My baby got a terrible rash and the doctors don't know what it is (PIC)

[czarina]

He is 1 year and 4 months and is covered in this rash since wednesday night. We think it is an allergy but the doctors don't know for sure. Poor little guy, he looks so terrible!

[Spunky]

Damn..must be allergic to something..hope he gets better soon

[~Ray]

I feel for you. I'm alergic to poison ivy and poison oak and it was everywhere growing up. I've seen something like that all over me several times.

~Ray

[Mr. Romance]

best wishes get well soon

Mr. Romance

[pussyluver]

Assume they did a culture on the infection + blood workup etc.

[nAtuRaLbEautY]

sorry to hear that...
may he get well soon

[pornguy]

Yeah they did a blood workup,.

And now just she is just waiting to see the doctor.

Poor little guy got stabbed 3 times with the needle before they got the vein.

[MaddCaz]

yikes that actually startled me straight....

[SmokeyTheBear]

dont freak out , dont go researching online or you will freak yourself out, its perfectly safe ( i think ) , my son had the EXACT same looking thing , they called it infant measles or something ( they said you can usually tell if it starts high and goes low , like head 2 toe ) went away after about a week.. ( son was 7 months at the time )

[MaddCaz]

Skyzoo Is The Shit!!!

[BusterBunny]

damn that don't look like fun at all

[HAPPYPEEKERS]

did they checked for chicken pox ??

If it is not that..

HAS ANYONE CHANGED DETERGENT, soap, bubble bath.. especially detergent..
Just sit back and think if you have changed anything within the past week or so..
It sure looks like an allergic reaction to me.

[SmokeyTheBear]

but then again you would think your doctor would know that if it was

[shekinah]

Poor little baby. Get well soon.

[markyman]

strawberries maybe? ive seen a baby get like that after eating strawberries

[shake]

Doesn't look very fun! Poor little guy

[bogo]

looks like hives,it cant be that serious.

[tASSy]

czarina, honey - has he been vaccinated?

[stickyfingerz]

Looks like scabies. Anyone else in the house have anything like that? Or have you been to someones house recently?

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Looks like scabies. Anyone else in the house have anything like that? Or have you been to someones house recently?

Does it inflame and seem to bother him more at night? That's another symptom of scabies.

[SomeCreep]

ah, that's sad. I bet he's allergic to one of the fabric materials in his blankets or clothes.

[czarina]

thank you for your kind words, guys (and girls). No, nobody else has it. We did some blood work but he hasn't been able to see the doctor again.
We're taking him to another clinic tonight.

[ready lube]

Originally Posted by czarina

He is 1 year and 4 months and is covered in this rash since wednesday night. We think it is an allergy but the doctors don't know for sure. Poor little guy, he looks so terrible!

I forget what's it called, but a good friend of mine just went through the same thing and two different docs told them that it was a common virus that could not be spread to others and it could last up to 3 weeks. They were told it could look like it's going away then the next day be everywhere. If it gets really bad and itchy the say to get a cortisone cream.

They say it looks the worst after they wake up because they have been sleeping and rolling around on their skin whick irritates it. Seeing how old your child is I'm betting there's a lot of time they are laying down, this makes it look worse.

I hope you get some good medical advice, I'd love to know if it was the same virus thing my friend's kid had...

good luck!

[webcrawler]

See a dermatologist, my son has this skin allergy and got some medications.

[Spunky]

Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Looks like scabies. Anyone else in the house have anything like that? Or have you been to someones house recently?

I had scabies a couple times.Was actually caused by a dog and dirty hotel sheets.Was like crabs in the pubes..nothing like that..they would have seen something in his hair as I understood scabies like warm areas and the head

[notabook]

I occasionally get splotchy hands sorta like that, comes with intense itching sensation. It only every couple of months and appears on my hands and feet.



I've showed a dermatologist pics (can never get there before the flare-ups end) and the guy couldn't assess what it was from the pics alone. =\

[tony286]

I hope the baby feels better

[SmokeyTheBear]

pretty sure its what my kid had ( not his pic but one i found on the web ) its called roseola

[TheSenator]

Originally Posted by czarina

He is 1 year and 4 months and is covered in this rash since wednesday night. We think it is an allergy but the doctors don't know for sure. Poor little guy, he looks so terrible!

Don't worry so much. Two of my kids had the same thing. It is called FOOT AND MOUTH disease. It is a kid virus.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Roseola is a common disease of babies or young children, in which several days of very high fever are followed by a characteristic rash.

Demographics
Roseola is an extraordinarily common infection, caused by a virus. About 90 percent of all children have been exposed to the virus, with about 33 percent actually demonstrating the syndrome of fever followed by rash.

The most common age for a child to contract roseola is between six and twelve months. Roseola infection strikes boys and girls equally. The infection may occur at any time of year, although late spring and early summer seem to be peak times for it.



Roseola rash on infant's back and shoulders. (Photograph by Keith. Custom Medical Stock Photo, Inc.)

Causes and symptoms
About 85 percent of the time, roseola is caused by a virus called human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6). Although the virus is related to those herpesviruses known to cause sores on the lips or genitalia, HHV-6 causes a very different type of infection. HHV-6 is believed to be passed between people via infected saliva. A few other viruses (called enteroviruses) can produce a similar fever-then-rash illness, which is usually also called roseola.

