Smallpox disease or so-called ‘Herpes’ by the medical community is a skin inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of bubbles filled with water in groups. Chickenpox or Herpes Disease having 2 kinds of classes namely Herpes Zoster Herpes Genetalis.
Genetalis herpes is an infection or inflammation (bubble blister) on the skin especially in genital (vagina, penis, including on rectum / anus and the buttocks and groin / groin) is caused by the herpes simplex virus (VHS), The Herpes Zoster or by any other name ‘ shingles’ which is a skin infection caused by varicella-zoster virus that causes bubbles in the liquid almost of the entire body.
Herpes zoster is also said as infectious diseases of the skin which is a continuation of the chickenpox (chicken pox) because of a virus that attacks are the same, only there is a difference with the chicken pox. Shingles is characterized by a larger bubble smallpox and in groups in certain parts of the body, it can in the back, forehead or chest.
# Mode of transmission The disease Chickenpox (Herpes)
In general, all types of herpes can be transmitted through direct contact. However, in herpes zoster, which occurs in diseases such as smallpox (chickenpox), the process of transmission can be through sneezing, coughing, contaminated clothing and touch upon bubbles / blisters that burst. In genital herpes disease (genetalia), transmission occurs through sexual behavior. So the disease is sometimes suffered at mouth due to oral sex. The symptoms will arise in the period 7-21 days after a person is in contact with varicella-zoster virus.
Someone who has had chicken pox and later healed, the virus is actually not 100% lost from the body, but hiding in the dorsal ganglion cells sensory nervous system of patients. When the immune system (immune) weakened, the virus will return in the form of herpes zoster attack which caused symptoms similar to chickenpox disease (chickenpox). For someone who has never had chicken pox, if attacked by the varicella-zoster virus then will not directly experience herpes zoster but have chicken pox first.
# Signs and Symptoms Diseases Chickenpox (Herpes)
Signs and symptoms arising from the attack of herpes viruses in general are fever, chills, shortness of breath, pain or stiffness at hinge d, the appearance of reddish spots on the skin which eventually form a bubble liquid. Other complaints that patients are sometimes perceived abdominal pain.
# Handling and Treatment of Diseases Chickenpox (Herpes)
In patients with smallpox are the most important thing is to keep the liquid bubbles do not break so as not to leave a mark and become the entrance for other bacteria (secondary infection), among others, by giving talcum powder that helps lubricate the skin. Patients, if not stand the cold conditions it is recommended not to bathe, because it can cause shock.
The drugs given to people with smallpox is intended to reduce the symptoms of existing complaints such as pain and fever, for example given paracetamol. Giving Acyclovir tablets (Desciclovir, famciclovir, valacyclovir, and penciclovir) as antiviral aims to reduce fever, pain, complications and protect a person from the inability of the immune system against the herpes virus.
On a serious condition where a person’s immune system is weak, people with smallpox (herpes) should get treatment terapy infusion (IV) Acyclovir. As an effort to prevent a person should get the varicella zoster vaccine immunization. In healthy children aged 1-12 years given once. Immunization can be given once again at puberty to establish immunity to 60% – 80%. After that, to improve it, give immunizations once again as an adult. This acquired immunity can last up to 10 years.
