The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
CH|CKEN.P0X CASES
.sH0ULDB|E:Is0tAITED
While Not Dangerous, 1t Is High.
" Contagious - Sometimes
Complications F O How
Says State Health -
4 | Board.

| islregarded as one of the nturaI all
ments incident to childhood, there
are several important reasons, says
the Georgia State Board OF Health,
why parents should exercise all the
CAFE that would be taken with a more
dangerous epidemic disease.
in the first place. while chicken
pix. when properly treated. leaves
no permanent Disagreement OF the
skin, II neglected or permitted to be-
come severe, 1t may leave scars or
peck marks similar to the pits that
come from smallpox. AN that Is
usually necessary to prevent the
scars is proper medical attention and
the exercise Of care to prevent the
patient from scratching the eruptions.
II small children persist in scratching,
II is good idea TO put mittens on
their hands. Itching may be alleviat-
ed by carbolized and warm baths, and
the application OF oil may be used to
hasten the separation OF the crusts.
Another reason why chicken-pox
gases should be given careful atten-
ton Is the fact that while severe i'll
ness or death seldom, II ever, occurs
in uncomplicated cases, there is al
ways q possibility Of complications
that might lead to serious results
Complications are rare, but when they
do occur they consist usually of pneu7
mcnia, erysipelas and inflammation of
the kidneys tnephrits). Not infre-
quently chicken-pox Is complicated by
some other infectious disease, but
this, however, is more of coincid-
ence than a true, complication. =.
Another reason for exercising
special care In chicken-pox cases.
and this Is the most Important reason
Of hil from the standpoint Of com
munity welfarc.Al is the fact that the
disease is highly ~ contagious, and
when the children of d family, or a
school or neighborhood have been
onee exposed TO IT, scarcely any child
who has not had the disease escapes
contagion. alap tdiiH.s
Usually Confined to Children.
The disease is usually conlmunicat,
ed in the ordinary intercourse Of
children IN the family, the school or
the Fairgrounds. Willie grown PEG
Pile are not entirely immune, 1t is
usually conHned to children The
poison is eliminated not only through
surface of the body and the crusts
broken from the eruption, but even
in the air which the person breathes
1t Is believed by physicians that it
can enter the body by way of the
respiratory passages. . Direct con.
tact. therefore, is not necessary. the
infection being communicated to some
little distance by the air; it can also
be carried more remotely. by persons
who do not contract the disease
themselves, but who transmit 1t to
persons who are more susceptible.
The Importance of isolation and
sanitary precautions, in the light OF
the diseases highly contagious ma
ture. becomes immediately manifest
Isolation should be practiced. and the
quarantine should be prolonged until
the last crusts are thrown of. Dis
infection OF the person, clothing and
apartment Is desirable to minimize
the danger Of spreading the disease.
These measures, and the treatment
of the disease, should be carried out
under the direction Of physician.
chicksn-Pox Symptoms.
Chicken-pox is ordinary. an easy
disease to diagnose. 1t develops In
from ten to sixteen days after ex-
,posure. The first indication is usually
The appearance of small blight red
spots. which rapidly develop into
water blisters called vesicles. They
vary In size.( the largest being about
the diameter of split pea. There
vesicles are On the surface OF the skin
and do not go deep, Usually there is
no suppuration or pus. The disease Is
often accompanied by slight fever.
Surrounding each vesicle is a marrow
bright red ring called an aerolla. They
come out in crops ON the body: some
times on the face aud scslp; and oc-
casionally even in the mucous mem
brane of the mouth. The blisters
seldom go on to pustulation. but
rapidly dry; UP after the fluid in them
becomes opadde. In addition to slight
feverishness there may be loss of APP
petite, aching feeling. and catarrhal
Inflammation The duration of, the
attack is lvsriabaes sghree or -four
weeks is usually, the. extreme limit
before the separation of the last
crusts. Relapses do not cecur% In,
munity from fuoins ATTACKS Is pras-
ideally permanent. sgn4aa soa vhs.gs. /.
But Il must, be understood that
chicken-pox has no relation whatever
10 smallpox. and the fact that pa
|stient has had one OF them before, new,
Ter protects from the other.
The medical name of chicken.pux
is vsricella. 1t was once regarded as
D greatly modified and mild form Of
smallpox, but 1t is now known as
an entirely distinct disease. One Of
these diseases never gives rise 10
the other. The attack of one con
fers no immunity against the other.
vaccination affords no protection
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