Chicken pox

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:33 pm

The youngest has broken out in chicken pox. We've smothered him in calamine lotion, but does anyone know of anything else that will ease his suffering?

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:50 pm

Acqueous calamine cream, 2.50 from a pharmacy, doesn`t dry out like calomine, both my two had it recently and worked wonders, also bathe in warm water with bicarb of soda, helps also.

Faceache · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:52 pm

I used this for the bairn recently

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The Bishop · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:54 pm

Hope the youngest gets well soon Mr PIN.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:56 pm

Thanks all!

Kevin Dixon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:04 am **Posts:** 1432

Bicarbonate Soda in the bath helps, takes away the itching.

shilts · **Joined:** Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:32 pm **Posts:** 1575

The missus said put the aqueous cream/calamine lotion in the fridge. She also said aqueous cream is better.

Also do NOT give ibuprofen (Nurofen is the same stuff in case you didn't know) as this can increase the chance of scarring. Use liquid paracetamol (if you're looking to get their temperature down) instead (eg Calpol)

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6476

Get some piriton into him, takes the itching away

mr elkots · **Posted:** Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:55 pm

Fensy wrote:

Get some piriton into him, takes the itching away

Bang on. Doc told us this. Ease the pain.

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:59 am

PIN use paracetamol pain relief but do not use ibuprofen. See patient leaflet in package of ibuprofen products.

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:55 am

Kevin Dixon wrote:

Bicarbonate Soda in the bath helps, takes away the itching.

This worked a treat with ours in addition to the calamine.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:04 pm

Do people still do that thing where they get infected kids to play with their kids, in order to 'get it over with'?

I remember having to go to some kid's house to play in order to get chicken pox, and it seemed like half the school was in there.

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Seaton Carew Beach and a paddle in the Sea worked wonders for ours but I understand it's a hike for u

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charco · **Joined:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:24 am **Posts:** 885

offshorepoolie wrote:

Seaton Carew Beach and a paddle in the Sea worked wonders for ours but I understand it's a hike for u

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Is this to catch chicken pox or to cure it?

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