With the change of season, Chicken Pox has spread its tentacles in Nirsa block of Dhanbad district. It created havoc in Pandra Muslim Tola under Nirsa block, gradually spreading throughout the area.
Over dozens of residents including children of the area are in the grip of the disease includes Rizwana Khatoon (7), Sanul Sekh (13), Aafrin Praveen (8), Rukaiyya Khatoon (2), Saheb Sekh (8), Zahira Bibi (45), Salim Khan (28), Nayan Tara (20), Salim Kazi (32), Ishan Kazi (54), Noor Alam (54), Irfan (10), Rahana (6), Mahmood Sekh (25), Kalim Kaxi (40) and others.
A team of Nirsa Health Department rushed to the area and took an account of the infected persons. Team member Dr S K Gupta said that Chicken Pox is a viral infection, which spreads very easily during these days.
This disease mainly infects children in the age group of 3 years to 15 years, it is recognised by the red rashes in the central part of the body like abdomen, chest, back, legs and face, he said.
“It is a self-limiting disease that is not harmful if given proper attention, leads to complications due to secondary infections when proper treatment is not followed,” he added.
Chicken Pox requires only a symptomatic treatment which involves antipyretic medicines for fever and antibiotics which would counter possible respiratory infections, informs Dr Gupta.
The infected child should be kept in isolation in a room with fresh air and should not be allowed to go out. His clothes, handkerchief, towel and bed sheet should be changed regularly and washed separately using an antiseptic, said Dr Randhir MBBS posted at Bokaro.