Can you give nurofen after calpol and piriton?

[megcleary]

Dd 2.7 has chicken pox and gave her both about five thirty she has no temp but is sweaty and cying and not able to settle. Dh away and this is the first time she has been sick and I am rubbish at it.

yes, it's fine, our dd has eczema and has piriton at night, and when teething we have given nurofen and calpol together.
my dh is an A&E nurse and he says it's fine to give them.
HTH

Yes it is fine to give them.

but if she is in no pain and has no temperature I don't see what the value is TBH.

She is rubbing herself on the bed think the spots are givingher grief.

The spots will be icthing.

You can use topical calamine lotion for that or the oral piriton as you have.

megcleary - we are at the scab stage of cp with dd2 (2y5m). I found that the nurofen was the thing that really perked her up in the day, and kept her awake at night.

My top tips, mostly gleened from here are:

Phenergan instead of piriton. Piriton didn't seem to be helping with the itching. Phenergan has made the world of difference to naptime and nights.

Calpol every four hours that she's awake and nurofen a couple of times in the day in between calpol doses.

Porridge oats in an old sock in the bath - this has been magic, although DD2 is horrified at the sight of her spots in the bath that they have been short, but effective.

Aqueous Calomine Cream - she would have me rubbing this in 24/7 if I would do it! It is soothing and moisturising and absorbs quickly and great!

Hope that helps and she doesn't get it as bad as DD2 did here. Eyelids and gums have been the most irritating to her so far.

Good luck

we found the best thing for the itchy spots was sudocream which had been kept in the fridge - thick, cold, and soothing.

Thanks everyone she seems to have settled dh rang and I told him what was happening and he said the clocks changing may have thrown her too. Her eyelids look sore as does her scalp Tried a bicarbonate bath to no avail today. Thanks for all the advice I feel less alone

would second treetrunks except for the phenergan