On July 29, information from Bach Mai Hospital, the hospital is treating a 30-year-old male patient, admitted to the hospital in critical condition, with a poor prognosis due to severe chickenpox complications. The patient has a history of 7-year history of renal failure syndrome, is taking immunosuppressants, but has no preventive measures when in direct contact with people with the disease. The simplest measure is to vaccinate patients who have never been vaccinated.
Despite being actively treated with antiseptic drugs and modern blood filtration measures, the patient's condition of acute liver failure, multiple organ failure, and serious blood clotting disorder did not improve.
Associate Professor. Dr. Do Duy Cuong, Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Bach Mai Hospital, said that many people still mistakenly believe that chickenpox is a mild disease, causing only skin rashes. Chickenpox is an acute infectious disease caused by the Varicella-zoster virus, spreading very quickly through the respiratory tract or direct contact. Underestimating the dangers of this disease can lead to unfortunate consequences.
Associate Professor Cuong further analyzed that chives do not stop at the itchy patches but also have many potential serious complications, directly threatening health and life such as:
Pneumonia: This is a common respiratory complication that can be life-threatening, especially in adults and people with weak immune systems. When the virus attacks the lungs, the patient may experience symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, high fever, and need timely emergency care.
Encephalitis, meningitis: Although rare, this is an extremely serious neurological complication that can leave permanent sequelae such as seizures, developmental delays, or even death.
Skin and soft tissue infections: Kiwi Notes that are broken or not properly cleaned are susceptible to Bacterial infections, cellulose inflammation, abscesses, and even sepsis. This not only causes pain but also prolongs treatment time.
Reye syndrome: An extremely dangerous complication, common in children using aspirin when suffering from chickenpox, causing serious liver and brain damage, with a high risk of death.
In pregnant women: Tofu can cause birth defects if the mother is sick in the early stages of pregnancy, or tofu is born to the newborn if the mother is sick at the end of pregnancy, causing serious problems for the child's health.
Multiple organ failure, blood clotting disorder, death: Especially in people with underlying diseases or weakened immune systems, chickpeas can progress to multiple organ failure, blood clotting disorder and lead to death.
Associate Professor Cuong recommends that people should get vaccinated against chickenpox vaccine, should not be subjective and think that chickenpox is only in children, and can be detected for a few days and then get better. Adults must also be aware of disease prevention, when seeing sick children or people around them, they must take measures to wear masks and limit contact because the disease is transmitted through the respiratory tract.
Adults with chickenpox often have more serious complications because they often have underlying diseases and when detected, they are often later or have a misdygnosis compared to other diseases. Absolutely do not be subjective to limit complications caused by chickenpox.
