Sensitive DD finding chickenpox so distressing

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My poor lovely but very sensitive 2.11 year old dd has chickenpox we are on day 4/5. She is covered in spots (some in some horrible places) and has been really feverish but the fever has broken today and seems to be not too many new ones so hopefully turning the corner. Weirdly she does not seem to have been all that itchy.

The problem is that she has been so distressed by the spots she won't let me examine her and can't bear to see the spots herself. Yesterday I tried to give her a bath with Oatmeal but she had a meltdown when we tried to undress her. She kept saying she wanted them to be gone and this morning she would only get undressed if I did it "superquick" and she had her eyes closed so she didn't see the spots. She kept saying don't look at me mummy She won't let me put cream on either and have had to put Piriton in Juice as she refused it after the first time ( it does taste minging though!).

Has anyone else experienced a child who hates being ill? She has never been particularly unwell before other than the usual colds etc. but has always found it upsetting and seems to go in to denial about it even if its just a graze or something.

I am at a loss as how to make her feel okay about this I have explained as much as I can that they will go eventually but it's hard for her to understand. She is bright as a button but stubborn as a mule once she gets an idea in her head. I have just ordered the Highly Sensitive child book having done some thread searching on here, as there are numerous things she finds difficult to cope with, some of which have got better as she has got older. She is hating being cooped up too. would love to hear if anyone else has experienced anything similar.

I was a bit like that as a child. I would hide behind the settee so noone would realise I was ill. I grew out of it eventually.

Do you still give her calpol even if the fever broke?
I had chicken pox as an adult (very badly) it never itched but hurt like hell. Like all my skin was about to explode.
DD1 had chicken pox when she was 3 and was the same, a bit less painful than me, but she was miserable and didn't want to be touched or moved or anything. She wasn't itchy either.
I think all children go to a phase where they are scared of blood. Correct me! If her blisters are drying it might already look like 100s of wounds. Hence why she doesn't want to see it. Try to explain that her skin is going to be "normal" soon.
I wouldn't worry to much about her being hypersensitive it might be just a phase or the CP (DD1 now 5.5 still talks about it, so it is a big deal for them)

I second the calpol, piriton didn't help my dc much but calpol seemed to make them more comfortable.

Thanks for replies. Yes she has been having plenty of calpol and that seems to have helped lots.

On the sensitive stuff maybe its just who she is and I'm sure she will grow out of it. It just seems connected to other things she is not keen on. Mainly people touching her. Haircuts for example or feet being measured and when I say not keen I mean quickly becomes completely hysterical. I know these things are not uncommon in themselves but she also hates certain loud noises food mixer Hoover etc. As a baby she hated the sound of Velcro or Sellotape, she hated being picked up by other people and until very recently refused to let us comfort her if she was upset. She has very strong senses eg smells, tastes, hearing. I don't want to label her but just to know how to make things easier for her really.

Mine had complete meltdowns over the tiniest speck of blood, dd even use to obsess over moles! Have found both a lot better the more I made them take responsibility for themselves if they hurt themselves, e.g. tabbing with dettolled cotton wool and putting their own plasters on. Maybe dd would like counting the scoops of bicarb into the bath or getting all the spots with calamine?