Chicken pox, may it be Small Pox, or Big Pox, it could turned out to be a disastrous new experience, or became one of our never ending learning process in motherhood. It turned out moderately for me, even though it was my 1st plight. Then again,you need to work hard towards it. I went through it on my own, learnt through my own experience and that is the most valuable knowledge I gained so far. Here's my story and how I did it. =)
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| Early and later stages of Chicken Pox |
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| Blister - Papule - Ulcer |
It was somewhere towards the end of year 2013 when i noticed red spots mushrooming on my 6yo 's back. One key here, the pox can really mushroomed FAST. It looks more like small rashes at first, then it grew bigger n watery inside. So, that's the1st conformation that IT IS Chicken Pox you are about to deal with for the next few days. Then they would high fever that would accompany it for the 1st three consecutive days. This is where my advices starts. DO NOT stop the heat. DO NOT consume any kind of antibiotics to stop the pox. (If you do not mind having chicken pox a few times in your life, then go ahead Its your choice). The virus somehow needs the heat to breed out all the pox and at the same time the building up of your child's antibody towards Chicken Pox for a lifetime. Instead, EASE the heat. And there's no other short cut to it, diligently check on your child's temperature for the first 3days. (Yes, I am referring to a lot of sponging, or bathing, or any other natural ways to ease the heat.) Make her/him drink plenty too. Water, fluids are crucial essentials during this hot period. I find it worth it because at the end of the day, all the pox will come out forever, and you wouldn't have to worry about them getting exposed to others who have chicken pox. That's one great relief, right? At the same time of the first day of its outbreak, I diligently feed them with a Mexican homeopathic remedy called Hoitzia coccinea for 1/2hour daily. Then followed by remedies called 'Bacillinum' and " Mercurius - Hydrargyrum" for my 6yo and 2yo. And 'Antimonium Tartaricum' and 'Mercurius - Hydrargyrum' for my 4yo. It depends on your Homoepath Doc on the prescriptions given. But the main remedy for Pox is called 'Hoitzia' ,as shown in the picture below.
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| Hoitzia coccinea |
To dry up the pox and fade off the scars, besides depending on the homoepath remedies itself, I use Neem leaves ( 'Semambu as called by the locals). It is well know among the Indians here. Usually, go and ask them and they will eventually lead you to the nearest tree. Grab a bunch of it, then bath your child with the last rinse. I simply crushed the fresh leaves with my bare hands and dump them in the bath tub for the last rinse during bath time, starting from day 1. The leaves might dry and curled up towards the end of the week. Do not discard it, I just blend it with the dry miller and dump it in their last tub rinse. No need to waste. Tuck a few stems under their mattress an pillows for a cooling effect during the fever period. I even make juice with the leaves and add them to 'bedak sejuk' (small balls made from crushed dried rice) and apply them on the whole body after each bath. By the 3rd day, you will notice that no new pox will appear any more. Then its all about drying up and de scar the ulcers..
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| Neem tree . (Eventually, it appear the same as any other trees, so you need to get a close up at the leaves, or simply as the locals to guide you) |
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| A close up of Neem leaves |
Try not to let your kids scratch the papules . Let them dry up naturally. If needed, you can simplytie a bunch of neem stems, and bit them lightly onto the skin whenever it ithces. Make sure to cut their nails short during these crucial stage. You wouldn't want things to get worst from what they are now.
