Treatments
Do
- ✔ Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration
- ✔ Take paracetamol to help with pain
- ✔ Cut your child’s fingernails and put socks on their hands at night to stop scratching
- ✔ Use cooling creams or gels
- ✔ Use antihistamine medicine
- ✔ Bath in cool water and pat skin dry don’t rub
- ✔ Dress in loose clothing
Don’t
- ✘ Do not use ibuprofen unless advised to do so by a doctor, as it may cause serious skin infections
- ✘ Do not give aspirin to children under 16
- ✘ Do not go near new-born babies, people who are pregnant and people with a weakened immune system, as chickenpox can be dangerous to them
- ✘ Do not scratch the spots, this can cause scarring