Food and Nutrition
Foods to be taken
- Since the loss of appetite is a common symptom in chicken pox, dehydration commonly occurs. To avoid that problem, and squeeze in a few essential nutrients, make sure your sick patient gets a ton of immunity-boosting juices in their system.
- Definitely, increase your fruit intake when you have chicken pox. As mentioned, your body has to fight out the disease and kill the virus! It’s your duty to supplement yourself with nourishing food take soft fruits like grapes, bananas, apples, melons, etc. directly.You might have blisters in your mouth & throat making intake of pomegranate or oranges painful. Make milk shakes or juices out of these fruits and keep drinking frequently.
- Take in a good amount of curd throughout the day. Not only does curd provide calcium & probiotics, it’s good for healing the skin as well.
- Have a glass of tender coconut water first thing in the morning! It’s again loaded with vital vitamins & minerals, zero on the calories scale has a cooling impact on the body and boosts immunity.
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Take a cup of dal with both lunch & dinner. Just boil some toor or moong dal with tomatoes & salt. You may or may not want to add a pinch of turmeric. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and take like a soup.
- What then are the kinds of chicken pox food to eat? Oranges and other citrus fruits are excellent for the immune system. It is advisable to have one glass of orange juice daily. One important point to remember is that you should stay away from additives in juices. Natural fruit and vegetable juices are good for you at this time.
- Fresh vegetables and raw fruits are recommended as well. Herbal teas such as cinnamon, basil and chamomile are good too. Other foods that will help are carrots, cashew nuts, tofu, walnut, egg, ginger, garlic, beetroot, and blueberry and so on. It is also advisable to consume raw organic fruits and vegetables.
- Foods which contain a lot of water are recommended as well since the body can easily digest such foods and process the nutrients in them. Cucumber, tomatoes, spinach watermelon, kiwi, sprouts, and so on fall into this category of water rich foods.
Foods to be avoided
- Chicken pox food to avoid includes dairy products, meats, bread or any other kind of heavy food that is difficult for the body to process. Stay away from processed and junk foods as well. They have little or no nutritional value to offer the body. Red meat and fried foods or other similarly prepared foods should also be avoided.
- Strictly no oil or spices in your food. Not even the least of red chili powder for some flavor the blisters in your mouth and throat can itch and burn.
- The digestive system is generally slow and you might not feel like eating anything at all, in the first few days of chicken pox. Hence no oil, to avoid nausea & vomiting plus simple foods without fat digest quick, causing no acidity issues.
- Good to avoid meat and eggs while having chicken pox. They are fatty in nature & cannot be easily digested by the body.
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Avoid foods with added sugars, or a high carbohydrate such as bread, pasta, unsoaked raw nuts and seeds, as they slow down healing.
- Foods that are high in saturated fat can cause inflammation, which can make the irritated area slower to heal.
Home Remedies
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Keep the wound clean. After the bleeding stops, rinse the wound thoroughly with clean running water. Clean the area around the wound with soap and a washcloth. If something is embedded in a wound, see your doctor.
- Use an antibiotic. After you clean the wound, apply a thin layer of an antibiotic cream or ointment. These antibiotics won’t make the wound heal faster, but they can discourage bacterial growth and infection.
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Certain ingredients in some ointments can cause a mild rash in some people. If a rash appears, stop using the ointment.
- Cover the wound. Exposure to the air might speed healing, but bandages can keep the wound clean and keep harmful bacteria out. Blisters that are draining are vulnerable. Keep them covered until scab forms.
- Change the dressing. Apply a new dressing at least once a day or whenever the dressing becomes wet or dirty to help prevent infection. If you’re allergic to the adhesive used in most bandages, switch to adhesive-free dressings or sterile gauze and paper tape.
- Drink loads of water. Dehydration is one of the important issues with chicken pox in adults! Make sure the water is boiled & cooled down to room temperature. Do not share your glass or water bottle with anybody.
- Apply coconut oil to the blisters as they come up. Do this by putting some of the oil on a cotton bud to avoid getting the fluids from the pox on your fingers.
- Trim and scrub fingernails regularly to prevent transferring bacteria to the skin while scratching.
- Lukewarm baths with baking soda, sea salt or herbs such as chamomile, oats, a few drops of some essential oil such as lavender or tea tree. Apple cider vinegar can be added to the bath to instantly relieve itching.
- Chop one carrot and one cup of chopped coriander leaves and boil it in two cups of water. Strain the water and drink it as a soup once every day.