Okay so I went to docs before with DD and she says it's def not chicken pox (phew!) and it's very unlikely to be hand foot and mouth disease. She thought viral rash (don't know what) or allergy - the only foods that Mackenzie even lets us put near her mouth is custard and yesterday she had about 5 tries of strawberry yoghurt custard. DH tried normal yoghurt with her this morning but she didn't have any.
Do you think it's possible to get such a strong reaction from such a small amount of food? The rash which started on forehead and is over most of face and neck is now on her tummy and vagina - quite red and spotty (welty) down there actually. Doc didn't seem concerned but I stil am a bit - will monitor her very closely in next few hours.
It is possible to get a strong reaction to only a small amount of food. Children with severe allergies have been known to go into anaphylaxis after eating or even touching a small amount of their allergen.
Strawberries are a known allergen, so it could have been that. Do you think she is itchy? If she is it is more likely to be a reaction as opposed to a viral rash as that wouldn't worry her as much. Or has she been ill in the past few days - fever etc?
She is quite itchy though the rash only came up today - nothing yesterday when she had the custard. I didn't even think of strawberry! She has sucked a strawberry a couple of times though and she had no reaction then. In saying that I have also given her yoghurt once before and she was fine then too so who knows. It's been going up and down all afternoon - looking quite red then fading for abit. She seems a bit warm but no fever. Will keep watching.
We have a DD with allergies and only from my experience, I have found most reactions get better over time, not worse.(what i mean is that I haven't seen a rash keep growing over time if it's allergy. But that is not saying it doesn't happen). STrawberries do cause a rash for alot, and if there's egg in the custard it could be that. My DD has severe egg allergies. Her rash comes up very quickly (along with alot of other things) but does disappear. Of course all reactions can be different, but I'd look into the egg.
Also DD reacts to a pin***** of egg.
Hope the rash improves. If it is allergy, polaramine is good (oral liquid) or any antihistamine for baby (check wiht Doc first anyway, but I found the first time I rang an allergy line with a reaction they suggested this). Also a mild quarterzone cream. Sigmacourt is good applied sparingly xoxo
If you push it down and it fades when you do- its a viral rash
If its an allergy rash it will respond to an antihistime- so best to get one from the chemist. my kids are older and i give them dimetapp and it calms down any allegy rash. You can sooth an allergy rash with a pinetarsal bath as well
Its funny but I found with Ash that if she ate any sort of flavoured yoghurt she used to break out in horrible red spotty rash, it did take me awhile to figure out what it was. Never happened with vanilla only the flavoured ones. So maybe it is a similar reaction?
Viral Rash or Allergy
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