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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
"PF Riley" wrote in message
... I'd still put my money on drug eruption. Changing your mind, PF? g I thought you believed the rash was virus-induced: "The story you give is a classic presentation for a viral exanthem being mistaken for a drug eruption." Given that the antibiotic (drug) in question was amoxicillin and that the rash appeared 48 hours hours after the initial dose was given (considerably sooner than a "typical" amoxicillin rash would appear), I think it's likely, based on what I've read, that the rash was/is due to a virus (i.e., that your initial assessment was correct). |
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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 17:38:08 GMT, "JG" wrote:
"PF Riley" wrote in message ... I'd still put my money on drug eruption. Changing your mind, PF? g I thought you believed the rash was virus-induced: "The story you give is a classic presentation for a viral exanthem being mistaken for a drug eruption." Whatever. I guess I meant to type, "I'd still put my money on [whatever I said before]." PF, reminding you all not to drink and post! |
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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
Our son Josh is having a rash that's even strange to the doctor.
Do you use scented laundry detergent or fabric softener? My son gets a similar rash to those. The fabric softener sensitivity began when he was about 9--he was fine with it before then. The laundry detergent sensitivity didn't begin until last spring when he was 15. His rashes would come and go too depending on what he was wearing. Just a thought. Maryilee Maggie's Christmas page http://www.angelfire.com/vi/maggie/c...spictures.html Info on hereditary spherocytosis http://www.angelfire.com/vi/maggie/spherocytosis.html |
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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
Studies in children and adults seem to
show that at most 4% of people with a history of penicillin allergy have a positive skin test (the most accurate screening test) and, of those 4%, most do not have a reaction when given an oral challenge of the drug. Therefore, less than 4% of people who think they are allergic to penicillin actually are. PF Studies in children and adults seem to show that at most 4% of people with a history of penicillin allergy have a positive skin test (the most accurate screening test) and, of those 4%, most do not have a reaction when given an oral challenge of the drug. Therefore, less than 4% of people who think they are allergic to penicillin actually are. PF I'm allergic to amoxicillin but I didn't have a rash; I had hives...everywhere...for days. I'd be too chicken to do an oral challenge. Yikes! Maryilee Maggie's Christmas page http://www.angelfire.com/vi/maggie/c...spictures.html Info on hereditary spherocytosis http://www.angelfire.com/vi/maggie/spherocytosis.html |
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strange rash on a 10-month old. please help!
"C Du" wrote in message ...
Our son Josh is having a rash that's even strange to the doctor. Basically, he got a rash two days after taking antibiotics for the first time (Amoxicilin). The rash looks like red small dots (see photos in the web page below). Hi! I've read your history and looked at the pictures (nice documentation, by the way), and read the thread. I think you got some good responses, and I'm glad that your son seems to be doing better. One of my daughters seemed to have an allergic reaction to amox., a couple of years ago, (woke up screaming, covered in hives) but hasn't had an opportunity to be prescribed antibiotics since, so we're still not sure. I wanted to mention, though, on a totally separate note, that my other daughter had a rash just like your sons, covering her whole body, and it happened several hours after the second time she'd eaten eggs. It didn't bother her at all, but I was shocked. We went to the ped., knowing we'd just introduced eggs, and she did a blood test for allergies, and my daughter tested positive for eggs. The ped said it looked like ezcema. We got an allergist, who said it was impossible that she would've reacted so slowly, and the blood test wasn't accurate, and she would've been in serious pain/intense itching if she'd been covered in ezcema. Anyway, he did a scratch test, and lo and behold, she was allergic to eggs! That was a year ago, and she's still sensitive to eggs, if I eat them (she tells me 'there's eggs in there!' if she's nursing after I've eaten eggs; but I avoid them 99% of the time. It's only tough now that she's nursing just 1-2 times a week), and once she got some accidentally in a box of imported cookies, and she had a severe asthma attack for which she was later hospitalized. So, best of luck with whatever you're doing now...and if this rash reappears, please try to consider some less common reasons for rash -- our allergist says that only 2% of ezcema is food allergy related, and that my daughter's case is atypical ezcema anyway, but we're very grateful we figured it out. Tina. |
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