Chickenpox is considered to be predominantly a childhood disease, but about 10% of people encounter this ailment in adulthood. People who did not survive chickenpox as a child later experience it much harder. In addition, adults are more likely to develop complications after chickenpox. At the same time, the clinical picture of the disease is more pronounced, and in the medical practice cases of death from this disease were recorded.
Complications after chickenpox in adults
Chickenpox, which is easily tolerated by children, affects the body of adults with symptoms of at least moderate severity. In the case of chronic pathologies or immunodeficiency, the course of the disease becomes more complicated. We will consider, what complications in this case can be after chickenpox.
The danger of this condition is that the lack of the required medical care leads to:
- meningitis;
- damage to the optic nerves;
- inflammation of plaques during their combing, after which scars remain.
Rashes in the larynx and respiratory organs lead to a violation of breathing and provoke the formation of laryngitis.
What are the complications after chickenpox when joining a secondary infection?
When you join the infection, the rash starts to fester. The activity of bacteria leads to skin damage, the appearance of phlegmon and abscesses. In addition, this often leads to such undesirable consequences:
- deterioration of the mucous membranes, and as a result, stomatitis, pneumonia and laryngitis develop;
- a complication in the form of a rash on the genitals after chickenpox occurs in adult women, which ultimately promotes the development of vulvovaginitis;
- in men, the varicella-zoster virus can provoke the appearance of balanoposthitis;
- Lymphadenitis , manifested in edema and pain in the lymph nodes;
- defeat of the venous system.