2 nearly 3 ds with chicken pox worst I've ever seen

[chickenpoxson]

Please help I'm on the phone to 111 to help advice he is very upset
He's having all medicine around the clock

Baby who's 14 weeks now has it but she was prem.

My six year old was not sick with it 2 weeks ago

Name changed as is a photo of my son

What do I do

DS2 had it worse than that when he was 17mths old. He, also, got a chest infection which can be a complication of Chicken Pox on top. When the doctor saw him, I said he’d no room for anymore spots and he replied that they can get spots on top of spots.

We used bicarbonate of soda in the bath. He spent most of the day in them, tbh, and he didn’t itch much at all. In fact I don’t think he has one scar on him now.

I hope he’s feeling better soon, it’s an absolutely miserable thing to have especially when the weather is warm.

DD had it even worse than those photos when she was about the same age. It was horrendous so I fully sympathise with you

as others have said and as you are doing DD spent a lot of time in the bath and then covered in creams, not much else you can do really

DD was eating in the bath 😆just basically anything you can do to distract, throw some toys in, I have just seen on Amazon magic pens which come with a ceramic spoon for drawing on then you transfer the drawing to floating in the water (bath water in your case). It’s about £8 and if you’re on prime you could have it tomorrow, looks fun and he could do it whilst in the bath ?

I am sorry your son is not well but please don’t panic. That looks like normal chickenpox to me, not particularly bad - your other children were obviously fortunate and had it mildly. I can still remember having it when I was eight and being covered in spots from head to toe including in my mouth and hair. The doctor came to see me and it was so bad he checked that it wasn’t smallpox (there had been a smallpox scare only a few years previously). I was off school for nearly a month. I was dreading my own children getting it but in the event they it fairly normally. - somewhat like your son. I hope he is soon better.

Awwww... poor little thing. Calamine lotion and lots of tlc. He'll be ok! The worst of it only lasts a few days.

Try not to get over anxious for him. The calmer and more reassuring you are, the less distressed by it all he'll be. Put some TV shows on he likes, buy him sweet treats and a magazine with the plastic tat on it! And lots of cuddles (if you don't mind getting covered in calamine lotion!)

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Bath them and put bicarbonate of soda in the water. It stops the itching. And I dare say you could bathe his eye with the water.

My DS had it like this. He was so uncomfortable and it's so distressing to watch and not feel able to help much.

Cool, oatmeal baths helped DS. Hot baths inflamed the spots and made them itch, but cool water and ground oats in a pair of old tights really helped. We also washed him with the oatmeal tights like a sponge. He spent lots of time in a cool bath as that was the only thing that really seemed to help.

Clothes or any areas getting warm seemed to make the itching worse, so we let him go naked or dressed him in light and loose clothing, only used a sheet over him at bedtime etc. His worst spots were around his groin so he was nappyless as much as possible.

We used Poxclin mousse. Not convinced it did much for the itching, but he had some awful, really huge and deep spots and none of them scarred, so I think it did a good job in that respect. Neal's Yard Calendula and Oat lotion seemed to help a bit with soothing the itching. It is horrible, but try not to panic as that will distress him more. We had 3 really awful days with DS and after that he improved significantly very quickly.

agree with pp looks normal for chicken pox, not nice for little one but he will be ok. Try and stay calm keep doing what you’re doing and he’ll come through.

That doesn’t look like an especially bad case, but it’s distressing anyway.

we found cool baths and then putting calamine aqueous cream useful, along with calpol (not ibuprofen) and piriton worked best.

lots of cool drinks, lollies, whatever they fancy and favourite tele on repeat. It doesn’t last long in the grand scheme of things but is hard work when you’re in the middle of it all.

as for thé baby, are they being bf? Feed on demand and use any of the above to help too. Just check the ages and doses carefully for all the meds, with 2 on the go I used to white it down for each dc so that I didn’t get muddled.

Both of mine had spots everywhere and I mean everywhere.

poxclin mousse was the best stuff I used. You can get it in boots and Asda. Much better than calamine lotion.

I had it when I was 7, I can still remember how ill I felt, I'm 65.

Don’t panic, they look normal, just lots of them. My dd has just got over a dose, her head got the worst of it and the amount of scabs that are now coming out of her hair is ridiculous. We used Poxclin but I don’t think it did much to help. We don’t have a bath but were advised to wash her in head and shoulders so we did that in the shower, it seemed to help to dry them up.

Looks normal to me too. My daughter had it and her eye swelled up. Night in hospital. Had to have her passport done a week later still covered. Worst passport photo ever lol. Ride the storm. He will be okay xxxx

It just looks like normal chicken pox. Hopefully it’ll settle down soon. It’s horrible when they’re poorly.

That looks pretty normal to me.

I had it at 20/21 and it was bloody awful.

I spent most of my time either in the bath or slathered in calamine lotion.

I felt so unwell. I was covered in spots.

Two out of my three had it severely, worse than your son. I looked like they had the plague. Virasoothe gel and two oat baths a day really helped. (fill a sock with oats and tie it around the tap and let the water run through it) you can also add a little bicarb if you like. Do not give ibuprofen, just paracetamol.

Same @Chesneyhawkes1 I also missed going to Kos with my friends as I couldnt travel.

It was awful but I knew it would be over - and I think that is what your son is suffering with @chickenpoxson I remember even at 21 it was hard to picture a day I would look and feel normal that I didnt spend in the bath or feel unwell but I knew I would.

At his age it is far more difficult to understand that

@Quartz2208 yes we could understand and knew it would eventually be over.

I still remember how good it felt to itch the spots even though I knew I shouldn't.

God it was a miserable time. No one would come near me. My Mum posted magazines and cigarettes through the front door 😂

I just chain smoked my way through it. Not advising that for small child.

This most definitely.

That looks like a normal case of CP,it's not pretty and they can get quite poorly with it. Unless he has them in his ears/near eyes and they're looking infected just keep up with cool baths and pain killers and lots of Calamine.

@Chesneyhawkes1 I got it from my Mum - who was worse actually (it was touch and go whether she would need to be admitted overnight) and she felt so guilty about it

Poor little thing. I wouldn't worry too much, it just looks like normal chicken pox. As long as his fever is under control and there are no infected spots, there's not much else you can do so I wouldn't think waiting around to speak to 111 is going to be very useful.

My 6 year old had it badly a month or so ago and still has scabs coming out of his hair now. Giving him antihistamines worked really well and he didn't really itch. We did that and lots of oat baths which he quite liked. It was awful, they were in his throat and he didn't even want to talk or swallow anything for a while. He got impetigo in some of them so needed antibiotics so keep an eye out for that.

It can be surprising just how ill kids feel with it as it's talked about so casually with chicken pox parties and things.

Sadly this is how chicken pox is - utterly miserable. My 4 year old had it while recovering from serious bout of whooping cough. She was very poorly. Hope 111 will have some helpful ideas.

This looks like a perfectly standard case of pox in my experience l, of course it is pretty miserable at the time. Oat and bicarb baths were a godsend for my dc. Poxcillin great as easy to apply without rubbing. Eucrin cream and piriton for itching

I'd also say that looks normal, I've had six go through it and four looked like that, one had about four spots and the other ended up in hospital. The hospital one has no unspotty skin, and couldn't swallow as it was all in the mouth

Aloe vera gel worked well for my little one and also reduces the scarring apparently. It is so hard when they are ill, take care