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What To Use To Sooth 3 And A Half Year Old S Chicken Pox?

Can I use Vaseline or a product called double base gel that contains isoprophyl myristate to help sooth my 3 and half year old daughter s chickenpox? Or do you have any other tips? We are using calamine lotion and giving her an antihistamine medicine.
Mon, 8 Sep 2014
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Greetings. Calamine lotion is good enough. It has both soothing effect as well as antiseptic properties. Apply it 4-5 times daily. Feed him normally. Keep him indoor. If u were my patient i would have added syr zovirax, an antiviral which decrease the severity of the disease.
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What To Use To Sooth 3 And A Half Year Old S Chicken Pox?

Greetings. Calamine lotion is good enough. It has both soothing effect as well as antiseptic properties. Apply it 4-5 times daily. Feed him normally. Keep him indoor. If u were my patient i would have added syr zovirax, an antiviral which decrease the severity of the disease.