HELP! Really really REALLY bad nappy rash

Hi All,

I need some help, urgently!!!

Avaleigh has developed the WORST nappy rash that I have ever seen (not that I have seen any other nappy rashes, but you get you I mean!). Avaleigh has developed some really acidic poo over the last few days (not sure what from...) and she must have done a poo last night and it wasnt changed until this morning. So all night it was sitting against her skin :( And it has just been getting worse and worse as the day goes on cause she is constantly doing this acidic poo. I am changing, cleaning, lathering every one to two hours, but cause the poo doesnt smell, it could have been sitting there since the last nappy change! :wall:

So what should I do? I went to the chemist and asked for something for it and they gave me covitol. It has zinc and cod liver oil in it (smells gross!) and is thick so was told it will sit on the skin from nappy change to nappy change. BUT the rash isnt getting any better.

I was thinking of leaving the nappy off (cant now cause its bed time) but with the amount of poo Avaleigh is doing, its a little risky (and she is walking so constantly on the move!). Should I be setting my alarm to go off every 2 hours during the night for a nappy change??!! I will do anything, it is breaking my heart to see it so bad...

I am planning to visit our doctor first thing monday to find out what is going on and hopefully get something. But for now, I hope someone can help us so its not so bad tomorrow!!

tomorrow let her go nappy free.just clean up after her(much better then having her bum get worse) is she teething(that can be why its really acidic)

Hey,

Olivia had bad nappy rash when she was new born...we went to the doctors coz it was bleeding, poor little mite. Anyway to cut a long story short, I got some hydrocortisone cream, which cleared it up almost instantly. I used it sparingly coz I wasnt too keen on using that stuff on littlies, but nothing else worked. I rubbed it in and put the barrier cream over (just dabbed that on). The barrier cream i use is the same as what you have. You can get the hydrocortisone from the chemist without prescription...its a milder form of my eczema cream.
HTH

Melissa

Not sure if she is teething, I have checked gums and nothing is coming through, well I cant feel anything there. We never got anything like this with the first two teeth! If it is teething, how long can this go on for? Can I do something in her diet to lessen the acidicity, like give more water or more BFs??

Melissa - Thanks!! I will look in to it tomorrow when the chemist are open, would go now, but they all shut in my area a few hoiurs ago..

My DS has nappy rash as well so am following this thread with interest. He wanted to sit in the bath tonight but would cry and stand up again as he was too sore to sit on his butt. It's just heartbreaking isn' it? Doesn't actually look that bad but is obviously bothering him. I will try that cream mentioned above as well tomorrow, so thankyou.

could it be thrush?

ive used covitol and yes it stinks but ive found it to be great, if its fungal daktozin is fantastic, but the other great thing is breastmilk and a bare bum!

I was thinking thrush too.... but nappy free time tomorrow will help. If you're worried about the mess, maybe barricade your best carpets/rugs off for the day?

I too was going to ask - are you sure its not thrush? Thrush looks similar to nappy rash. For thrush try Daktozin. It's worked really well for us.

And letting her go nappy free is probably good regardless of what it is (as long as she doesn't get too cold).

yup deffinately go tot he dr, DD has had this from teething also and that was the only thing to help in the end, if it becomes fungal its tough to get rid of as the other creams feed it

How would I know if it was thrush?? Avaleigh had her 8 month check up 3 weeks ago and the CHN said that she has nappy thrush, so I went to the chemist and got daktozin and used it for 2 weeks and just stopped applying today as I thought maybe it was the daktozin that was making it so bad. Could I use the daktozin and covitol together?

AJP - how quickly did the covitol work?

I just changed Avaleigh's nappy before her last feed, which was 30 mins before the last nappy change and there was another poo :( hopefully that is it for the day but I will be getting up to check during the night. What could be causing all this poo?

Hi Veronica

We had the same issues as you last week with Caeleb. He'd done a small poo and we hadn't realised and put him to bed. Three hours later (God, I feel like such a bad mother) we got him up and changed him and he looked like he had REALLY bad sunburn. We just used some Bepanthan, which did the trick.

A friend of mine's daughter had red raw nappy rash from anti-biotics and a nurse told her to use vaseline. She said that it worked really well and by the next morning it was almost gone.

Have you thought about ringing that hotline? I can't remember the number... someone else on here will know though...

I find the bad sunburn-looking rash to be easy to deal with, it's when the skin breaks that it becomes really difficult to get rid of.

Vaseline sounds worth a try, surely it wouldn't hurt?

Yeh it definitely looks like sunburn, thats why I dont want it getting any worse! I dont even think I have any vaseline in the house, if I do, its probably years old!

Oh I hope the nappy free day is going to work :crossfingers: Should I be putting cream on during the nappy free day or just leave it with nothing? The cream could help with the healing..

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I find the bad sunburn-looking rash to be easy to deal with, it's when the skin breaks that it becomes really difficult to get rid of.

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I never even knew nappy rash could do that!!! :O

Oh yeah, and it's heartbreaking! Made me feel like the worst mum in the world, even though I was doing everything possible. DS teething poo is seriously toxic though it would seem :( My MCHN didn't seem too surprised though so maybe it's not all that uncommon?

V, when she goes nappy free, I would try putting some breastmilk on the rash!

Yeh but they say that teething poo is meant to be runny - was your DS's poo running? Avaleigh's is fairly dry..

