chicken pox and excema

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• Loopyloo80UK

  Feb 17, 2009 1:24PM

  hey,
  
  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

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• hayley_l

  Feb 17, 2009 2:30PM

  Hi, my daughter had chickenpox last year and she suffers from eczema too, Personally I wouldnot use calamine lotion as it dries onto the skin and that makes the itching worse, I used aqueous cream with calamine which was a lot better, she was still itchy but not too bad. I also used piriton but I think you can only use that if your baby is over 12 months so check with the pharmacist.

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