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Chicken pox and itching

2022-10-05 08:12:33
Hello, My brother got chicken pox 3 days back. Local doctor recommend to not take any medicine. He is having severe itching. He is having exams next week. What should I do to treat chicken pox and itching. No other symptoms and problems like fever and headache. Thank you.
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For itching you can give him either cetrizine 10 mg once daily or levocetrizine 5 mg once daily plus calamine lotion for local application

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Take meds .. levocitrizine 10 mg at night .

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Can help you with the next course of action and treatment plan. Would like to discuss in details and provide apt solution. Kindly consult.

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Can help you, kindly provide me detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management

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According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some itching in the chicken pox. As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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Apply calamine lotion 2 time per day. Take Levocetrezine 5 mg 2 time per day for 5 day.

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