Does it still exist? Granddaughter has chicken pox - AGAIN. I remember my Gran use to put calamine lotion on the spots, nice and soothing and doesn't work it's way off like ointment.
Thanks hc, I shall pop down later. I remember once falling in a whole heap of nettles and my Gran covered me in calamine and I was all "cracky". It was nice and soothing though.
Jno. Yes that's what I thought too, and that you can get shingles in later life sometimes. She's been to the GP and she says its chicken pox! She's otherwise very healthy.
When my daughter had chicken pox I used lavender oil on the spots, took away the itch, helped soothe her and she smelt lovely! It's a very effective remedy if you can't find Valentine lotion.
I had it as an adult and it was awful,, I remember using calamine cream which did not dry the skin out and worked well also when having a bath a few drops of mint or similar aromotherapy oil was added, it made the water seem really cold - it was wonderful as it cooled the skin down. Good luck it is an awful thing to catch but these things made life more comfortable.
be careful that your granddaughter does not scratch the spots in her sleep as it will leave scars, for my grandson we made mittens for the feet of some tights to be worn at night to stop this.
I remember when I had chicken pox as a child we lived near the sea and my mother used to take me down to the sea and dunk me in the sea water[ in winter] and bring a small bucket of sea water back and keep dabbing it on the spots as well as calamine lotion at night,luckily I did not have one scar.
Thanks for all your replies. Looking at the spots this afternoon, I'd say it definitely does appear to be chicken pox. She's not as "poorly" this time though.