What is this?? Measles maybe??
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Topic: What is this?? Measles maybe??
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: What is this?? Measles maybe??
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 9:18am
Daniel has woken up with this rash..
Sorry the photo isn't in focus. So hard to get a photo of him sitting still lol.. It's on his back, tummy, little on his forehead and starting to appear in the nappy area.. Does that look like measles? Or if not, what? He's got tonsillitus and is on antibiotics. It's not a reaction to the drugs as he's had this antib before a couple of times with no reaction. He's not unhappy. He's tired but that is from waking in the night with a sore throat I expect. |
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 9:19am
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Dont measles start with a sore throat etc...maybe its not tonsilitis? |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 9:25am
He's had his MMR jab so I would have thought he couldn't get it 
I've never had it so don't really know much about it |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 10:07am
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I would say its a virus. Lauren had a similar rash a few months back and she was covered from head to toe. I took her back to the docs 3 times as I was so convinced it was measles.
The doctor assured me it was a virus that would pass. It took about a week for the rash to go, but she was fine, she just looked awful! It could possibly be a virus too, so then if it is its nothing to worry about. Maybe go to the docs just to get it checked out. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 10:33am
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It could be a reaction as they don't always come out in the first dose. your body recognises the antibiotics on subsequesnt doses and creates the reaction. Worth checking with a Doc as hard to tell from photo and could be dozens of things ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 11:46am
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It looks just like a viral rash to me, he may come down with a cold in the next 48 hours. -------------  |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 1:21pm
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Spencer had a few rashes like that when he was really little and each time it was just a viral rash.
I would just take him to doc to make sure, better safe than sorry and all that old jazz. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 2:55pm
| It got really nasty looking so we did end up taking him to the docs. They believe its viral but said its quite a strange looking one so we have to just watch and see if it changes. The slightest hint of a change and he has to go straight back |