The health-care of the growing child; . pustules filled with a yel-lowish serum. The Germans call the dis-ease Wasser pocken, because they re-semble water-blisters. In a few days thesepustules dry up and crusts form, whichdrop off within a week or two. The erup-tion appears in crops. While some of thepustules are drying up, others are just be-ginning to appear. Fever As a rule, the temperature does not go above 101 degrees. [194] CHICKEN-POX For description see text. HE/ :e of the gjbowino child Chicken-Pox ruption con I pustules with a yellowL>us disease, us?The r ire. A ehi- usually contr
The health-care of the growing child; . pustules filled with a yel-lowish serum. The Germans call the dis-ease Wasser pocken, because they re-semble water-blisters. In a few days thesepustules dry up and crusts form, whichdrop off within a week or two. The erup-tion appears in crops. While some of thepustules are drying up, others are just be-ginning to appear. Fever As a rule, the temperature does not go above 101 degrees. [194] CHICKEN-POX For description see text. HE/ :e of the gjbowino child Chicken-Pox ruption con I pustules with a yellowL>us disease, us?The r ire. A ehi- usually contro to three weeks aftA rash of small pink papuJ;on the face, scalp,spreads to the abdoibecome elevatedlowish sen- ;IDIH3 ease WaSSe*FM 938 nOiiQnoaab icrt uble watpustules dry updrop off within a v>tion appears in cro]pustules are drying utginning to appear. As a rule, the te es not go above 101 degr< t is an m-by di-i seenLuicklysoona yel-dis-they re-ays theseorm, whichThe erup-some of theare just be- Feve*. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Chicken-pox has no association withsmallpox, and will appear in either a vac-cinated or unvaceinated child. It is themildest eruption in childhood, and need oc-casion no alarm. Complications never oc-cur. To guard against having the evidenceof pox later on, the child should be warnedagainst scratching the crusts. Alcohol, inwhich a few grains of menthol have beendissolved, stops the itching, if applied everyfew hours. No solid food should be permitted duringthe first few days of the eruption. Thebowels should be kept loose with the aidof a wineglassful of citrate of magnesiatwice a day. Cases of chicken-pox should isolationbe separated from healthy children for atleast two to three weeks, or until all crustshave dried and fallen off. [195] HEALTH-CARE OF THE GROWING CHILD Measles Measles is most frequently found in chil-dren between the third and seventh is very contagious. Measles poisontravels upward like smoke. A
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