Chickenpox is usually a milder illness that affects children. Shingles results from a reactivation of the virus long after the chickenpox illness has disappeared.
Symptoms of chickenpox
The itchy blister rash caused by chickenpox infection appears 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus and usually lasts about five to 10 days. Other signs and symptoms, which may appear one to two days before the rash, include:
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Headache
- Tiredness and a general feeling of being unwell (malaise)
Symptoms of shingles
Shingles symptoms usually affect only a small section on one side of your body. These symptoms may include:
- Pain, burning or tingling
- Sensitivity to touch
- A red rash that begins a few days after the pain
- Fluid-filled blisters that break open and crust over
- Itching
Once the chickenpox rash appears, it goes through three phases:
- Raised pink or red bumps (papules), which break out over several days
- Small fluid-filled blisters (vesicles), which form in about one day and then break and leak
- Crusts and scabs, which cover the broken blisters and take several more days to heal
Is homeopathy effective for chickenpox and shingles?
There are some very effective medicines for chickenpox that help to alleviate chickenpox symptoms without any complications.
What are the best homeopathic medicines for chickenpox and shingles?
11 homeopathic medicines for chickenpox and shingles.
| Homeopathic medicine | Symptoms | Better | Worse |
| Ant crud | Itching when warm in bed | Open air | In evening |
| Ant tart | Pustular eruptions leaving bluish-red mark |
For sitting up | Lying down and in the warm |
| Apis mell | Sore and sensitive, urticaria-like eruptions |
Keeping cool | Heat |
| Arsen alb | Dry, rough papules | Heat | Cold and scratching |
| Causticum | Profuse sweat on slight exertion |
Warm weather; gentle motion |
Damp, wet weather |
| Hypericum | May be associated with diarrhoea | Lying quietly | Touch |
| Kalmia | Red, inflamed and painful areas of skin |
Lying down | Motion |
| Mezereum | May be associated with oozing eruptions | Open air | At night |
| Ranunc bulb | Burning and intense itching | Warm weather | Change of temperature |
| Rhus tox | Intense itching of skin | Heat | Cold air |
| Spigelia | Restless sleep with frequent awakening | Dry air | Touch (pressure of clothes) |
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