How to take care of small pox infected children /

If your child has a fever, take steps to reduce it. Offer your child plenty to drink throughout the day. Soothe itching by giving your child lukewarm baths twice a day. Try adding sodium bicarbonate(baking soda) or an oatmeal lotion to the bath water. An antihistamine will reduce itching and help your child to sleep at night. You can also soothe the skin with a crotamiton cream or lotion, or calamine lotion. Cut your child's nails short to reduce damage from scratching. Give him or her cotton gloves to wear at night to prevent scratching during sleep. Keep your child away from school, and away from any woman who may be pregnant, for 5 days from the time when the blisters first appear.

I am of the opinion that small pox no longer exists? unless i am wrong, quite possible, then it was wiped out midway through the 20th century