what helps chicken pox?
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Use wet compresses or give baths in cool or lukewarm water every 3 to 4 hours for the first few days. Oatmeal baths, available at the supermarket or pharmacy, can help to relieve itching. (Baths do not spread chickenpox.) \nPat (don't rub) the body dry. \nPut calamine lotion on itchy areas (but don't use it on the face, especially near the eyes). \nEat foods that are cold, soft, and bland because chickenpox in the mouth may make drinking or eating difficult. Try to avoid anything that's highly acidic or especially salty, like orange juice or pretzels.
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The best thing for the flu is time...and maybe some Tylenol.  Then try hot tea with honey, and top that off with some good chicken noodle soup.
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Chicken Pox (Varicella)\nA highly contagious and common viral infection that causes a rash. Chicken pox infections occur year-round, most often during winter and spring.\nWhat are the symptoms?\n\nThe incubation period—the time from exposure to the chicken pox virus until you develop symptoms—is usually 14 to 16 days but can be from 10 to 21 days. You or your child may feel sick and have a fever for 1 or 2 days before the chicken pox rash  develops. The most distinctive sign of infection is an itchy rash of red spots and blisters. Some children may have a worse rash and more symptoms than others.\n\nIt takes about 1 or 2 days for a chicken pox red spot (macule) to go through all of its stages, including blistering, bursting, drying, and crusting over. New red spots continue to develop every day for as long as 5 to 7 days. Symptoms usually last about 10 days.\n\nChildren usually can return to school or daycare when they stop developing new red spots.\n\nTeenagers, adults—especially pregnant women—and anyone with other conditions or illnesses should see a health professional.\n\nAs for shingles, you can only GET SHINGLES IF YOU HAVE HAD CHICKEN POX, the virus lays dormant, and may reactivate, when stressed, or some virus etc.\n\nShingles\nShingles is a disease caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have had chickenpox, the chickenpox virus remains inactive in your body in certain nerves. If the virus does become active again, usually later in life, it causes shingles. Shingle is very painful.\n\nMy husband is a insulin diabetic, and came down with chicken pox, from our daughter, with in a fortnight of her coming down with them. And was very ill. \n\nPlease if you believe your son has chicken pox please seek medical assistance immediately, especially as he has a disability.\n\nI seriously hope he has not got chicken pox, if he does your in for a rough ride. \n\nTake care and good luck.
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It depends on how you respond to the disease. But you can prevent the occurence of ugly scars by the following:\n\nTrim nails and do not scratch. \nBathe daily. \nLet scabs fall off by themselves. \n\nHome remedies:\n\nApply Sandalwood oil ( not the paste ) from the first day of appearance of rash till the fall of scabs. helps \n\nApply Vitamin E oil over the skin. Will help the healing process..\n\nA bath of oatmeal is a natural remedy to relieve the itch due to chicken pox\n\nHoney smeared over the skin will also help in healing the disease\n\nLukewarm water baths with neem leaves will help relieve the itching.
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Are you talking about *scars* from chicken pox that you got a long time ago?\nOr are you talking about marks from chicken pox that you got recently?\n\nIf they are old scars, you can get a prescription for Retin A from your dermatologist. It works wonders.\nIf they are relatively new marks, you should simply wait for them to fade. Most, if not all of them, will fade away. Then treat any leftovers with Retin A.
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ask your doctor about getting the chicken pox vaccine
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1.Get rest. 2.drink lots of fluid water or tea is best. 3. chicken soup is great for colds and get some sleeeeeeeeeepppppppppp.
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Hi there. Here is some info on chicken pox I give to my patients.\n\nChicken pox is one of the most common infectious diseases of childhood and is highly contagious. It is easily recognised by its distinctive rash.\n\nSymptoms\nChicken pox occurs most frequently in children under 9 years old, and is characterised by symptoms such as:\n\nA very itchy, spotty rash that spreads from the torso to the limbs\n\nThe rash advances from these red spots to raised pimples and then into fluid-filled blisters which eventually drain and form a crust (scab)\n\nHeadache, high fever and chills may occur at the same time or may slightly precede the rash\n\nUsually runs its course in two weeks, although may be more serious in adults and new born babies\n\n\nCauses\nChicken pox is caused by the herpes zoster virus.\n\nIt is spread by droplets from a sneeze or cough, or by contact with the clothing, bed linen, or oozing blisters of an infected person.\n\n\nThe time between infection and commencement of symptoms averages from 13 to 18 days but can take as long as 21 days; the disease is most contagious a day before the rash appears and up to 7 days after, or until the rash forms scabs. \n\n\nPeople who have had chickenpox almost always develop lifetime immunity to the condition, but the virus often remains dormant in the body and may sometimes recur as shingles later in life. Although some infants may have partial immunity in the first six months of life, all infants must be considered to be susceptible to the disease from birth. (Ref Merck Index and Funk and Wagnall family medical guide)\n\nNatural Therapies\nMild cases may require only symptomatic treatment to relieve the itching and prevent scratching. Frequent bathing with soap and water is helpful, especially when emollient liquids to soothe the itch are added to the bath water.\n\n\nA little diluted tea tree oil dabbed on a scratched blister can help prevent infection\n\nThe herb echinacea may be indicated to support the immune system in fighting the infection, especially if taken in combination with the antioxidant nutrients betacarotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and zinc\n\nImportant Notes\nIf you are pregnant, it is important that you avoid contact with anyone who may have chicken pox.\nConsult your healthcare professional if \n\n\nYou think your child has chicken pox\n\nThe rash produces a greenish discharge\n\nYour child is recovering from chicken pox and begins running a fever, vomiting, or has convulsions\n\nAn adult family member gets chicken pox\n\n\nPrevention\nChicken pox is extremely contagious. Keep your child home until most of the vesicles are dry and the scabs have fallen off. Avoid contact with children and adults infected with chicken pox in order to avoid catching it yourself.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nCraig - naturopath.
