Chicken Pox

By: Michelle B. Bernaldez

and Donna Nuez
What is
Chicken Pox?
Chicken pox is a viral
infection in which a
person develops
extremely itchy
blisters all over the
body.
What causes
Chicken Pox?
Chicken Pox is caused
by the varicella-zoster
virus, a member of the
herpesvirus family.
Incubation Period
-> 1-1! days "1#-1$
days in so%e &ooks'
What are the
Symptoms?
A red itchy rash
initially resemblin!
insect bites on your
face scalp chest and
back
Small li"uid#$lled
blisters that break open
and crust over
%ever
(&do%inal )ain or
loss o* a))etite
Mild headache
+eneral *eelin, o*
unease and
disco%*ort "%alaise'
or irrita&ility
( dry cou,h and
-eadache
.he chicken)ox rash ,oes
throu,h these three
)hases:
Raised pink or red bumps
(papules), hich break out in
different spots over several days
!luid-filled blisters (vesicles),
formin" from the raised bumps
over about one day before breakin"
and leakin"
Crusts and scabs, hich cover the
broken blisters and take several
more days to heal
Mode o*
.rans%ission:
By direct contact
/ith the rashes
By dro)lets
dis)ersed into the
air &y cou,hin, or
sneezin,
Risk Factors
Persons o* any a,e /ho
ha0e neither had
chicken)ox in the )ast nor
&een i%%unized a,ainst
chicken)ox "0aricella'
Ne/&orns1 es)ecially those
&orn )re%aturely1 under 1
%onth old1 or /hose
%others had ne0er
contracted chicken)ox )rior
to )re,nancy
Peo)le /ith a /eakened
i%%une syste%
"che%othera)y1 -231 (2D41
con,ential or ac5uired
i%%unode6encies'
Peo)le /ith cancer
Pre,nant /o%en
Peo)le /ho are takin,
i%%unosu))ressant dru,s
"e, hi,h-dose steroids'
Peo)le /ho are %oderately
or se0erely ill and are not
yet *ully reco0ered
Peo)le /ho ha0e certain
disorders a7ectin, the
&lood1 &one %arro/1 or
ly%)hatic syste%
4usce)ti&le )re,nant
/o%en
Possi&le
Co%)lications:
8eye9s 4yndro%e
Myocarditis
Pneu%onia
.ransient (rthritis
&ifestyle and
home remedies
Don't scratch
#cratchin" can cause scarrin",
slo don the healin" process
and increase the risk that the
sores ill become infected. $f
your child can%t seem to stop
scratchin"&
Put "loves on his or her hands,
especially at ni"ht.
.ri% his or her
6n,ernails
'elieve the itch and
other symptoms
.he chicken)ox rash can &e
0ery itchy1 and &roken
0esicles so%eti%es stin,.
.hese disco%*orts1 alon,
/ith *e0er1 headache and
*ati,ue1 can %ake anyone
%isera&le. :or relie*1 try:
( cool &ath /ith added
&akin, soda1 uncooked
oat%eal or colloidal oat%eal
; a 6nely ,round oat%eal
that is %ade *or the tu&1 not
the sto0e
Calamine lotion da&&ed
on the s)ots
( so*t1 &land diet i*
chicken)ox sores de0elo) in
the %outh
(ntihista%ines such as
di)henhydra%ine
"(enadryl1 others ' or
hydroxyzine "(tarax1 others'
*or itchin,. Check /ith your
doctor to %ake sure your
child can sa*ely take
antihista%ines.
(ceta%ino)hen ")ylenol
others' or i&u)ro*en "(d0il1
Motrin1 others' *or a %ild
*e0er.
Prevention
'he chickenpox
(varicella) vaccine is
the best ay to
prevent chickenpox.
*+'SI*,
-IA,*.SIS
2%)aired 4kin 2nte,rity
8isk *or in*ection
Distur&ed Body 2%a,e
4lee) )attern
distur&ance
*ursin! intervention
for Chicken pox
Clients
<ee) Patient=Clients
isolation 8oo%
<ee) 8oo% te%)erature
&et/een !> and $?
de,ree : to hel) reduce
)ruritis.
.o Check roo%
te%)erature e0ery shi*t
and as needed
(ssess 4kin condition
and take neccessry
ste)s
kee) skin clean and dry
(ssess e7ecti0eness o*
oral and to)ical
%edications
Wash hands /ith
anti&acterial soa) &e*ore
or a*ter care o* the
)atient
.o teach )atient co0er
%outh and nose durin,
cou,hs or sneezes
Pro0ide te)id s)on,e
&ath.
.o
take )recaution &e*ore
)atient touchin, used
+lo0es and Mask
(d%inister oral
anti)ruritic %edication
as ordered and %onitor
*or ad0erse reactions
and in*or% Doctor.
())ly Cala%in lotion i*
doctor order