Abstract
Objectives: The objective of this research is to know about the affect and difficulties rose by the disease which is spread by herpes varicella zoster virus in the sufferers who are purged from this disease with the help of an oral antiviral drug.
Methodology: The method of this research is vivid based on the observations. This research was carried out in a civil hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. This research was carried out in September 2017 to March 2018. All the patients aged from two to fifteen-year age whose medical reports confirmed the presence of the virus were treated from this oral antiviral drug. The quantity of the dose was eighty milligrams per kilogram per day for consecutive 5 days according to the weight of the patients. After this medical treatment, patients were thoroughly checked for complications and sufferings. The unfavourable effects and the economic value of this treatment were also evaluated in this research.
Results: The total number of the affected children was thirty-one who participated in this research. Fifteen were the male participants and remaining sixteen were the females. Temperature lasted from one to eight days after this medical dealing. Fifty-eight percent sufferers were found with a medium skin complains. More than nineteen percent sufferers had harsh skin complains and twenty-two percent persons were found with a low itchiness. The new skin complains appeared from 3 to 9 days. Other complications were appeared in only three participants in the result of the side effects of the drug. The economic cost of this medical treatment was more than three thousand rupees.
Conclusion: the use of the antiviral drug against chicken pox hinders the new phase of the skin itching and the length of the period of disease to less than five days. Further studies are required to evaluate its advantages in relation with economic costs.