Foods to Eat and Avoid When You Have Chickenpox

Symptoms of chickenpox

Blisters appear very quickly within 12 - 24 hours in people with chickenpox.

Blisters appear very quickly within 12 - 24 hours in people with chickenpox.

Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus . The disease usually appears in late winter and early spring, lasting into summer.

Chickenpox patients show signs of fatigue, loss of appetite, and fever 24-48 hours later. On the third day, a rash begins on the skin, initially red, sore spots, and after a few hours, blisters appear on the skin.

Blisters appear very quickly within 12 - 24 hours. Blisters are 1 - 3mm in size, containing clear fluid. In severe cases, the blisters will be larger or when infected with bacteria, the blisters will be cloudy due to containing pus.

The most common complication of the disease is skin infection that can lead to scarring. These scars are often pitted scars on the skin, causing aesthetic loss and often lasting for life. Chickenpox is very contagious in the community.

Foods that should be avoided

People with chickenpox should avoid eating eel meat.

While sick, you should avoid greasy foods, avoid eating foods that are hot and too nutritious.

People suffering from chickenpox should avoid eating hot spices such as: ginger, onion, garlic, onions, leeks, chili, pepper, cumin, curry, mustard, coriander, meats such as goat meat, dog meat, chicken, goose, goose, eel, seafood (shrimp, crab, oysters, snails...), lychee, longan, plum, ripe mango, jackfruit, persimmon, cherry peaches, water spinach, fatty substances such as chestnuts, roasted peanuts, roasted melon seeds, fried beans, donuts, fried foods, animal fat...

The most taboo is cinnamon , because cinnamon has a very hot, pure yang nature, and has the effect of warming and supporting fire. If it is too dry, it will damage yin, and is very dangerous for chickenpox patients.

People with chickenpox should not eat foods flavored with cinnamon.

Dairy products : All dairy products are not good for people with chickenpox. Therefore, you should avoid giving your child foods such as milk, cheese, cream and butter when they have chickenpox because they will make the skin produce more oil.

Junk food : Junk food is a bad choice when your child has chicken pox as it will only make the condition worse and make the patient feel weak and sick. A diet without foods containing stimulants is much better for the patient.

Foods to eat

People with chickenpox should eat light, nutritious foods in liquid or semi-liquid form, easy to digest, such as green bean porridge, water chestnut-coix porridge, water chestnut-young bamboo leaf porridge, brown rice porridge, honeysuckle porridge, wheat porridge, green bean vermicelli porridge, asparagus, eggs, bananas, red beans, green beans, black beans, potatoes, carrots, white radish, squash, Malabar spinach, purslane, pennywort, bitter melon, amaranth, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce, and mugwort.

Use foods rich in vitamin C such as: lemon, orange, avocado, strawberry, kiwi, pear, watermelon, cucumber, tomato... Vitamin C helps increase resistance, fight infection, speed up collagen production, and prevent pitted scars.

Foods rich in vitamin C increase resistance and fight infection.

After healing, the wounds begin to dry out and the skin becomes tender, so use fresh turmeric right now to treat concave scars after chickenpox.

How to use: wash the turmeric root, gently scrape off the outer skin to release the juice from the inside. Apply this juice evenly around the scar area once a day before going to bed, leave it overnight and wash it off the next morning, then continue to apply another layer.

People with chickenpox should eat squash, bitter melon, potatoes, cabbage, mugwort,...

Tam bean juice, licorice

Green beans, black beans, red beans, 100g each, 2g northern licorice.

Cook with 1 liter of water, reduce to 500ml, divide into 2-3 doses for children to drink during the day.

Heat-clearing soup

Green beans, water chestnuts, thatch roots, young bamboo shoots, carrots, each 20 - 30g. Cook with 1 liter of water, boil to 650ml, divide into 2 times for children to drink during the day (if children have asthma or cough, do not use water chestnuts and carrots).

This soup has the effect of relaxing and cooling, very useful for people with chickenpox, high fever, and people who are hot and irritable.

Honeysuckle water

10g honeysuckle, 20ml sugarcane juice. Cook with 500ml water, boil for about 10 minutes. Drink once a day, continuously for 7-10 days, to help clear wind and heat, reduce fever.

Honeysuckle.

Red bean and barley porridge

20g of Italian filling, 30g of red beans, 30g of earthy rice, 100g of plain rice.

Wash everything and cook with appropriate water to make porridge. Divide and eat 3 times a day, with a little white sugar or rock sugar.

This porridge has the effect of detoxifying rheumatism, especially suitable for chickenpox that has come out, but still has fever, red-yellow urine, fatigue, and loss of appetite.

Red bean porridge.

Bean porridge, pork

80g plain rice, 30g red beans, 30g green beans, 50g minced pork. Cook everything with the right amount of water to form a smooth porridge. Eat when hungry.

This porridge is easy to digest, very good for people with chickenpox and mild fever.

Purslane juice

When you have chickenpox, you can use 100 - 120g of fresh purslane, wash thoroughly, squeeze out the juice, and drink during the day.

Purslane juice has cooling, anti-inflammatory, acne-preventing effects, very good for people with chickenpox.