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Calamine, cool neem baths, short nails, paracetamol (never aspirin), fluids - home care that carries the week without scars.
Typical childhood chickenpox is nursed at home - and home care done well decides whether the week is bearable and whether scars remain. The useful remedies, honestly sorted.
Soft, cool, non-spicy food; cold curd, kheer, custards and ice cubes soothe; salt-water gargles for older children.
No home remedy shortens the virus or prevents spread to the susceptible - only time, isolation until full crusting, and vaccination of contacts do that. Home remedies carry the comfort; they do not carry the cure.
Calamine, cool and neem baths, short nails, paracetamol (never aspirin), fluids and soft food - home care done right carries a child through the week without scars.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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