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chicken pox and excema
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hi my baby is 6 moths old and has a servere case of excema i think she has chicken pox and i am worried about what her skin will go like and if it is going to be ten times worse for her if anyone has had any experience with chicken pox and a baby with excema please help on what treatment you used as i do not know if i can use calomine lotion on her skin
thank you x
thank you x
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my lo has eczema, but has not yet had chicken pox.
chicken pox spots are very different to eczema - they will be spots that are like fluid filled blisters.
with the calomine lotion, how about trying it on a small patch of her skin to see if it helps - it shouldn't do any harm but as your lo has ezcema you will need to see if it aggrivates her skin or not.
Also, try looking on the nhs website
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Chickenpox/Pages/Treatment.aspx?url=Pages/what-is-it.aspx
or give nhs direct a ring - they're really helpful and i've found them reassuring too. phone no - 0845 4647
lisa