Registered number: 10004395 Registered office: Fulford Grange, Micklefield Lane, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6BA. Avoiding hot beverages and spicy, salty, and acidic foods can limit the irritation and discomfort in your mouth. For example, people with leukaemia, with HIV/AIDS, taking steroid medication or having chemotherapy. They are most likely to appear on the face, ears and scalp, under the arms, on the chest and belly, and on the arms and legs. You'll experience the soothing relief you've longed for with a simple application to the affected areas.

Home-schooled children and children not in mainstream education should be invited for vaccination by the school aged immunisation service. It is especially useful for the relief of pain in traumatic conditions such as following tonsillectomy or the use of a naso-gastric tube; dental surgery. If it's their first time being vaccinated against flu, children under 9 years old with certain long-term health conditions will usually be offered a 2nd dose of the flu vaccine from 4 weeks after the 1st dose.

Dr Roger Henderson Dr Roger Henderson is a Senior GP, national medical columnist and UK medical director for LIVA HealthcareHe appears regularly on television and radio and has written multiple books. Also, to people who are not immune to chickenpox and who are in close contact with people with a poor immune system - for example, brothers and sisters of children who are on chemotherapy. It has been the treatment of choice for countless people and families battling this widespread viral illness due to its efficiency and simplicity.

Fortunately, the flu vaccination is available every year on the NHS, in the form of a nasal spray flu vaccine, to help protect children who are at risk of flu.The combination of viral infections and aspirin has been associated with Reye’s syndrome, a rare yet potentially deadly condition. In rare circumstances, it is possible to catch chickenpox, including severe chickenpox, from a person who has been vaccinated with VARIVAX. The antibodies stay in the child’s body so that if they’re exposed to the flu virus naturally, their immune system can recognise it, attack it and prevent it from causing flu. It has become part of the routine childhood immunisation programme in certain countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before the vaccination is given.

Yes - there is an effective vaccine (sometimes known as the varicella vaccine) that protects against the virus that causes chickenpox. Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and ataxia (problems co-ordinating movements) are very rare complications. Egton Medical Information Systems Limited has used all reasonable care in compiling the information but make no warranty as to its accuracy.The vaccine is recommended for people who are not immune to chickenpox and are in close contact with people at risk of becoming seriously ill if they catch it. A higher incidence of transient numbness and stinging was noted among the patients using benzydamine that was attributed to the medication's local anaesthetic effect.