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Chickenpox: symptoms and complications

The problem of prevention of the spread of the virus in the fact that the first symptoms manifest themselves immediately, but within 48 hours after infection, but these two days, the carrier without knowing it is already spread of a virus. It is worth noting that the infection is not total and if everything is OK with the immunity, the body can cope with the virus, but there are factors that predispose to infection:

  • Recently, infectious disease.
  • Hypothermia.
  • Excessive physical activity.
  • Constant stress and psychological tension.
  • A course of antibiotics.

Symptoms of chickenpox in adult

In General, the symptoms of chickenpox are exactly the same as that of a child, but an adult gives a completely different feedback on the penetration of the virus.

The incubation period of the disease lasts up to 21 days, the chicken pox can start suddenly and immediately with a sharp shape. The patient begins to feel weakness in the body, aching joints. Found headache, nausea, vomiting impulses. Often the first symptoms are taken for household poisoning.

With all the symptoms of starts and a sharp increase in temperature, and it jumps up to 39-40°C. And here after the jump temperature, a rash appears first, and the Oud there is no doubt that it is chicken pox, not colds or intoxication in the case of poisoning. At first the rash may appear on the skin of the trunk, gradually moving upwards and capturing and scalp.

The rash presented in the form of red papules which quickly fill with liquid, transforming into transparent bubbles on the skin. Papules are easily removed, and in their place remain a small weeping ulcers that are covered with crusts. Period rash lasts an average of 3 to 5m days and in that time body, you can observe all the manifestations of the rash. After about 10-15 days, all the crusts from the sores disappear. Themselves rashes can be found in the most unusual places, including the oral cavity or mucous membranes of the genitals. In the adult, in addition to external manifestations can be diagnosed a significant increase in lymph nodes. First, you can see the size increase and thickening of the lymph nodes of the neck and behind the ear, and with increasing size comes and soreness.

Complications

First chicken pox dangerous complications with skin infections due to constant scratching in the result the itching. Every time with the attached bacterial infection have to fight separately. In addition, it is possible to allocate:

  1. Vatrenooooo pneumonia, which can develop not only because of weakenedimmunity, but for pregnancy in women.
  2. The loss of vision. Chickenpox can be localized and the bloodshot eyes, and once the sore opens, there remains a scar, and the total loss of the eyeball, which can lead to partial or even complete loss of vision.
  3. Inflammation of the joints. However, it is clarified that the pain and inflammation have gone, the disease itself, but in the period of acute rashes to skin problems, join pain in the joints.
  4. Optic neuritis, one more complication that can also lead to loss of vision due to varicella.
  5. Meningitis. The virus can infect nerve cells in the meninges, which leads to this kind of complication.

If ulcers are localized on the genitals, in women it can lead to the formation of the vulva and in men to extremely painful inflammation of the glans penis.