About this treatment?

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So DD 21 months is about to have chicken pox, can't say why but I know it's on the way after lots of close contact with some toddlers that were infected but didn't come out in spots until 2 days later.

Any who I've been to the chemist to stock up on calamine lotion only to be lambasted by the chemist that there are much better treatments and I should "get the best for such a young child" so I backed away and bought my calamine elsewhere but AIBU? Is there better stuff? I now have mum guilt about the whole thing!

I think pharmacy staff get alot of daft questions sometimes and un reasonable people some times they just jump the gun and come across a bit rude with out meaning too. Well any local ones do anyway they've apologised on more than one occasion :)
There's is a gel viral sooth I believe that's now about that's very good for chicken pox and was recommended by the Dr and friends for my little one maybe that's what they ment?
Perhaps find another calmer pharmacist and ask there opinion?

Definitely recommend Virasooth as calamine lotion is a mess waiting to happen (4 year old and 14m old just coming through the other side of the pox.)

Piriton is also a good shout as it a bag of porridge oats and some bicarb (the latter 2 in a cool bath helps with itching. Put the oats in a sock though as cleaning the bath is a bugger)

Don't have mum guilt though, I thought calamine lotion was the best thing to use and did until I was applying it to eldest and youngest spilt the whole bottle across my new carpet.

Thank you for your recommendations. Off to get some virasooth tomorrow

Poxclin is brilliant. Our little boy just had chicken pox and we used this. He hardly scratched at all so would recommend

Thank you added to the list!

I think I’ve heard that calomine is not really recommended anymore as it can dry out the spots and make them itch more.

I agree with the virasooth.

Also stock up on calpol but avoid nurofen!

I hear calamine can cause scarring. We have found the best thing for chicken pox - and any other itch - is bicarbonate of soda solution. It's even safe for itchy eyes. Antihistamines are unhelpful too and porridge oats in a pop sock in the bath.

Forget calamine lotion you can buy it in a cream form now- flippin amazing 😉

Yeah, Soubriquet is right, avoid nurofen and everything else containing ibuprofen. It can make the chickenpox go deeper into the skin and increase the chance of necrotising fasciitis.

Virasooth, calpol (NOT Ibruprofen, this makes it worse), piriton for kids and bicarbonate of soda baths!

Dd (13) has it last year severely. I used poxclin, oat baths, paracetamol and piriton.
All helped a little bit.

Definite no to the calamine lotion, its been out of favour for a long time now (my kids had CP 20 years ago and I was advised there were better things even then).

I found calamine and aqueous cream was good.

They might be lucky as its only contagious for 1-2 days before spots appear. There is an incubation period of up to 3 weeks though so you could have a bit of a wait to see

I'm not trying to be harsh or anything, but why are you willing to take advice from random people on the internet about the best treatment for chicken pox but not a trained pharmacist? Maybe she came across as a bit rude but it is her job and she was only trying to help...

I agree with RCohle

Although calamine is a bit out of vogue there is a calamine cream or mix with cream. The issue about ibuprofen is a strange one. It seems that it is not that it makes them worse but there seems to be a higher incidence of the spots getting infected which can be dangerous, so best not risk it.