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Self-help measures — such as exercising, losing weight, not wearing tight clothes, elevating your legs and avoiding long periods of standing or sitting — can ease pain and prevent varicose veins from getting worse. Varicose veins that develop during pregnancy generally improve without medical treatment within three months after delivery.\n\nSelf-care\n\n  Support stockings  \nWearing compression stockings is often the first approach to try before moving on to other treatments. Compression stockings are worn all day long. They steadily squeeze your legs, helping veins and leg muscles move blood more efficiently. The amount of compression varies by type and brand.\n\nSome people think of compression stockings as being uncomfortable and unstylish, but their negative fashion reputation is no longer deserved. Stockings today come in a variety of strengths, styles and colors. With the variety offered, you're likely to find a stocking that you're comfortable wearing.\n\nCompression stockings are sold at most pharmacies and medical supply stores. Prices vary. Prescription-strength stockings also are available.\n\nWhen purchasing compression stockings, make sure that they fit properly. Using a tape measure, you or your pharmacist can measure your legs to ensure you get the right size and fit according to the size chart found on the stocking package. Compression stockings should be strong but not necessarily tight. If you have weak hands or arthritis, getting these stockings on may be difficult. There are devices to make putting them on easier.\n\nVaricose Veins Diet\n\nLet's start with most simple part of this program: Varicose Veins diet. When it comes to diet, it is very important to avoid eating  Toxins  and   Foods that Kill. Please follow those links and learn what are The Toxins I am talking about and what are those  " Foods that Kill". Now, important part of your diet should also be  Water Cure.  Please, become familiar with  Water Cure. Your Diet should contain: Foods That Heal, Vegetable juices,  Fats that Heal,  Unrefined Sea Salt. Also, try to understand food tolerance. You can not find the right Varicose Veins diet, unless you fully understand and learn about food tolerance.\n\nTake some time to implement and learn all what you have read here, and then continue reading further.
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It is true that treating yourself with freezing kits will help the warts on the surface of the skin go away for awhile, but you really need to begin to attack the virus itself living underneath your skin. To prevent future outbreaks, try arming yourself with a DAILY vitamin regiment (not just when you have an outbreak). Taking a good multivitamin (like Men's One-A-Day or Centrum), vitamin C (about 2,000 to 4,000 mg DAILY **), vitamin E, astragalus, garlic (comes in odorless pill form),echinacea, vitamin B complex (at least 50 mg of each form of B-vitamin 3x daily), and zinc tablets(sold as lozenges and liquid form) will help boost your immune system and keep breakouts from occuring frequently. All these are sold at health food stores,such as GNC, or drugstores. Also healthy living  i.e. leafy greens, high fiber and protein, soluble fats, no trans fat, lots of water, low sugar and salt intake, exercising regularly, good amounts of rest...all of these things play an important role in your overall health and wellness and will ultimately help you to boost your immune system, which will help you fight infections and breakouts of warts.\n\n**The vitamin C should be taken throughout the course of the day, not at one time. You can take anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 mg but you should only take as much as your body will allow. Start at 2,000 mg and gradually increase until you notice changes in your bowel movements (runny, diarrhea). Also get the vitamin C with ester. Ester helps your body absorb more of the vitamin, as vitamin C is water soluble and will be expelled in large quantity in your urine.
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Chickenpox, which can also lead to shingles. (Why your MD was recommending rest.)
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help with keeping disease down, plus not wanting to be troubled with them all summer
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TRUE\n\nChicken pox = varicella zoster virus (VZV)\nMeasles = rubeola virus (paramyxovirus family)\nMumps = mumps virus (paramyxovirus family)\n\nThere are vaccines for ALL (yes, even for chicken pox now) so they are all preventable viral infections.
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i heard cocoa butter helps
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I agree, Shingles is a form of Chicken Pox Virus, so I would think Benadryl or Calamine lotion would be best.
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its very rare for children to get chicken pox after being vaccinated.. It is contagious and so, the child should not go to school. The pox will eventually disappear in few days or so. Should go for a medical check up before letting the child go back to school
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Other than washing the hands frequently(this is a must in any case) you can take also other protective measures: open the windows at work or at school, because even if there is a person having flu and you can't avoid it, fresh air that will enter in the room will help to the diluition of the pathogen.\nIt will be helpful also to take orange juice, that contains vit. C and if you can't there are food supplements containing vit. C + Zn in the pharmacies.So, ask your pharmacist about their action.\nHoney, is also a natural antibiotic of our body.\n\nKaterina