chicken pox? please give me some advice?

Question

my daughter is 16 months old (year and a half), she has got chicken pox very very bad (in places very uncomfortable for girls), in her hair, ears on her eyelids everywhere, and i have smothered her in calamine lotion, given her a bath with barcarbonate of soda but is there anything else , because she is very uncomfortable oh also shes had calpol!
thanks in advance

oooh and ive let her go around nappy free, ive got laminate flooring so wee and poo can be easiely cleaned lol

Answer 1

my son has just recovered from chicken Pox he got them in very uncomfatable places too, I bathed him in luke warm water every 3 - 4 hours, and got a anti hystemine from the chemist which helps eleviate the itch caused by Chicken pox...... i found camomille lotion made him itch more.

hope this helps

Answer 2

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Answer 3

How is it possible your child got the chicken pox? My youngest child received the vaccination against that over 10 years ago. Chicken Pox no longer has to be a right of passage for children any more. It is usually part of the immunizations that they receive as babies along with the hepatitis series except for the 2nd and 3rd shot which they get toward middle school age.

Anyway, Chicken Pox is a form of herpes just like cold sores. It isn't always sexually transmitted like the herpes. However, the same remedy that is used for herpes can work on the PAINFUL, ITCHY LESIONS. It is called ZOVIRAX. It comes in an ointment for the outter parts of the body and also it comes in a PILL form. I don't know about a liquid.
The next trick will be to get your doctor to prescribe it for your daughter whom I know is suffering terribly.

In the meantime you could try a little of hemmorroid cream. VERY LITTLE. Since that is designed to take away swelling an itching. Try it in a very small place first to see what her response will be. She might be overly sensitive and it wouldn't be good to use it in that case. It is an old cure for cold sores as well.

I hope that you can get the zovirax which can be used in the treatment of chicken pox if you find a doctor who will give it to you. It is rather expensive but worth every penny. Watch how quickly the lesions disappear.

My close friend used this for her son since she hadn't immunized him for the virus he got chicken pox. He was much older than your daughter however. He was 6 yrs. old. The zovirax worked soooooo quick.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

This remedy had worked brilliantly when my daughter had chicken pox, she was much better than my sons had been without this remedy, recovered very quickly, and her spots healed better without scarring.
Unfortunately she also gave it to my friend's children so I made up bottles for them too and they said it helped a lot.

Get a cup or egg cup, add 4 drops lavendar oil, 5 drops tea tree oil and 5 drops camomile oil (all pure essential oils). you don;t need more than this at a time, they are very potent.
Add about 3 tablespoons of almond, wheatgerm or olive oil to this.
Put in warm bath when water has finished running and let your daughter lie in it.
The lavendar is anti-bacterial, healing and will soothe your daughter to sleep.
The tea tree is anti viral (chickenpox is a virus) and anti bacterial and anti fungal to protect against any infection of the spots and scarring.
The camomile oil (roman camomile is best) will help with the itching and soothe her breathing and calm her.

This is best in a bath as it reaches the skin well, but you can also burn the mixture in an oil burner (added to water), or add the essential oils to a bottle of camomile lotion and shake hard to mix, and use that on her skin, applying with cotton wool.

Answer 5

Oh poor thing and poor you! As long as she hasn't had any allergic reactions to any of the ingredients in the past you could try piriton liquid (available from chemist). This should help with some of the itching and might have a slight sedative effect which would be useful for night-times! I'm not sure there is much you can give topically for 'down below' other than the normal sudocream which might help to soothe it. Both my girls had it around a similar age to your little one and the good news is they usually recover fairly quickly with minimal lasting scars. I'm just waithing for my little lad to get it now! Good luck!

Answer 6

hi ya was24 once I took ckn pox all i will say is do no longer scratch lol or u will finally end up wit scarskeep up wit the attention drops and the paracetmol yet the two bypass to ur community chemist or maybe tescos and purchase some eurex cream to cease the itching, in the event that they are drying out meaning they r dyin as for ur mouth gargle some salt water wish all is going properly. oh with tips from the way u could additionally purchase an antihistamine to help with the itch (like piriton or benadryl) the two are not that high priced under a fiver each and each, yet properly worth it if it stops the itch

Answer 7

Dealing With the Discomfort of Chickenpox
You can help relieve the itchiness, fever, and discomfort of chickenpox by:

Using cool wet compresses or giving baths in cool or lukewarm water every 3 to 4 hours for the first few days. Oatmeal baths, available at the supermarket or pharmacy, can help to relieve itching. (Baths do not spread chickenpox.)
Patting (not rubbing) the body dry.
Putting calamine lotion on itchy areas (but don't use it on the face, especially near the eyes).
Giving your child foods that are cold, soft, and bland because chickenpox in the mouth may make drinking or eating difficult. Avoid feeding your child anything highly acidic or especially salty, like orange juice or pretzels.
Asking your doctor or pharmacist about pain-relieving creams to apply to sores in the genital area.
Giving your child acetaminophen regularly to help relieve pain if your child has mouth blisters.
Asking the doctor about using over-the-counter medication for itching.

Answer 8

If you're using plain calmine lotion, try giving her a little Benadryl orally to ease the itch, and MAYBE knock her out a little to sleep! You can also use the colloidal oatmeal baths too. If it was only a day or less since she broke out, something like Zovirax could help, but you have a VERY small window to start it.

Other than that, you've pretty much got to wait it out. Keep her cool and comfortable and try to distract her when she scratches. She can rejoin the rest of the world when every single pox is scabbed over. Be glad she's little - if she was older, she'd make you NUTS with the whining and the entertain me. (And the BEST part - her immunity to chickenpox is better than the kids who get the vaccine!)

Answer 9

Sorry to hear your little one isn't well, you are doing all you can really, you could try aqueous cream, very similar to calamine lotion but it moisturises the skin as well as stopping the itch. I used it on my little boy when he had chicken pox last year.

Just try and keep her distracted as well, lots of DVD's and cool drinks and just keep her as cool as possible?

A big glass of wine/ bar of chocolate when she finally goes to sleep will make you feel better too......!

Answer 10

Anti histamines are supposed to be good but I'd ask your doctor as he'll have the prescription ones and can give you appropriate advice as your daughter is still very young. Phenergan is great but prescription only I think. I used it overseas for a minor skin complaint my son had and it worked really well. Hope she improves soon.