What is the treatment for chickenpox?
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What is the treatment for chickenpox?
Treatment aims to ease symptoms whilst your immune system fights the virus.
- Have plenty to drink to avoid dehydration.
- Take paracetamol or ibuprofen to ease fever, headaches, and aches and pains.
- Crotamiton lotion or cream put on the spots may ease itching.
- Antihistamine tablets or liquid medicine taken at bedtime may help you to sleep if itch is a problem at night. You can buy these at pharmacies, or get them on prescription.
Antiviral medication is used in special circumstances where chickenpox can be more serious. For example, people who have a poor immune system, newborn babies, and in some cases of chickenpox in pregnant women.
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Elaine Smith, 25 days
There is now a new product called Virasoothe which is a soothing gel and is really does work!!
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susan trigg, 21 days
is there anythingstronger than calamine to put on body please
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