What can I give 13month old Ds4 to make the chicken pox itch stop??...Piriton isn't working.

[ladytophamhatt]

Poor little thing is covered and really really poorly.

It's the worst case of CP I've ever seen

you can use tea tree oil...you might want to mix it with cream or oil tho you can use it straight

handful of bicarb in a warm bath -tepid side of warm, not hot - and plop him in and sponge him/

i think you can also use lavender and chamomile with it

check for exact details...i am a bit random about these things

not a cool bath, sorry wts.

we did the soda bath last night...

poor thing, hes so tired too. I've been up half the night with him because the ones on his head ore so big he can't get comfy with all the blisters. He's just dozed off but keeps maoning in his sleep

I've called the GP and am waiting for a call back because I'm quite worried.

yes .. best is lukewarm bath with bicarb or run through a sock with a handful of oats in it ... really takes the itch away and you can do it as often as you need

hello ggg

you can also get an mix of aqueous cream with calamine which is very soothing and easier to apply than the lotion

cool baths with porridge oats (put in a sock and then into the bath), and then pat dry

yes, get gp if he is suffering with it lth. twig, look - i havr a profile.

aha...porridge oats, not heard that one before.
Will sent dh to he shop.

DD had a bad case of c pox about 3 months ago (at 9 months) and Medised really helped (and helped with sleep too....)

yes, porridge oats worked with mine. Do put them in an end of old tights or something though...I forgot that bit...sieving porridge out of bath water for hours was not my idea of fun!

I can second teh aqueous cream with calamine...really worked

GP prescribed phenergan for my DS when he was that age - it is more effective than piriton by helping them sleep through the itch at night.

Doc couldn't do anything further. Phenagen is licencsed for over 2s so ds4 can't have it....he said what I'm doing now is as much as he can suggest, and keep going with the piriton.

Poor little thing has been so miserable today, one minutes he's fine but the next hes in floods of tears.
And he's got even more spots now then he had this morning....he's got more on his belly now then he had on his entire body yesterday

That's a shame - things have changed in 16 years - DS is now 17!

What about medised at night to help him sleep through the discomfort as well as piriton, just to get him through this phase?

Brown vinegar - a tablespoon or two in a pint of warm water and then dab all over with cotton wool or cotton wool bud. Or half a cup of said vinegar in warm bath.

bathe him in porridge oats wrapped in a muslin tied round the taps so the water runs through it..very soothing and moisturising fro the skin

eurax cream (not lotion)

Yes, eurax, I couldnt remember its name.

Hi Lou!

hi how are you?