Anti-viral medication in severe cases. The child should stay home until the crusts have fallen off and the blisters are no longer weeping.
Symptoms are typically worse at night.
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. The infectiousness does, however, wear off in the following five to seven weeks. It is important to keep the child away from other children under the age of one year. The child has red specks on the cheeks, nose, arms, thighs and buttocks.