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2016-03-14 15:19:03
Its the third day of my chickenpox suffering.some of the blisters are drying but every evening i develop high fever,too much weakness.what should i do?
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Take Arsenicum alb 30 for fever and Rhus tox for early desquamation.

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Hello. You take rhus tox 200 once daily for 5 days and take five phos - two tabs twice daily for 10 days. You will feel better.

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It is normal to get fever in chikenpox .Take paracetamol 650mg when you get fever and you will feel better. It will take 7-10 days for all the blisters to dry up and the scab will fall off.Do not scratch the lesions otherwise you will develop marks in those lesions where you have scratched.

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