Chickenpox - symptoms in adults

Adult people are rarely sick with chickenpox, but it happens that it is in adulthood to have to endure this disease. If in childhood a person did not have to recover, therefore, immunity is unfamiliar with the disease and is exposed to infection. It is safe to say that in childhood, chickenpox is much easier and easier to transfer than in mature. Therefore, if in adolescence or very little you do not have chickenpox, then you are a man or a woman, this disease is unlikely to bypass you by contact with the virus.

Symptoms of chickenpox in adults in the early stages

It can not be said that chicken pox is a dangerous and difficult disease, but if it is tolerated by a mature person, then everything is possible. After twenty years, the symptoms of chickenpox in adults can be in a complicated form. It can also be noted the difficult course of the disease in the presence of chronic diseases, as well as other immunodeficient conditions of the body. The incubation period from the onset of infection can last from 11 to 21 days. The first signs of chickenpox in adults can appear already a day before the rash. This is usually a general malaise, weakness, low temperature, headaches and aches. There may also be more serious violations in the quality of photophobia, convulsive muscle twitching, impaired coordination, and others.

Symptoms of chickenpox in an adult

The disease is accompanied by the following symptoms:

1. Abundant rash on the skin in the form of pink spots.
2. The appearance of enanthem on the mucous membranes of the mouth, respiratory tract and on the genitals is probably almost 99% with chicken pox.
3. The appearance of rashes lasts up to ten days, having a transparent film of liquid.
4. The temperature can rise to 40 degrees.
5. Clear signs of intoxication.
6. Bubbles can not be squeezed out and scratched, because after their opening on the skin dimples are formed, scars are more likely.
7. Complications of a different nature are possible in adulthood much more often than in children. Therefore, regular consultation of a doctor is necessary.

Complications of chickenpox

Since the first symptoms of chickenpox in adults manifest in mild form, during the whole period of the disease serious disturbances of the work of some organs are possible. In this case, serious complications, so-called, postinfectious:

1. Lesions of respiratory organs of a herpetic nature - laryngitis , tracheitis, pneumonia.
2. Disorders of the system of detoxification - nephritis, abscess, hepatitis.
3. The defeat of the central nervous system, manifested in the form of encephalitis, meningitis, cerebellar ataxia and edema of the brain.
4. Manifestation of arthritis, myositis , synovitis and fasciitis.
5. The work of the heart and blood vessels is affected.

We listed the most common complications of the course of the disease. But do not get upset about this, because not necessarily this pathology will be observed in every person who suffers chickenpox in adulthood. Quite often there are cases when the disease is transferred in a mild form, even without a rise in temperature. In adults, chickenpox rash is accompanied in any cases, so it can not do without it. But as for all other signs of the disease, it is already a purely natural property of each of us. Someone may be in the hospital for emergency hospitalization, but for someone the disease will be generally invisible, and recovery will come much faster. But in all cases it is worth remembering one thing - small rashes on the skin are not allowed to scratch and press, it can lead to scars and scars in the future, as well as getting a dangerous infection.