Isolation of the patient for about 6 days after the onset of rashes and disinfecting the articles soiled by nose and throat discharge of the patient are the usual control measures.

The treatment mostly consists of easing the symptoms.

Remember that infected person will be contagious until all the blisters have scabs and when new blisters have stopped appearing. They should stay at home while they are infectious.

Avoid scratching the blisters because of the risk of infection .

Cut the nails short or make the patient wear gloves.

Pay attention to personal hygiene.

Calamine lotion will help to relieve the itching.

Keep the patient in cold surroundings as heat and sweat may make the itching worse.

In attacks of chickenpox where the itching is so serious that the child's sleep is totally disturbed, antihistamine medications with a heavily sedative effect can be used. Antihistamines are medication for allergic reactions, motion sickness or insomnia. What complications might arise?

Bacteria may infect the blisters.

Occasionally scars may remain at the site of the blisters.

Conjunctivitis.

Pneumonia.

In very rare cases, chickenpox can result in complications such as meningitis or encephalitis (inflammation of the membranes of the brain or the brain itself), inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) or Reye’s syndrome.

Future prospects

Once a person has had chickenpox, they will have immunity to the disease for the rest of their life. However, the virus may return later in life as shingles. A person who has active shingles can infect others with chickenpox, but cannot give shingles to someone else.