Researchers believe that it takes about five to 15 days to develop illness after having been infected by HHV-6. Roseola strikes suddenly, when a previously well child spikes an impressively high fever. The temperature may reach 106°F (41°C) . As is always the case with sudden fever spikes, the extreme change in temperature may cause certain children to have seizures. About 5 to 35 percent of all children with roseola have febrile seizures.

The most notable thing about this early phase of roseola is the absence of symptoms, other than the high fever. Although some children have a slightly reddened throat or a slightly runny nose, most children have no symptoms whatsoever, other than the sudden development of high fever. This fever lasts for between three and five days.

Somewhere around the fifth day, a rash begins on the body. The rash is usually composed of flat pink patches or spots, although there may be some raised patches as well. The rash usually starts on the chest, back, and abdomen then spreads out to the arms and neck. It may or may not reach the legs and face. The rash lasts for about three days then fades.

Very rarely, roseola causes more serious disease. Patients so afflicted experience significant swelling of the lymph nodes, the liver, and the spleen. The liver may become sufficiently inflamed to interfere with its functioning, resulting in a yellowish color to the whites of the eyes and the skin (jaundice). This syndrome (called a mononucleosis-like syndrome, after the disease mononucleosis that causes many of the same symptoms) has occurred in both infants and adults.

Diagnosis
The diagnosis of roseola is often made by carefully examining the feverish child to make sure that other illnesses are not causing the temperature spike. Once it is clear that no pneumonia, ear infection, strep throat, or other common childhood illness is present, the practitioner usually feels comfortable waiting to see if the characteristic rash of roseola begins.

Treatment
As of 2004, there were no treatments available to stop the course of roseola. Acetaminophen or ibuprofen is usually given to try to lower the fever. Children who are susceptible to seizures may be given a sedative medication when the fever first spikes in an attempt to prevent such a seizure.

[gecko]

Awww hope your baby has a speedy recovery

[Screaming]

awww poor thing, hate to see a baby sick more then all

[pornguy]

the blood results are in, and it is a virus.
I called my mom in law with the results (she is a pediatrician) and she says that if his linphocytes are high and his "segmented" are low, it is definitely viral.

[Mrs. Lenny2]

Awww, poor thing. I hope they find out exactly what he's allergic to.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by pornguy

the blood results are in, and it is a virus.
I called my mom in law with the results (she is a pediatrician) and she says that if his linphocytes are high and his "segmented" are low, it is definitely viral.

see my post above im sure its roseola , supposedly 90% of kids get it , and 1/3 show symptoms like yours .. its not super dangerous just watch for fever

[squishypimp]

looks like chicken pocks. hope he gets better.

[Spunky]

Originally Posted by squishypimp

looks like chicken pocks. hope he gets better.

Wow..I think you should be a doctor

[pornguy]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

see my post above im sure its roseola , supposedly 90% of kids get it , and 1/3 show symptoms like yours .. its not super dangerous just watch for fever

I have never ever been amazed by one person as much as I have been by you.

[czarina]

Smokey: he did have very high fever a week ago. Upon taking him to see his doctor, he was diagnosed with strept throat. I actually saw the white "dots" in his throat, so he did have a throat infection.
Now, with him getting this rash, I am wondering if he could have had both things at the same time (strept and rosceola), and the fever be a symptom of the two combined.
The timing is just right, between the fever and the rash for it being rosceola.

As Pornguy said, it is viral (and as you indicated, rosceola is caused by a virus), based on his blood results.

I just hope that this goes away quickly... it breaks my heart to see him like this.
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Once again, thank you all (Smokey and all the other GFY'ers that posted here) for your concern and help offered. You guys are great. Muah!

[PussyTeenies]

measles , allergy can be anything with kids

can go away in a week or not.. just keep your cool.. and let the docters figure it out

[martinsc]

poor kiddo...
it can break a heart seeing a little kid like this...
best wishes, i hope he gets better soon

[rodney25]

So, how's the doctor's test result? It's either like a skin allergy, bacterial, or viral infection. Good luck to your kid.

[L-Pink]

This maybe reaching but, 'chiggers" from being outside near or in tall grass?


??

[Crasy Bitch]

I'm a mommy too and i've seen lots of stuff like this. But i think its bed bugs. Try bathing him in oats it will help the redness. Untill you find out what it is, write down everything he eats... I feel for you and hope he gets better soon.

[FuqALot]

try changing the blankets

[topshelfdesign]

german meseals?

[Adultnet]

Poor little one I wish he gets better soon

[Dragar]

it doesn't look like a rash it looks more like chicken pox
I have suffered that fate 3 times when I was a child
and was misdianosed twice because you can only have it once they said
then the specialist gave me the news
chicken pox again and again
I feel bad for the little one

[baddog]

Originally Posted by czarina

Smokey: he did have very high fever a week ago. Upon taking him to see his doctor, he was diagnosed with strept throat. I actually saw the white "dots" in his throat, so he did have a throat infection.

It has been 22+ years but I was thinking thrush.

[czarina]

no, it is not thrush, since there is nothing in his mouth. The little dot in his throat were far back, nothing on his tongue or lips. Also, it went away with the antibiotic.
As I said, it is viral. He is doing better this morning, thank goodness!