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Chicken Pox
- Soak in a tub of warm water, sprinkled with 2 cups of oatmeal. You may also use an oatmeal-containing soap to wash with to relieve itching.
- For kids, use baths to relieve itching and get minds off soreness with bath toys and squirt guns. It also keeps kids clean to prevent infection.
- For really uncomfortable itching, give an oral dose of Benadryl (children's Benadryl for children). Do not give topical doses! Consult doctor on giving such antihistamines first, though.
- At night, lie children on a dry beach towel in bed, pat skin down with a moist cool washcloth and turn on a bedside fan.
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