Chickenpox
My 3 year old is currently having chickenpox. She is very active, eating snd playing like nothing is there . Now my question is do i need to take her to the gp ? If yes is there any medicatioj the gp is gonna give her for the wounds inside to heal or not ? . I have been using dettol when bathing and calamine lotion as a lotion on her body . But i am here thinking how re the inside gonna heal . Pls can anyone with experience help me out please.
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No you don’t need to go to the GP if she is coping well. They won’t give anything as it’s viral.
No you don’t need to take her to the gp. That said we did take our son to a&e as he had a spot right by his eye and my oh works in an opticians and was advised to.
You don't need to take children to the doctors with chicken pox.
I fact it's advised against because you can expose them to vulnerable people like pregnant women
What do you mean by inside ?
No medication to give. Just don’t give ibuprofen
No you don’t need to take her to the gp if she’s clinically well but what i do suggest though is seeing if you can do an online consult to request it to be added to her medical records. I say this as a midwife who has cared for patients who no longer have their mothers and don’t know at their booking appointments if they had chicken pox, vaccinations etc. if it’s on the notes we can search and get our answers
The immune system will naturally fight the virus. Things such as virasoothe and poxiclin can speed up the external healing
I can do mine through the nhs or patient access app. Not all surgeries have this so you may just need to call up.
Nothing else to do but I would also suggest, for itching, bath her in oats. You can put it in a mesh bag en swish it through the bath. And Aveeno oats for kids lotion is als great. The oats baths really helped soothe my daughter alot.
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