Any advice? Our son has just come down with it. We have both had it before, so no worries there, but wanted some canny advice....
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Arrrrgggghhhhhh Chicken Pox!
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Don't give him aspirin (specifically, its a really bad idea with chicken pox), no pills unless his temp gets properly high, calamine lotion as above, keep his nails short.
I've never heard it advised, but I wonder if Prep H would stop the itching.
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I had it when I was a pup, but still got it again at 33!. It's the worst I've ever felt, The doc reckoned I must have had a relatively mild case when I was young.
IME Cal lotion just dries them out and makes them even itchier. Wife is a nurse and they don't recommend it at the hospital any more.
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Phone NHS24, generally better advice than STW!.
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Friend got it when he was 50, came down with it at work.
The swelling was so rapid his throat constricted so fast and so much, no one could get a tube down him fast enough.
He died in the office.Posted 2 years ago #
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