Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 We just got over them (all 3 children). What was interesting to me was that the children on the more limited diets did better (had a milder case) than the child who has the most expansive diet. We used baking soda baths and epsom salt baths. The worst was over by day 3 (in all 3 cases). Day 4 seemed to be the downward slide of the event. Kind regards, KimS - celiac family SCD 2003-2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ----- Message 24 From: " jamieminnis " jamieminnis@... Date: Mon May 15, 2006 11:43am(PDT) Subject: Chicken Pox Question My four year-old ASD son (SCD 1 mo) has just developed what I think is the chicken pox (the sores just showed up this morning). I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not it is safe to use an oatmeal bath (he won't be eating the oatmeal) to help with the itching. Does anyone have any other ideas to help with the discomfort? Also, he received the chicken pox immunization when he was little (before I knew better) -- what a joke! Here we are with them anyway. Oh well. Any advice would be great! Also, any ideas on " protecting " my 2 1/2 yo from getting them as well. Thanks, ( -4 yo Asperger's/Gifted diagnosis & Jeff - 2 1/2 yo - ASD. Both SCD 1 mo.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 If it were me I'd be doing all I could to get my 2 1/2 year old to get them. Then he will have lifelong immunity. Chickenpox is usually worse the older you are when you get them. I would be inclined to use the oatmeal bath, as long as he doesn't drink the water. It depends on the individual kids' sensitivities though. Becky mom to Noah (6, HFA) and (3, NT) SCD 2 1/2 months > > My four year-old ASD son (SCD 1 mo) has just developed what I think is > the chicken pox (the sores just showed up this morning). I was > wondering if anyone knew whether or not it is safe to use an oatmeal > bath (he won't be eating the oatmeal) to help with the itching. Does > anyone have any other ideas to help with the discomfort? Also, he > received the chicken pox immunization when he was little (before I > knew better) -- what a joke! Here we are with them anyway. Oh well. > Any advice would be great! > > Also, any ideas on " protecting " my 2 1/2 yo from getting them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 , where are you located? > > My four year-old ASD son (SCD 1 mo) has just developed what I think is > the chicken pox (the sores just showed up this morning). I was > wondering if anyone knew whether or not it is safe to use an oatmeal > bath (he won't be eating the oatmeal) to help with the itching. Does > anyone have any other ideas to help with the discomfort? Also, he > received the chicken pox immunization when he was little (before I > knew better) -- what a joke! Here we are with them anyway. Oh well. > Any advice would be great! > > Also, any ideas on " protecting " my 2 1/2 yo from getting them as well. > > Thanks, > ( -4 yo Asperger's/Gifted diagnosis & Jeff - 2 1/2 yo - > ASD. Both SCD 1 mo.) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Both my kids- who had the vaccine (from my uninformed days!)- got the chicken pox from an also vaccinated little relative. The ND suggested Epsom Salt baths, I also rubbed liquid Benadryl on the itchiest spots (compounded free of everything form). They passed the virus on to an older relative (2 days before the spots appeared) who had never had chicken pox and she had a terrible time with them and took a very long time to regain her health. They were really weird- I wondered if the vaccine made the strain a mutated form. They lasted longer than the books said they would and they would seem to disappear then recrop back up. They never seemed to scab over the right way either. Hope he feels better soon! Janet, mom to Cody- 5 yrs old- SCD since 4-17-06 > > My four year-old ASD son (SCD 1 mo) has just developed what I think is > the chicken pox (the sores just showed up this morning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 " Herbal Mender " from www.globallight.net might be an option for reducing itching and speeding healing. You could get phone # from web and call and ask. I seem to remember reading that it worked very well for chicken pox. Global Light also sells " Neutralizer Gel " . We use this for all sorts of anti-itch (bug bites, ant bites, poison oak, etc.). Again you could ask them whether anybody's tried it on chicken pox. I don't know whether copper peptide skin cream would reduce itching, but it helps skin heal -- used on diabetics non-healing skin wounds with great success. We use Iamin gel (you can search for this on the web). Vitamin E helps prevent and lessen viral infections. Worked wonders for me with shingles (a herpes virus like chicken pox). I use Carlson's E Gems Elite. Kayla P.S. Childhood diseases like chicken pox, measles, HiB, etc. were dangerous only to extremely ill/compromised kids UNTIL mass vaccination programs mass-produced kids with damaged immune systems. It's another kind of vicious cycle -- the more childhood diseases you try to prevent with vaccines, the more you have to try to prevent...because now more kids are immune-damaged and vulnerable to the " worst cases " of these diseases. Best vaccine book I've seen: " Vaccination: The Medical Assault on the Immune System " by Vierra Scheibner (hope I spelled that right). (Sometimes a longer subtitle is listed for this book. It's the same book.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Same exact thing happened to us in February... the oatmeal baths worked. Agape, jamieminnis wrote: My four year-old ASD son (SCD 1 mo) has just developed what I think is the chicken pox (the sores just showed up this morning). I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not it is safe to use an oatmeal bath (he won't be eating the oatmeal) to help with the itching. Does anyone have any other ideas to help with the discomfort? Also, he received the chicken pox immunization when he was little (before I knew better) -- what a joke! Here we are with them anyway. Oh well. Any advice would be great! Also, any ideas on " protecting " my 2 1/2 yo from getting them as well. Thanks, ( -4 yo Asperger's/Gifted diagnosis & Jeff - 2 1/2 yo - ASD. Both SCD 1 mo.) For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following websites: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info and http://www.pecanbread.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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