blistering almost bleeding rash and diarrhea help!

[PinkPalace]

Well DD came home from CC yesterday.

I took off her nappy and she was rip raw and red.
She has done 4 liquid mucousy diarrohea nappies - no solids at all.

her rash is blistering so much so that even if i coat in zinc it wont stay on the blistered areas.

How does it get this bad?
She has no vomitting or temps.

i assume it need to keep her home from CC tomorrow and cancel work,

the poor thing

any hints?

[Indadhanu]

If you can get your hands on some MSM 'specialty' Moogoo, that is a serious wonder cream!!!!!
Hope she gets some relief soom, that sounds ouchy!!!

[PinkPalace]

i would have to order it in leasha

I have simmons paw paw i might give it a go too and some missecence spray.

*sob* poor little bits

[Indadhanu]

bugger! I am heading into town tomorrow, my chemists stock Moogoo so I could express some to you? Wouldnt get it until Thursday but if you want it I'll find it

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i'd take her to the doctor it could be fungal or bacterial.

[MantaRay]

The poor little tyke. Diarrhoea burns the skin, so it doesn't take very long for a little one in nappies to get nasty blisters. The best thing you can do I think is just keep putting zinc cream or lanolin on (paw paw will probably help also), to not just soothe, but also protect from further pain if there is another poo. I would also keep her out of nappies as much as possible to give it some air - I know that's not going to be easy if she has diarrhoea but you can probably find a way!

[PinkPalace]

leesha - ill see how we go for now, i dont have the spare $25 up my sleeve right now (esp as i cant work while she is like this). xxoo for offering though!

Thanks girls.

I havent found a doctor yet. she is fine in her self - just sore -
i am going to take her outside soon to freeball it lol! it is just cold atm!

[Celsie]

How the hell did her child care providers let her get that bad and not say anything to you?

Just use cooled boiled water on a facewasher (no commercial wipes - they would sting like you wouldn't believe) till it heals. As much nappy free time as possible. And as much as I hate to say it... switch to sposies till it's healed... only because they draw the wetness away and keep the bottom dry.

I hate using any products that aren't natural, but when either of my two look the slightest bit red I use bepanthen nappy rash ointment (yes, I'm fully aware of the chemicals in it before anyone says anything), but the point is... it works and fast. Then I switch back to Gaia. I's antibacterial, and thick, so it stays on. It's only $7 or $8 a tube from the supermarket, so should fall within budget.

HTH

[PinkPalace]

thanks Celsie - i was pretty upset that she came home with this , i have emailed them and i guess i will see if they respond.

I have some bepanthen here too. (sample packs) i can use.

we are in sposies too - she was in sposies all day at CC yesterday, i asked them how often she was changed... i guess i wait and see.

[Celsie]

When I worked in CC it was every three hours at a minimum and immediately after we noticed a child had soiled themselves . And if a child had more than two loose nappies, we called the parents to come get them. I'd be furious if it were me and I'd be asking for a huge "please explain" as to why she was allowed to get in that state. She must have either been left in them for a while, or no nappy cream applied or both for it to get that bad from the time you dropped her off to the time you picked her up. That's neglect in my book.

[Visitor8]

that isn't necessarily true. Ashton had a reaction to cows milk the other day, which caused his nappies to get runny and burn his bum, and it only took 1 nappy before he was red. Every poop after that just made it more and more red and by the end of the day he was red raw too

That was Saturday, it's Tuesday and he's still got a red bum but it's so much better than it was.

Frequent changing is what's helped. I change every 30 minutes - 1 hour. I tried nappy cream but it didn't do crap except make him scream and stain the nappies.

[skybie]

celsie i wouldnt say its neglect, my DD can have a clear bum without the slightest hint of nappy rash and then as soon as diarehea(sp?) hit her skin it breaks out in almost bleeding blisters too, regardless of how often she's changed and once its starts it just gets worse until the runs stop. so i wouldnt be too quick to blame the CC centre, by all means question it but it might have just happened

[Celsie]

Girls, I can only go by my own personal experience. I've never had either my children or children in my care get red raw from diarrhoea, so as you could understand, for me, I would think it odd that it could get so bad so quickly.

PP, my theory is, at the first sign of redness, I cover them in bepanthen, which usually gets rid of the redness by the next nappy change. I don't like all the chemicals etc, but if I'm only using it once a month, then it's not going to do them any harm. I also use Gaia Soothung Lotion every nappy change (prevention is better than cure). I hope she's made some improvement by morning, poor baby girl.

[*becstar*]

I'm so to say that I did this to my DD when she was a baby I was so horrified and cried like you wouldn't believe. I didn't realise she had pooed (well squirted) and was so busy (no excuse but that's what happens when you try to be superwoman) I didn't change her as soon as usual. By the time I found it she was just a mess. I took her to my GP and he presribed some cream for it, I can't remember what it was though now. He said that and good old zinc based cream (even the cheapest one from the supermarket baby section) and air time. It worked. But something this bad is going to take time, there's no miracle cure.

Good luck hun, I know it's awful

[skybie]

Celsie, sorry just re-read my post and it sounded a lil....witchy! didnt mean it to come out like that, all i was trying to say is that my DD can go from the best looking nappy rash free bum to red raw with one runny poo no matter how quickly i change it.

[Celsie]

Celsie, sorry just re-read my post and it sounded a lil....witchy! didnt mean it to come out like that, all i was trying to say is that my DD can go from the best looking nappy rash free bum to red raw with one runny poo no matter how quickly i change it.

LOL - Not "witchy" at all. I've just never had this happen in all the years I've taken care of children, so I'm shocked that it can go that bad that quickly.

[PinkPalace]

thanks girls
The centre said she had 2 poos - soft but not diarrhea and was starting to look red - they applied pawpaw ointment.

It is still continueing - we have 8 nappies yesterday - and already 3 this morning. Except now there is blood in them too.

so we are off to the doc this morning.

i am wondering if it is colitis..... see here "

http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...71#post1927071

[Visitor8]

hugs hun I hope she gets better soon.

Celsie I'd never had it before either. Ashton is my 3rd and it's the first time that it happened to him and he's 11 months old now. But he hadn't had diahrea before either.