Antibiotics often are prescribed if blisters become infected.
Current technologies used to treat chickenpox include antiviral medications such as acyclovir, and varicella immunoglobulin.
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.
Flu, cold, chickenpox, and mumps are viral and aren't treated with antibiotics.
Chickenpox is a viral illness that can't be treated with antibiotics meant for bacteria. Antivirals are sometimes used in certain patients.
Anti-viral agents.
Patients are not prescribed antibiotics for chickenpox because it is a viral infection, and antibiotics are effective only against bacterial infections. Chickenpox typically resolves on its own without the need for antibiotics. However, if a secondary bacterial infection occurs due to scratching the rash, antibiotics may then be necessary to treat that specific infection. Therefore, the initial viral illness itself does not warrant antibiotic use.
Amoxicillin
Antibiotics, antifungals, and antiviral medication will be used to treat the appropriate organism. Broad spectrum antibiotics will be used immediately,
Most of the drugs that treat bacterial disease are called antibiotics.
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No. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus and cannot be treated with an antibiotic as antibiotics target bacterial infections.Chickenpox can usually run its course without seeking medical intervention, but visiting a doctor as soon as the rash appears may enable them to diagnose it early enough to give you antiviral medication. This medication will slow and stop the spread of the rash and reduce the healing time. However a doctor should usually be visited as soon as possible to offer suggestions and -if it was caught early enough- prescriptions.Chickenpox is highly contagious and people with the virus should avoid contact with other people until the blisters scab over, signalling that the virus is no longer contagious.
Antibiotics are used as an aid to the body's immune system for fighting harmful bacteria.