pain all over the body following chicken pox?

Question

My 8 year old sister was treated for chicken pox a few weeks back. After almost one week, she started having fever followed by pain (aching kind?) all over her body. The pain is severe, according to her, appears at any time, persists for some 5 - 10 min at max all over the body and then disappears. She doesn't have any rashes or any iching kind of pain, but it is an aching kind of pain, which once appeared can't be relieved by any means, other than just 'suffer and wait' until the pain subsides on its own.

We consulted a paedriatic surgeon, she was given cefixime and ibuprofen. Fever has subsided, though the pain persists now also.

I am deeply upset, and adding to it, my elder sister (15) also has started to get the same kind of pain.(she had already got chicken pox in her child hood). We r really sad,as once the pain appears, there is nothing we can do to relieve the pain, neither a muscle massage, nor any thing helps.

Please tell me what it is all about.... Please help...

Answer 1

Very sorry to read your question!
The pain does usually subside but you can help by keeping the system flushed with fluids. You can go for the exotic "isotonic" preparations but any drink containing reasonable amounts of glucose can help. I assume you were treated with an antiviral product as cefixime has no effect on herpes zoster (chicken pox) virus.
Continue with the non-steroidal preparation but make sure it is paedritic strength.

Curious as to why you contacted a surgeon?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It usually takes a couple of weeks after the fever and rash disappear for the aches to subside. The pain occurs because the virus invades the nerves, and there is no medication that can effectively block nerve pain (except for extremities). There's nothing you can do except wait. A least with chicken pox, the pain eventually goes away - some people have to live with pain like this every day of their lives.

Answer 4

Chicken pox is contagious from the incubation period (14-21 days from when your toddler first came into contact) until the last blister has scabbed over and no new blisters are appearing. It is caught from contact from the liquid from the blisters or from sneezing. I don't believe it survives outside the body. If you go into labour whilst your daughter still has new blisters appearing, you had better mention this to your doc / midwife, but after this time, your baby will not be exposed if you have already had it and therefore should not catch it again. It is a blessing that your 3yo has caught chicken pox now and will be over it before your baby is born. Your toddlers nursery will probably have their own policy and it may be worth checking with them.

Answer 5

Neuropathy is some damage to the nerves. With chicken pox and children it normally fades away. For older people (shingles) it could be a permanent damage with a lot of pain. There are some methods or procedures to help to alleviate the pain.

Answer 6

Peripheral neuropathy (also called peripheral neuritis) is pain in the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. This may be what is happening in this situation.

After varicella (chickenpox), the virus "moves" to the nerves in the spinal cord area. If the virus is reactivated, a painful condition called "shingles" http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm may occur. This usually occurs among older people, but I have seen shingles in many, many teenagers. Shingles is often, but not always, accompanied by blisters.

Another possibility, as other posters suggested, is that the discomfort is simply the virus remaining active.

This may be too complicated to be addressed in Yahoo Answers. You may wish to do some independent research on "varicella neuropathy" to see if any of the literature sounds familiar or offers suggestions for treatment.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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