My daughter has just caught Chicken Pox , the spots started on Friday?

Question

She is three years old any one got any good advice/tips please.

Answer 1

Take her to the doctor

Answer 2

Baking Soda Bath and apply dry soda before drying. This will ease the itching and discomfort. Also check with the doctor about the administration of Benedryl or some other antihistamine. Antihistamine should calm the itch and help her to relax as well. Caution: Too much antihistamine can have the reverse effect and cause hyper and anxious behavior as well as sleeplessness. More is not better. There are also over the counter treatments for itch and allergy . Since it is difficult not to scratch an itch you may want to be sure nails are trimmed short and place her hands in socks or gloves at night if she will tolerate it. Perhaps if the socks are made into puppets it could be a fun thing rather than a restriction. It's also important to wash hands frequently especially if there are any open sores. I urge you to consult your doctor before you use any treatment or medication. My suggestions are from personal experience with my two children and myself that had Chicken Pox at the same time. Talk about a trial! The incubation period is 14 days, so anyone exposed will be breaking out in about two weeks.

Answer 3

Lots of good suggestions! I'll add that she needs to have at least 10 spots to be immune from chicken pox in the future. Further, now that she's had chicken pox, according to recent studies, she'll be more susceptible to cold sores (fever blisters), a form of herpes (as is chicken pox).

Some parents may want their kids to have chicken pox at an early age rather than when they are older (when it can cause more problems), so you might ask around her day care to see if there are any parents who want their kids to have it now. However, note that there is a vaccine for chicken pox these days, which may be a better alternative for some parents.

My chicken pox scars still bother me as they're on my face. If she scratches, please help her to rub gently or massage instead. Use flats of fingers only --- no nails.

Answer 4

Oh my goodness. Mine son was three years old when he caught the virus. I took him to the m.d. and the m.d. said that the best thing that you can do for any child who has chicken pox is to buy the Aveeno bath treatment and let the child play for as long as he/she wants to in the tub.. It looks like oatmeal and you just sprinkle it in the tub. Apparently, the m.d. knew what he was talking about- he has six children of his own and said that is what he also did with his kids. Anyhow, after my son soaked in this tub, he did not scratch again one bit. I added the product to the tub every other night. Good luck, it will be over soon.

Answer 5

don't take your daughter to the doctors - you will just spread it to the people in the waiting room - but call the doctor just in case and describe the symptoms they normally recommend calpol to take any temperature down and calamine lotion to put on the spots to stop any scratching - it is best for kids to have chicken pox when their young because they don't know to much of whats happening to them - lets hope the spots go before the Xmas photos get taken

Answer 6

She is contagious till all the pustules(white heads) are gone, so keep her out of daycare...Calamine lotion works the best on itching, but it's hard to make a three year old understand that scratching can scar her. Try slipping socks on her hands at night after she is asleep to prevent scratching in her sleep. During the day try a luke warm to cool bath two to three times a day to soothe irritation, also add some bath salts or regular salt if necessary to dry up pustules faster, not too much though you will irritate her privates....Get some Tylenol she will need it for the fever....Keep her hands out of her mouth, she can transfer the disease after scratching herself and it can get in her throat(very bad, she will need hospitalization). Get the stuff that kills germs on the hands without having to wash and use it often on her hands even if she gets dryness, her hands will recover....Use spray Lysol on anything she touches, toys, etc. It will kill surface germs and keep her from reinfecting herself...Wash her bed linen daily while she has the pustules.....Good luck sweetheart it will be a trying time keeping up with her......but she's worth it.......

Answer 7

Type 'chicken pox treatement' into your search engine, as I just did, and you'll find a plethora of suggestions...here's part of one:

"Chicken Pox Treatment - Acetaminophen
Patients with chicken pox typically have viral-type, prodromal symptoms such as headache, fever, fatigue, and muscle aches. These symptoms can be treated with acetaminophen (Tylenol) with doses determined by the weight of the patient.

Chicken Pox Treatment - Soothing Baths
Frequent baths are sometimes helpful to relieve itching. Adding finely-ground (colloidal) oatmeal such as Aveeno can help improve itching. Oatmeal baths can be prepared at home also by grinding or blending dry oatmeal into a fine powder and adding about 2 cups to the bath water. One-half to one cup of baking soda may also be added to bath water to reduce itching. "

Answer 8

Aside: I never remembered Chicken Pox as I had it when I was very young. Not so Measles and Mumps and German Measles which came later. Mumps was the worst. Incapacitated without feeling awful; just too weak to enjoy Bonfire Night and had to stay in bed.

Answer 9

but some pyriton its is very good for stopping the itching calamine lotion just makes a mess. my doctor subscribed antihistamine for my daughter when she was young no itching scabs heal quicker. make her where mittens or cut her nails really short so she cant scratch the scabs of. It is contagious at the moment whilst she has the spots as soon as the scabs start to appear it is no longer contagious. scab stage can last about 1month.
hope this helps
Robert

Answer 10

Don' worry just Calpol and Neurofen to get any fever or discomfort away. Better to have Chick pox now than later. Any further concern consult your GP. May the little one get well soon and have a merry christmas.

Answer 11

find some oatmeal soap (is it aveno?) and just plop her in the tub with about 2 in of water only.. luke warm water, not too cold, or hot.. and a bunch of toys and keep her there... My 3 yr old lived for 10 days in the tub... helped keep the itching down..
also get a huge bottle of calamine lotion and cotton balls.. when they are out, slather that stuff all over the spots..
let them run around the house (keep it comfortable if in winter) naked as can be.. just a diaper.. clothes seem to make them itch more.. and keep their diaper area clean and dry..
goodluck! I had to stay off work 10days with my little one.