thread: non blanching rash- not meningicoccal what could it be?

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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Member

    Dec 2005
    3,130

    hey guys,
    just wanted your advice again. so its been what 5 months since origianl post. DD has had the same rash in varying degrees (alomst gone, a few here and there, spreading again) ever since. she had a couple of blood tests all came back fine. i took her to a specialist who said it was keratosis pilaris, but the GP and i both dont think this is what it is.

    the wierd thing i have noticed that it is related to when she is sick. so for instance it could be almost gone and then all of a sudden i will notice that it is worse and spreading again.. then two-three days later she will be sick with a fever. when i see it getting worse i know she will be sick. she has conjunctivitis and her rash is back so i took her to the GP today and she said she has tonsilitis and an ear infection also. she just hasnt had any temps yet. GP isnt worried, said its related to infection.

    has anyone ever heard of this? is there a name for it that i can research etc? i am still worried about it being a non blanching thing and that it hasnt ever completely gone away does it mean that she has some kind of disease or illness that has been left for 5 months to one day show itself in an advanced state. know what i mean?

    should i stop worrying? take her to a second specialist? HELP!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jul 2008
    summer street
    2,708

    I don't have any advice, but my dd gets a rash when her immune system is overloaded (i.e. she has a cold).

    Could the rash be a reaction to something else? Is she on anti-biotics for her ear and throat infection? Does she take a probiotic?

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    BellyBelly Member

    Dec 2005
    3,130

    yeah she has been on antibiotics before but i dont think it is that because she gets the rash before she is sick and has had it for 5 months on and off. what kind of rash does your DD get when she has a cold?