequelae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Unusual complications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Influence and participate in your care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You should understand the information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Your consent is important<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You can get a new medical assessment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n