【Notice】Chickenpox Prevention
Nice day to every student and teaching staff:
A few victim of Chickenpox in CJCU has been verified in November. We require that all teaching staff help announce guidelines for epidemic prevention. If you find any victims, please contact Health Services Division as soon as possible.
A.There has been anti-virus medicine that treats Chickenpox effectively to date. If you have suspected syndromes of Chickenpox, such as rashes or blisters, please go to the doctor without delay.
B.Please isolate Chickenpox victims immediately, and keep the indoor air circulated. Patients should also keep the respiratory track clean and follow cough manners until blisters become scab. Those who live in the same room with patients should have nice personal and environmental hygiene concepts, keeping both hands clean and wash hands correctly all the time.
C.The infected should avoid reaching highly potential victims of Chickenpox, such as infants who haven’t been injected with Chickenpox vaccines, pregnant women, and those with poor immune systems. Pregnant women infected by Chickenpox might have babies with born defects and poor immune systems. For those with poor immune systems, being infected by Chickenpox can lead to a complication of pneumonia and encephalitis.
D.Students who get infected with Chickenpox should not come to school; instead, staying at home until blisters become scab is highly recommended. It is even more recommended that they go back to school with a doctor’s evaluation that virus in their bodies has been sharply less contagious.
E.Vaccination is still the best solution to preventing Chickenpox now. Infants with 1 year old should be injected after a doctor’s evaluation as soon as possible. However, those who have been injected is still likely to get infected with Chickenpox, which is called a breakthrough infection, with slight and more atypical syndromes, such as a lower temperature fever or no fevers at all, numbers of blisters of less than 50, and an attack of disease for 4 to 6 days, shorter than that of the injected. The contagion power of a breakthrough infection is half the power of the virus on those who haven’t been injected. If there are more than 50 blisters on the body, the contagion power is more powerful and the disease can’t be ignored. While suffering from Chickenpox, one should keep a safe distance with others.
Introduction of Chickenpox
A.The incubation period is about 2 to 3 weeks, normally 13 to 17 days.
B.It’s highly contagious. From 5 days before rashes (usually 1 to 2 days) to 5 days after the first wave of rashes, the disease is contagious. Only after blisters completely become scab can the disease no longer be contagious.
C.One can be infect with the disease through direct reaches of skin, airborne ways, or discharges from mucosa.
Clinical syndromes
A.Prodromal syndromes include slight fever (37.5°C to 39°C), quiver, stomachache, joint ache and muscle ache for 2 to 5 days.
B.Rashes appear on the face and scalp, and then spread to the body and four limbs. Then full-body rashes come out fast, become blisters, and finally scab.
C.Adults who get infected with Chickenpox can have more severe syndromes along with higher risks of complications. A lower respiratory tract infection and bacterium infections are common complications. Adults can have a fever or feel uncomfortable 1 to 2 days before rashes, which is different from children’s syndromes, with rashes coming out first.