Dr. BOTB - Diagnose DS's rash?

Mama_SAS · November 2010

Rash of tiny red dots from his chest to his hips. Not raised, not itchy, but pretty much covering his belly. I can't feel the rash at all - his skin feels normal.

No fever, no other symptoms at all.

He had a runny nose a few days ago, but no fever or illness recently.

Mrs.C042807 · November 2010

Roseola? (Although this usually comes with a fever)

Is he on meds for anything?

New laundry soap/bath soap?

hippotree · November 2010

Roseola - the fever might come in a couple of days.

Mrs.C042807 · November 2010

hippotree:
Roseola - the fever might come in a couple of days.

Doesn't the fever come first and the rash comes when the fever breaks?

hippotree · November 2010

Mrs.C042807:
hippotree:
Roseola - the fever might come in a couple of days.

Doesn't the fever come first and the rash comes when the fever breaks?

It happened the other way with us.

Mama_SAS · November 2010

Mrs.C042807:
hippotree:
Roseola - the fever might come in a couple of days.

Doesn't the fever come first and the rash comes when the fever breaks?

He had roseola when he was a year old and he had the fever about 3-4 days before the rash. The rash does look pretty similar though. I thought you could only get roseola once though.

staycee · November 2010

Mrs.C042807:
Roseola? (Although this usually comes with a fever)

When Bug got Roseola, her fever was 3 weeks prior. Nothing right before. Odd.

Mrs.C042807 · November 2010

Has he had any vaccines recently? Like in the last month?

Mama_SAS · November 2010

Mrs.C042807:
Has he had any vaccines recently? Like in the last month?

Flu shot last month, but no vaccinations since August

danlexi04 · November 2010

Was he sweating at all? Maybe a heat rash? The boys had a virus and they had a rash just like that after the fever broke. The pedi said it was just a virus, nothing bad.

Tim'sWifey · November 2010

It could be a virus.

Mee83shell · November 2010

That's what DS's eczema looks like on his chest & abdomen. His face it's really raised and UGLY looking.

I'd say put some hydrocortisone cream on it.

Mama_SAS · November 2010

Thanks everyone!

From your responses it doesn't sound like an emergency that any has encountered before so I feel confident waiting until morning to call the pedi. I was trying to figure out if I should be more alarmed than I was, but I say no.

mrs_kelly1014 · November 2010

This is a good resource all about rashes: https://www.askdrsears.com/html/11/T082900.asp

There is really only one type of rash that you would need to ever be worried about, and the site explains how to tell if it is that one or not.

Colin gets random rashes all the time it seems.

Mama_SAS · November 2010

mrs_kelly1014:
This is a good resource all about rashes: https://www.askdrsears.com/html/11/T082900.asp
There is really only one type of rash that you would need to ever be worried about, and the site explains how to tell if it is that one or not.
Colin gets random rashes all the time it seems.

Thank you!

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