thread: Does this look like impetigo/school sores?

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    BellyBelly Member
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    Question Does this look like impetigo/school sores?

    since thurs/fri DD has had some kind of rash, it looks kinda like blisters or pimples. Until yesterday she only had the ones around her mouth (picture below) but now has one on her bum. I haven't seen any others so far. She's not sick at all, the sores don't seem to be bothering her in the slightest either.
    I only thought it may be impetigo because apparently there was a case at DD's daycare. But she only goes mondays, and the sore didn't show up til around thursday. Does that sound about right? We can't really get in to see a doc today, not that its overly urgent, but im just wondering what to do if it is impetigo, i'd rather not put her on AB's if i can help it, and i'm not really sure what to do to prevent it spreading.

    Mouth Sore

    TIA

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    Jun 2010
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    It looks like it to me.

    Personally I would get on to it ASAP and treat it aggressively. My dd had it closely followed by chicken pox which it led to a year and a half of staph infections culminating in hospitalisation.

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    Sep 2009
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    Does this look like impetigo/school sores?

    Does she have Anything on her hands and feet?? Hand foot and mouth is going around at the moment aswell.

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    Nothing on her hands or feet danita, only on her mouth and one on her bum. i thought HF&M too, but there's no other sores

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    melb
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    Hand foot and mouth can also be in other places without being on hands and feet. DS2 had his bottom covered and his legs, yet DS1 had mouth and hands.

    I would get it checked out as school sores can get nasty and others have said cause other infections.

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    Mar 2011
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    it looks a bit like a cold sore to me... definitely get it checked out, as you really don't want them spreading!