Long story short: i go into a chemist and explain dd's chicken pox (2.5yo) 30+ spots on her face alone (day 5) she still has more appearing. Calamine is working but I asked chemist to advise what to give DD when she's itching as calamine is seeming to make the crustier ones itch more, and we are very worried she's going to scratch her face and end up with scars (calamine is working great for the oozing ones though). She says ditch the calamine and put E45 itch relief on EVERYTHING. I do this and within 4 hours most of the spots on her face are a weeping mess, really upset DW goes back into another boots nearer to our home and tell them whats happened the pharmasist tells her she should NEVER use bloody E45 itch relief on chicken pox DW v upset & pharmacist tells her Eurax for the itchy ones and calamine for the rest.
Does this sound ok?
We are doing bicarb & oatmeal bath and this too is helping. DD has then one under her eyelash (on pink bit) which is a bit worrying and also one on her tongue, in her ears, one up her nose and a couple around her mouth. Please can someone give us some kind of advice if you have dealt with what i think is quite a nasty case of chicken pox, we had a shite day and would really really appreaciate some reassurance, tia.