My dog has fleas. We've been doing everything we can to get rid of them (medicine, flea baths, vaccumming, etc) and I thought we were making good progress. I only saw 1 flea yesterday. Then, my son woke up this morning with bites ALL OVER his body. I thought they were flea bites, but there are SO many of them. I'm beginning to wonder if they are chicken pox.
Does this look like chicken pox, or flea bites? This is his right side.
He has them all over his body, but the majority of them are on his midsection (tummy, sides, and back). He also has them on his arms and legs, chest, and a few on his face.
Can he get chicken pox, even though he's had the vaccine?
I had an activity planned with him for this afternoon, but now I'm wondering if we should cancel. This is so frustrating!!
Re: HELP!! Flea bites or Chicken Pox??
My daughter woke up with a ton of bites, just like your picture but some were bigger, on her one morning. It was so bad I thought it was chicken poxs as did my mother, more and more seemed to be appearing. We took her to the pedi because, while rare, they can get it with the vaccine and the pedi wanted to see her. The bites were mosquito bites. Apparently, a mosquito got in her room and she is highly allergic/sensitive to them. She gets sick from the bites and will run a low-grade fever, which at the time we did not know.
Poor guy!!! Gosh, when we've dealt with chicken pox (my bro and I)-- they started out with just a few on the midsection and then maybe the next day it was like WHAM--but this is super fast to be that bad. I would call the pedi and have him looked at.
I think flea bites are smaller--however if he's allergic, then they would welt up.
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You have my sympathies! We had a flea problem last year. Whatever you do, do NOT use pesticides or have an exterminator come. I developed an auto immune reaction to the spray and have been battling hives every since. And it DIDN'T get rid of the fleas. Borax powder on your couches and floors and vacuum every day. That does the trick!
As for the marks, they look like flea bites to me. It looks like there were a few in your DS' bed. It's hard to tell from the picture. Chic pox are little blisters.
Good luck getting rid of those fleas. I would seriously rather all my children get chicken pox than have fleas again.