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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Chicken Pox


          Chicken pox is an acute contagious disease. It principally afflicts children and is caused by the varicella virus. It is characterized by a superficial eruption of transparent muscular vesicles which appear in successive crops on different parts of the body. 

Water Treatments:
1.   Fever sponge bath or continuous cold compress to the head for fever.
2.   Warm shower or warm sponge bath daily. Do not rub the lesions.
3.   Give plenty of fruit juices and water to patient during waking hours. 

Note:   Isolate the patient in a room, if possible, to prevent the spread of the disease to other members of the family.

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