Chicken Pox (Adult)

[puffmummy]

Fed up at home on NYE when babysitter available! Parents were to have the children, we should now be sipping martini's at posh friend's house in glam surroundings a la 007. Instead have laid in bed all day trying desperately not to scratch crusty chicken pox sores whilst DH & kids romp downstairs sending up the odd coffee. Only up side is I don't feel hungry.

Want to drink champers, smoke naughty things & shag. No chance, will probably burst/faint if attempting any of the above though not for the right reasons.

Any advice apart from calamine & DON'T SCRATCH?

Poor you, puff. How did you manage to get through life without getting the Pox? Bad luck. I'm sure a good intake of alcohol will distract you from the itching!

erm i had this. found the only relief was spending ALL day in the bath!

oh and any piriton in the house? that helps with the itching too.

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antihistamines, all the way.

and paracetomol and ibuprofen too - mine were painful.

try lanacane if you have any it worked really well for ds2

I was given the pox by my dd at the age of 33 - had 'em everywhere you can imagine - inside and out. I would go in the shower then lie in bed with pieces of wet flannel on my face to stop my scratching until the effects of the shower wore off, then I would go in the shower then lie in bed etc etc - for three days. Took antihistamines etc but nothing really stopped the pain and irritation apart from my shower/wet flannel system. My sympathies!!

Huge sympathy - had it at 26 - spots on fanjo, hurt like buggery when tried to pee. Only thing that helped was keeping a jug of luke warm water by loo to pour over while i peed!

Long enough ago that I can laugh at it!

I'd forgotten (or blotted out) the nightmare weeing scenario!

Thanks all for the suggestions but have just come round from Piriton/champagne induced coma and discovered that although looking absolutly horrendous most of the itchiness has gone. Hallelujah. Now I just have stopping smoking to be grumpy about.