Good idea! Breastmilk is meant to be good for everything. Just checked the nappy and its clean. I am a light sleeper so i'll probably be hearing avaleigh's every move tonight. Better go to bed cause its going to be a looooooooong night. Thanks for your help everyone!!

jack gets a real bad rash almost like burns when on anti-bi I use lanisonoh (sp??) nipple cream clears it up overnight

pawpaw cream seems to work REALLY well and quickly compared to other creams which were useless and just seemed to be barrier creams (not actually helping the rash heal just stopping it getting worse).

What are you using to clean her bum with ? A warm flannel is far gentler than bum wipes. You can use some cammomile tea to wipe her bottom down with. Anything with lavender in it is great too.

I hope Avaleigh's bum is clearer this morning and she is feeling better.

Thanks for the more suggestions ladies :) I've got some pawpaw cream and that nipple cream around somewhere, better go and dig them out and give them a go.

Trish - I've been using baby wipes but have swapped to a warm flannel this morning.

We changed the nappy a few times over night and the rash doesnt seem as red anymore, but still is red IYKWIM. We did have a dirty nappy when Avaleigh woke up, but it was her normal poo - none of this non-stinky stuff. When it warms up a bit, we will go nappy free for a little while and let it all air out!

I swear by daktozin. The GP told me that any nappy rash that is around for more than a day or two is probably fungal anyway.
I use Daktozin all the time just as our regular cream anyway.
The pawpaw cream can be good, but Daktozin cleared it up the quickest (we've also had to resort to the cortisoid stuff too)

POOR bubba! Especially when the bath hurts!
I've found that Keri Oil in the bath, keep the temp luke warm, and it really helps their comfort levels.

i second trish on not using baby wipes, i can only imagine how much it might sting on a sore bum :(
not sure if someone mentioned lansinol, but thats a better choice than vaseline, no petrochemicals, as for paw paw, the simmons is also better than the lucas one, again no petrochemicals

*sigh* Avaleigh's rash has flarred up again :( I havent managed to do nappy free time yet cause we were out for lunch and now she is sleeping, but I will when she wakes up. It wont be enough tho, so we are off to the doctors tomorrow - I really want to know what is up with all this weird poo! There has only been 2 today compared to yesterdays 10, but there is still 5 hours until the day is over for her.

I hope we can get something to sort it all out tomorrow, and quickly too!

Ahh! Doesnt seem like this nappy rash nightmare is going to end!! It now looks like the skin has cracked :(

We had 2 hours of nappy free time and we went through 5 wet/soiled pants. The rash is just getting worse, but I have caught the last 3 poos as soon as they happened, but thats cause we werent wearing a nappy! Plan is to check nappy every 30 mins until bed time, and then once again before I go to bed.

The covitol and daktozin just dont seem to be working. Some one mentioned pawpaw cream. I have this and checked and it said it can be used on nappy rash. I was thinking of using pawpaw plus daktozin or covitol but was afraid mixing could cause it to get even worse - whats your thoughts on this?

Doctor first thing tomorrow morning!!

Poor little bubba! How did you go at the Dr's?

My DS had the most horrid nappy rash when he was teething at about 9 months old and we tried everything available. The best and really only cream that worked for him when it was really bad was a nappy rash cream my sister in law sent over from the UK for us called Metanium. I don't know if you can get it here but perhaps the pharmacist can give you something similar. The active ingredients are Titanium dioxide 20%w/w, Titanium peroxide 5%w/w and Titanium salicylate 3%w/w. Good luck!

We are back from the doctors, with two creams in hand!! First one is caneston and the second one is betnovate. The dr said that the poo is probably some sort of virus and that the rash should clear up in 3 - 4 days. So until then, its just constant changing and lathering cream! So I am guessing that the dr thinks the rash is thrush if he gave us caneston?

Kane has not long gotten over a simiular nappy rash. I was told it is caused by teething... as in the urine goes quite acidic, and when mixed with poo can be almost chemical burn :(
The only thing that cleared him up quickly was Hydrozole. Its over the counter, but contains a small amount of cortizone, so it is to be used sparingly. Worked amazingly, when nothing else would.

Just a thought, if what the doc gave you doesnt work. Good luck hon.

I've only just found this thread but want to add my two cents worth lol.
Many a year ago (well 12 to be exact) ds had a horrible nappy rash. One nappy change was normal and the next blisters everywhere (and in some spots bleeding). I tried applying covitol (as that's what I normally used then) but it would stick as when I wiped it the blisters would break and his bum would be wet. I was about to go for the cornflour (an old wives tale that works too) and remembered a nurse telling me about Mylanta. He was teething at the time so I put the rash town to that so thought acidic wee/poo = antacid. So I got some cotton balls and applied some, changed his nappy and check about half hour later. There was marked inprovement, so I kept it up. By the next morning there was no sign of the rash.
I understand that Avaleighs was probably a virus but just wanted to post this hint anyway.

As for PawPaw, I work in a nursing home and we use PawPaw on just about everything. It's the first thinig that is applied when someone looks like they are getting a bed ulcer, and believe me it fixes them. Any small breaks of the skin (particularly on the buttocks) its PawPaw.
I plan on buying some this week to have in the babies room for his bum. I really should have had some in the house before now, but oh well.