12. Pain
Children with impetigo will feel itchiness around the lesions and the blisters. However, this can also sometimes be painful. While the blisters themselves are not typically extremely painful, the pain can become more pronounced due to the fever.
When we are ill and have a fever, this actually makes us much more sensitive to all kinds of pain. This is why we will often feel our muscles aching and joints becoming sore: we have become highly susceptible to pain in all forms.
Thus, children may feel as though the sores are actually very painful and this can make it even more difficult for them to get to sleep, to avoid rubbing, or to feel comfortable. The rest of the skin may also feel painful, while joints might feel achy.
Gentle analgesics such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, or aspirin can help with this. The latter two can also help by reducing inflammation around the sores and throughout the body.
There are also topical treatments that can be purchased over the counter, which will often help children to alleviate the discomfort of sores and blemishes.