8 home remedies to relieve your child from chicken pox

1.  keep the mittens on when the child’s sleeping to keep him or her from scratching while asleep. 

2. Another important  thing is  trimming your child’s fingernails so they won’t cause affected areas to blister or bleed is also a good thing to do.

3. Chicken causes lot of scratching,  so you can apply calamine lotion to help reduce itching. Calamine lotion is a topical barrier preparation containing zinc oxide and has skin-soothing properties. It’s one of the most commonly used interventions in chicken pox and has an excellent safety profile.

Be sure to use clean fingers or a cotton swab to spread calamine lotion on itchy skin areas. Don’t use calamine lotion on or around the blisters on your eyes.

4. Another way to relieve your child of chicken pot is to bathe your child in oatmeal. While it seems outlandish, oatmeal baths can alleviate the itchiness caused by chicken pox. Taking an oatmeal bath won’t spread the chickenpox from one area of your skin to another.

You can purchase oatmeal bath products at most drugstores. You can also apply oatmeal lotions to skin. This has a soothing and moisturizing effect on itchy chickenpox blisters.

5. Apart from oatmeal bathing,  you can also give your child a baking soda bath to relieve itchiness. 

 Add one cup of baking soda to a shallow, lukewarm bath. Soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Your child can take up to three baths a day if they find this approach soothing.

6. Serve sugar-free popsicles since chickenpox can also appear inside the mouth. These mouth sores can be especially painful. Encouraging a child to suck on sugar-free popsicles can be a good way to soothe mouth sores.

7. You can also try chamomile compresses to relieve your child from chicken pot.  Chamomile tea can also soothe the chickenpox itch. Chamomile has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects when applied to your skin.

Brew two to three chamomile tea bags and allow it to cool. Dip soft cotton pads or washcloths in the tea and apply to itching areas of skin. Always pat skin dry gently when done applying the compresses.

8. Chicken pot is also painful.  Therefore giving your child pain reliever  is not a bad idea to relieve the pain that goes with chicken pox.