Chicken Pox

Aw poor poppet :( He will get through it! Would you give him a vitamin C supplement to help his body deal with the virus, or at least load him up on kiwifruit and oranges?

Hugs, sounds like it's really knocking him about

Bath in pinetarsol, you need to reduce the itch. Try & keep him in as long as possible. Then coat with Hypercal cream, it's soothing, IMO works better than calamine which dries out the skin.

My girl had them really really badly & didn't eat for 3 days, she was almost 5 so could tell us what helped her feel better. Not that she could at the time cause she was sorta delirious.

What about baby neurofen (fenpaed)? When my DS gets ear infections he is utterly miserable until we use that in conjuction with pamol, then he is ok. Not sure about chicken pox, but it might be worth a try.

Fiona, you should be able to get in powder form at the chemist, would be easy to pop into a drink for him. Hope he improves soon!

Nurofen isn't recommended if they are dehydrated either so if he isn't drinking I'd avoid it.

I didn't know there was a vaccine for Chicken Pox, might read up a bit on it.

Hope he feels much better soon!!!

Fay had chicken pox and was hospitalised so from there we used Pamol regularly (6 hourly)(not Nurofen as she was really dehydrated and it's not good for the kidneys at all I am a renal nurse) I think at one point we were using pinetarsel baths at least 2 hourly to help soothe her and she had Zertek (antihistamine) to help the itching, Fay is one of those kids who get hyperactive with Phenergan but that is a good option if he can take it as it soothes the itching and has a sedative effect. Calamine lotion is not reccomended these days as it dries the skin but can also make the scarring worse.
Fay was admitted as she had a really severe case, was dehydrated and the virus got into her spinal fluid.
It does get easier and they do get better, but I remember it as a really miserable time even before the problems set in. Keep the cool fluids going in and don't worry too much about food untill he feels better - look for wet nappies or checking he is peeing, the yellower and darker the urine the more dehydrated he is

We also used Vit a cream for the healing spots when they had scabbed over, to help reduce the scarring, has helped as she is really not as scarred as we thought she would be

Oh yay, that's good to hear

Oh god for days there I wondered if DH and I might go mad with the crying, today even better still he ate food and didn't cry all day, still going to bed heaps but he clearly needs it and i'll make the most of it normally he is a cat napper!!!!!!!!!