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Preventing chicken pox
My Brother is diagnosed Chicken Pox and is getting treatment. Can I take Microvir-250 or some other anti-viral medicine to prevent getting infected myself? I did not suffer from chicken pox till now.
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along with recommendations from other doctors, to strengthen your immune system, take supplements of vitamin d3 ( 2000-4000 IU/day), high dose of vitamin c ( 500mg/ 3 time per day) with magnesium, zinc and selenium supplements.
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Please stay away from him wash everything like utensils,his clothes, bedsheets with hot water and Dettol
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As other dr has said you should go for vaccination .
2 doses ,28 days apart.
the vaccine is expensive.
however if you cant take vaccine you can Take prophylactic medicine Famciclovir( Microvir, the trade name ) 250 mg x 3 times a day x 5 days..
the therapy is given 7 days after exposure as you will be mid way in to the incubation period .
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chicken pox is highly contagious and a close contact with patient ( house hold, residence in the same house ) can give you infection if you are seronegative.
if the exposure is less than 96 hrs ,preferably with in 72 hrs , you can take VZ Immunoglobin, this will prevent you from developing the illness.
if more than 96 hrs have passed , go for vaccine or medicine as advised above.
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Dr. Anand Kalaskar
General Physician
24 yrs exp
Pune
Avoid contact with u r brother and take vaccine as early as possible
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