what is the medicine for chicken pox?

Its is a highly contagious illness that is common in children. It causes an itching skin rash with blisters. The disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The viral infection is transferred from one person to another through direct contact with the broken chickenpox blisters and through airborne droplets. The infectious period lasts from about three days before the rash appears until all the blisters have formed scabs. The incubation period between being infected with chickenpox until the disease breaks out and symptoms appear is 10 to 20 days. The diagnosis is made by observing the symptoms and the typical appearance of the rash. The treatment mostly consists of easing the symptoms. Remember that an infected person will be contagious until new blisters have stopped appearing. Avoid scratching the blisters because of the risk of infection. Cut the nails short or make the patient wear gloves. Pay attention to personal hygiene. Calamine lotion will help to relieve the itching. Keep the patient in cold surroundings.

In English medicine there is no proper medicine for it.I think homeopathy is good for chicken pox ,especially for small childrens.

hi,friend.There is one vaccine,which has to give below 5 years age.But now once after infected,in our country,people used to use Neem leaves on the bed for 15 days,so by that time,it will be cured.Later they have a bath with water mixing with turmeric powder,neem leaves.

The doctor is right there is no medicine for chicken pox, but he should have given your friend some advice on what to do when his daughter develops a fever. Here's my opinion give the child paracetamol for the fever (if any) every for hours and apply calamine lotion on the chicken pox to prevent it from itching. I'm not a doctor but that is what my grandmother did when I had chicken pox.

try calomine lotion. I am not sure if that is how it is spelled or not but that is what may mother gave me and my sister and it helped it to clear up faster.

Yes, your doctor is true. Madicine is only for the fever and what you can do is wait and keep the skin from scratching also don't forget to take a clean shower.

You need to have a check up with your doctor and let him give you the right medicine to take for your chicken fox!