Dangerous complications of chickenpox that few people know

Chickenpox can cause skin infections, blood infections, pneumonia, encephalitis, bone and joint infections . if not prevented and treated promptly.

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Mr. Tran Nhu Duong - Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology warns that chickenpox occurs the most in the Winter-Spring season, from the end of the calendar year to April every year . The disease can occur at any age, but is common in children aged 5-9 years; most severe occurrence in adults and children under 5 years old.

According to Mr. Duong, one of the signs of chickenpox is a person with high fever, aches and pains, then appears blisters on the skin, within 24-48 hours can float on the whole body. In case the patient has good resistance, vesicles usually float less, the condition is not too serious.

If the condition is not good or before that the patient has other diseases, affecting the resistance of the body, the number of vesicles can increase much, easily cause nodules, leave scars, cause aesthetic. Chickenpox is a contagious infectious disease, most of which are mild. However, the disease can be progressively severe, causing the patient to become infected with blood, complications in the lungs, brain, liver, joint bones ., possibly even causing death.

Chickenpox can cause many dangerous complications if not actively prevent early.

According to a report published in July by the British Health Services Agency, about 5-14% of adults with chickenpox have lung problems, pneumonia. If the person is addicted to smoking, the risk of pneumonia is much higher. Particularly in the case of encephalitis due to complications of chicken pox, the mortality rate accounts for 5-20%, even if the disease is saved, it can still leave a severe sequelae.

Pregnant women with chickenpox during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, likely to miscarry, or a fetus at risk of developing fetal chickenpox syndrome (FVS). This is a rare syndrome, the rate of occurrence in the first 12 weeks is less than 1%, between the week of 13-20 is 2%. Newly born cases of chickenpox from the mother, children may have birth defects or severe progressive disease leading to death.

The risk of complications and death increases with age. According to New Zealand Ministry of Health statistics, the mortality rate in healthy children is 2 out of 100,000 cases, but 15 times higher in adults. The level of complications in adults is also heavier than children. Most patients have not been vaccinated against the disease.

A late complication of chickenpox is shingles . Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox to hide in nerve cells and reactivate, developing into shingles after years. The disease has its own complications, called neuralgia after shingles .

Mr. Tran Nhu Duong also added that every year in our country, the number of people suffering from chickenpox is always high, ranging from 25,000 to 40,000 people. Specifically, in 2011, there were 40,596 patients; in 2012 was 28,286 people and in 2013 was 24,620 people. According to statistics from the Department of Preventive Medicine - Ministry of Health, only from the beginning of 2014 to May 2014, there were 16,380 cases of chickenpox nationwide.

Children and adults should get the chickenpox vaccine as soon as possible.

Cold weather with drizzle, high air humidity in winter - Spring is a time of easy outbreaks of many diseases such as measles, hand, foot and mouth, chickenpox . With viruses related to the virus in general, people need attention Precautions from the beginning of the season, regular personal hygiene, supplement of healthy foods, exercise to increase the body's resistance.

When suffering from chicken pox, patients should soon see and treat. Patients should not scratch and cause bacterial infection; warm bath; laundry and sun drying personal belongings; Avoid gathering in crowded places, cover your hands or turn your back when coughing . to avoid infecting others.

Mr. Tran Nhu Duong recommended that people should actively vaccinate before epidemics to reduce the risk of infection, avoid crowding and burning fires in the vaccination rooms. One dose should be given to children from 12 months to 12 years, and 2 doses 4-8 weeks apart for children aged 13 and older or adults. Women of childbearing age should be vaccinated at least 3 months before planning to become pregnant.

A 2012 study by the New Zealand Immunization Counseling Center found that about 70-90% of children can be immune to chickenpox after the first nose and increase to 97-99% of children after the second nose. Complete 2 For teenagers, about 91% of adults will avoid moderate to severe chickenpox. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this rate can reach 98%.

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