Common childhood diseases

Treatment

Symptomatic treatment with calamine lotion to reduce itching. Antiviral medicine in severe cases.

Incubation period

Between 10 to 20 days from being exposed to the infection and showing symptoms.

Infectious period

Chickenpox is contagious before the disease breaks out and may be so until the last spots have disappeared and the scabs or crusts have fallen off. The child should stay home until the crusts have fallen off and the blisters are no longer weeping.

Whooping cough

Symptoms Whooping cough is characterised by long fits of coughing followed by wheezy breathing and possibly vomiting. Symptoms are typically worse at night.

Treatment

Fresh air is important. Because of the risk of vomiting, the child should be given small meals more often, instead of a few large ones.

Incubation period

Between 10 to 14 days from being exposed to the infection and showing symptoms.

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