whats best for chicken pox spots?

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dd(2.5) has chicken pox. have been using calomine but she hates it and i cant see that its helping! she has spots on her eye lids and is so uncomfortable - (not using calomine on her face). any ideas?

try going to the chemist and asking the pharmacist... i got something for DS, it was clear liquid and not so yucky. cant think of the name of it though...

are you giving piriton for the itching?

Poor love.

if you are of homeopathic persuasion give her rhus. tox.

Eurax cream is very good.

E45 - keep in the fridge, very cooling when applied chilled.

Piriton helps damp down the itching too, if there are no reasons to avoid it.

HTH

will try the piriton - thanks . how do people react if you take a child with chicken pox to the shops!!

There has been a lot of bad press about tea tree oil, but a few drops in the bath really helped my boys.

The best thing I found was bicarbonate of soda in the bath. My ds2 had it really bad at 14months and we bathed hime twice a day in bicarb - he didn't scratch and he hasn't got a scar on him!

Hi
I 2nd bicarb of soda in the bath a good sprinkle it dried my little ones spots up in less than a week.

aqueous cream with camomile, have heard nappy rash cream is very good for them too, after the iching has stopped bio oil to reduce scaring (but not on eyes)