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Chickenpox usually doesn't require any medical therapy in otherwise healthy individuals. Only symptomatic treatment is usually prescribed to reduce the discomfort. The complexity of the therapy grows when | Chickenpox usually doesn't require any medical therapy in otherwise healthy individuals. Only symptomatic treatment is usually prescribed to reduce the discomfort. The complexity of the therapy grows when many risk factors are involved. | ||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
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Overview
Chickenpox usually doesn't require any medical therapy in otherwise healthy individuals. Only symptomatic treatment is usually prescribed to reduce the discomfort. The complexity of the therapy grows when many risk factors are involved.
Medical Therapy
Pharmacotherapy
- Chickenpox infection tends to be milder the younger a child is.
- Symptomatic treatment with mild sodium bicarbonate baths, antihistamine medication to help ease itching[1] and paracetamol (acetaminophen) to reduce fever are widely used. Ibuprofen can also be used on advice of a doctor. However, aspirin or products containing ASPIRIN MUST NOT BE GIVEN to children with chickenpox (or any fever-causing illness), as this risks causing the serious and potentially fatal Reye's Syndrome. [2]
- There is no evidence to support the effectiveness of topical application of calamine lotion which is a topical barrier preparation containing zinc oxide in spite of its wide usage and excellent safety profile.[3] Calamine lotion is no longer recommended due to its excessive drying nature.
- Non-medical interventions such as lukewarm baths with a skin-soothing oatmeal or cornstarch are also followed traditionally.
Contraindicated Medications
References
- ↑ Somekh E, Dalal I, Shohat T, Ginsberg GM, Romano O (2002). "The burden of uncomplicated cases of chickenpox in Israel". J. Infect. 45 (1): 54–7. PMID 12217733.
- ↑ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Varicella Treatment Questions & Answers". CDC Guidelines. CDC. Retrieved 2007-8-23. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Tebruegge M, Kuruvilla M, Margarson I (2006). "Does the use of calamine or antihistamine provide symptomatic relief from pruritus in children with varicella zoster infection?". Arch. Dis. Child. 91 (12): 1035–6. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105114. PMID 17119083. Text "format-Abstract" ignored (help)