My little boy is 4 and just on his 9th day of being covered in spots. I used the calamine lotion and gave him the Piriton medicine. The worst part about it though is the sore mouth and tongue of which there is nothing at all to help. He tried bonjela which just stung him terribly and didnt do any good. So consequently he hasnt eaten much for the last week or so,even juice and sqush has stung his mouth. So glad its nearly at an end and hopefully he,l be back at school next week my sanity also is going fast as we,ve been confined to the house as i cant be done with the stares and stupid comments when out and about..........

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I have found that the spots come out in dribs and drabs over a period of four days or so. I used both the calamine cream and lotion I also gave my granddaughter priton to try and relieve the itching but no matter what I gave her she still scratched the spots. Think that as it was a novelty to have spots just wanted to scratch them. Her appetite was also affected especially as she had spots in her mouth and on her lips, hopefully this will return given time.

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it is mentioned above about an antiviral drug which can be prescribed to newborns... what age is classed as a newborn? my 2 month old has just come down with chickenpox, and i was unhappy with the treatment received by an on call doctor... he didnt even examine my sons general health so im left to fend for as much info by myself! his first spot appeared sat what warning symptoms should i be looking fo in a child his age... he cant tell me how he feels!

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I had chicken pox and my chicken pox started on my back than my sister caught them as well my mum's friend's children had chicken pox and then I started scraching my back then my mum looked on my back. She said you have chicken pox you are streat off to bed so then my sister and me were playing and she chaught them. It took me two weeks to get over it.

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My daughter (3 and a half) caught chickenpox at nursery this week. My doctor was excellent and prescribed Calamine Oily Lotion as she has Eczema. It took me over an hour and a half to find a chemist which had this lotion in stock. She is in good health and reminds me that she feels o.k to go back to Nursery (bless). Anyone that calls to get an update on her progress is given a running total of spots she's counted.

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My daughter caught chickenpox just after her 2nd birthday, and unfortunatly this let to aninfection in her lymph glands. She ended up spending 6 nights in hospital, had to have i/v anibioticswhich didn`t kill the infection completely. She ended up with a huge abscess on her neck, which she had to have drained under general anesthetic. Another local child had hydocephaly with it. I am sure that most people do not realise that Chickenpox can be serious, so please think about it before you send your child to a chickenpox party!

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