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Non-Aspirin Medicine

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There are a number of treatments that can be done at home to help relieve the symptoms and prevent skin infections. While some believe it is just an old wives tale, taking a oatmeal bath is an effective treatment for the blisters and will also help relieve some of the itching associated with it. Calamine lotion is another useful treatment to help relieve some of the itching. For younger children and even some adults, you should make sure to keep fingernails trimmed short, as this may help prevent skin infections caused by scratching blisters. Controlling of the symptoms is the best treatment, and each has its own best course of action. While persons with fever should be treated with non-aspirin medications, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen …show more content…

If symptoms become too severe and uncontrollable, one should contact their primary care physician or nearest emergency room. It is not recommended to take the patient to the physician’s office unless directed to do so, as you run the risk of spreading the disease to other persons. If taking the patient to an emergency room, someone should go inside and inform the ER that you have a person with chickenpox so that they can properly prepare a room to avoid spreading the virus to others. Antiviral medications are recommended for people with chickenpox who are more likely to develop serious disease. A typical medication prescribed for chickenpox is Acyclovir, an antiviral medication. The medication works best if it is given within the first 24 hours after the rash starts ("Chickenpox | Prevention and Treatment | Varicella | CDC," …show more content…

The pox generally goes through three different phases. The first is having a raised pink or red bumps knowing as papules, which break out over first several days. The second phase comes with small fluid-filled blisters known as vesicles, forming from the raised bumps. These appear about one day before they begin breaking and leaking. Finally, they crust over and form scabs. These will cover the broken blisters and can take an additional several more days to heal. Generally, these are children that are being brought in for the “rash”. Likely this child has been on contact with another child who has the virus, while also not having been immunized against the virus. The virus is usually transmitted airborne, but there is a possibility it could have come from direct contact with another child that has an active virus. For a normally healthy child there would likely be no changes in lab results for the child. Aside from extreme cases where the child might have been kept from treatment for an extended time, could change this childs lab results and

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