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My daughter yesterday is diagnosed with chicken pox. She is feeling very itchy on the scalp too. What should I give her to help the itch? I have given lactocalamine for her body. Anything else?
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Give her an antiallergic tab like Cetirizine. Wash scalp with shampoo.
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