Chickenpox care and precautions

In fact, the treatment of chickenpox is very simple. But if you want chickenpox to disappear faster, you need to do a good job of care. Especially for some children with chickenpox, parents pay more attention to home care. Because in many cases, the quality of chickenpox care will actually determine the child's recovery period. So, what are the care and precautions for chickenpox?

1. Prevent children from scratching blisters due to unbearable itching, which may cause inflammation and the bacteria may spread to other damaged skin areas.

2. If a child is infected with chickenpox, you can put cotton gloves on him to prevent him from rubbing his eyes with his hands, which would cause the virus to infect the eyes and cause keratitis, leaving scars on the cornea and affecting vision.

3. One of the symptoms of chickenpox is a mild fever. The fever starts while the chickenpox spreads and goes away when the chickenpox disappears. Do not take aspirin to reduce a fever during your fever as this can increase the chance of complications. It can easily cause a type of encephalitis, Reyes Syndrome.

4. Take a bath with warm water (not hot water) to keep your skin clean and reduce the risk of infection.

1. The sick child should be isolated alone, the room should be well ventilated and well-lit, and he should rest in bed when he has a fever.

2. The diet should be liquid or semi-liquid food that is easily digestible and rich in vitamins.

3. Clothes and quilts should not be too many or too thick. Sweating due to excessive heat will cause rash and itching. Keep clothes and quilts clean to avoid secondary infection.

4. Cut the child's nails short and keep hands clean to reduce the possibility of scratching chickenpox and causing infection. The child's hands can be wrapped with gauze or wear gloves, and the scratched chickenpox can be coated with 1% gentian violet solution.

Chickenpox diet

1. What to eat when you have chickenpox

Diet therapy method 1: Mung bean and barley soup

Ingredients: 100g mung bean, 100g raw coix seed, some sugar

Preparation: Boil mung beans and coix seeds in water

Usage: Add appropriate amount of sugar when taking and drink instead of tea.

Efficacy: diuretic and anti-edema, clearing away heat and detoxifying, quenching thirst and clearing away summer heat, suitable for chickenpox. Stop taking the medicine after the fever subsides.

Ingredients: 100 grams of Isatis root, 50 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of licorice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Preparation: Add appropriate amount of water to decoct Isatis root, honeysuckle and licorice, remove the residue and add rock sugar.

Usage: Take 10-20 grams each time, several times a day.

Efficacy: Clears heat, cools blood and detoxifies. Suitable for fever caused by chickenpox and all viral infections.

What can't you eat when you have chickenpox?

Pork: A warming and nourishing food. Chickenpox is an acute herpes infectious disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is an exogenous virus and that it is more suitable to purge rather than supplement for actual symptoms. Therefore, children with chickenpox should not eat pork.

Lamb: It is warm in nature and can replenish qi and nourish the body, but chickenpox is a viral infectious disease. The "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" believes that people who have contracted external pathogens should avoid eating mutton, and so children with chickenpox should also avoid it.

Chicken: If a child has chickenpox and the rashes are sunken and difficult to come out, it is appropriate to eat chicken. If you have recovered from chickenpox, you should avoid it.

Eggs: When children have chickenpox, it is appropriate to eat a light diet.

Cinnamon: commonly known as cassia bark and official cinnamon, it is a commonly used spice in the folks. It is very hot in nature, pungent and sweet in taste, and is a purely yang substance. Its warmth helps fire, while its dryness hurts yin.

During the period when children suffer from chickenpox, they should also avoid eating ginger, scallions, garlic, onions, leeks, chili peppers, pepper, mustard greens, coriander, mushrooms, pumpkin, toon, goose, shrimp, hairtail, cucumber, lychee, longan meat, plums, apricots, dates, persimmons, pomegranates, cherries, chestnuts, as well as fried peanuts, fried broad beans, fried melon seeds, glutinous rice cakes, fat, lard, fennel, curry, mustard, etc.