my 3yr old :( hospital didnt help

[Chocaholic]

My DS2 has this at the moment (or something very like it).

He got a mozzie bite which he scratched and somehow a staph infection has got it. It started small but is now about 4 cm long and looks raw and weepy.

I went to the Dr and they cleaned it with some liquid and covered it (which DS took off as soon as he came home!). I have got some strong antibiotics for him as the infection is a tough one. He has to take the medication 3 times a day on an empty stomach.

Go to your GP ASAP as the infection will keep growing if it is the same one and take longer to heal.

[RhiChiChi]

A spider bite? I got bitten by a white tail & once the bite/blister burst it took layers of my skin off from the poison. It got worse before it got better

[Beach Mama]

Poor darling My DD had a school sore that sounds very similar when she was about 7 mths old, just under the line where her nappy sits. The first Dr I saw thought spider bite and the next said school sore and gave us an antibiotic cream that cleared it up quickly.

[Rivlas]

Ree, how is your DD and her sore going?

[Liviam]

How'd you get on Ree?

[Jaycee]

That sounds nasty! My first thought was also a white tip spider. Let us know how you go

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i doubt it would be impetigo, that would be something that the drs would hae seen millions of times before. did they find out what it was yet?

[ree]

hi took her first thing yesterday morning and they said impertago it is horrid we put the patch on and she had a allergic reaction to it which made it spread to the size of the patch she is on oral antibiotics and has to have it washed with this stuff 3 times a day it looks nasty im using gloves to clean it or my DH does it cause we dont want me catching it i cant believe how agressive it was and how bad it looks she had her second lot of grommits put in in dec and she got staph from her first lot and wonder if this is were it has come from i asked the dr how she would get it and he claimed its one of lifes misteries im just happy its being treated

it covers the size of say a packet of smokes

[boobaloo]

My DS2 has this at the moment (or something very like it).

He got a mozzie bite which he scratched and somehow a staph infection has got it. It started small but is now about 4 cm long and looks raw and weepy.

I went to the Dr and they cleaned it with some liquid and covered it (which DS took off as soon as he came home!). I have got some strong antibiotics for him as the infection is a tough one. He has to take the medication 3 times a day on an empty stomach.

Go to your GP ASAP as the infection will keep growing if it is the same one and take longer to heal.

pretty mcuh exactly what i was going to say, dd had this, on new years eve we took her to the dr, he said a mozzie bite had become infected wtih a staph infection - she was put on antibiotics, we used bactraban cream, and she is still having anti-itch baths.