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Non blanchin pin prick rash on 12mo baby's bottom....should I be concerned?

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By Sun 08-Nov-09 08:59:49 Add message | Report | Contact poster

DS2 had a bit of a red sore bottom yesterday (teething and cold) which I've been putting a zinc oxide based cream on.

This morning I noticed it was all red pin prick spots and thought it was the nappy rash worsening overnight. However, when I've changed his nappy again, it has changed to dark purple and on closer examination is like little blood blisters under his skin which don't disappear when pressed. The skin isn't broken at all.

He is choked with the cold so is pretty miserable, and I know that not all non blanching rashes mean meningitis, but I've never seen anything like this on a bottom before and wondering whether I should be worrying?

Any advice?

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 16:32:13

I agree with the others to take to a&e, locum ooh doctors sometimes do not have the experience, dont mean to worry but my dh had meningitis and was told he had sinusitis by ooh doctor x I would get him checked out by a paeditrician at hospital

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 14:28:04

I'll keep a close eye on him, but at the minute he isn't struggling to breathe and is eating and drinking well, I'm thinking he doesn't need A&E.

I've been reading up on bronchiolitis as well so know what to look for.

Not sure I'll sleep tonight though!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 14:04:06

AB's don't always work with Bronchiolitis, it is usually viral. And OOH locums don't always have the experience needed to know how fast a baby can go downhill.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 14:01:16

Thanks for the advice. Surely if the OOH doc was concerned he would have done something now? like ABs?

I really don't want to be bothering anyone unnecesarily and his breathing isn't bad at the minute; he has a cough and a bit of a rattle, but his temp is normal and he seems perky enough. OK, he isn't 100% but no worse than you'd expect for a baby choked up with the cold.

I'll keep an eye on him and if he looks to be getting any worse over the course of the evening, I'll get him to the hospital ASAP.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 12:45:36

I'd definitely not leave suspected bronchiolitis until tomorrow - babies of that age can go downhill very, very fast, as ilove says, especially overnight.
A&E should be pretty quiet now, and as he's a baby, he should get seen fairly quickly - if I were you, I'd go and get him checked out, just to be on the safe side, particularly as it's his chest - and therefore breathing - they're worried about (besides, you did say he was feeling really poorly before hand!).

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 12:40:09

I'd be forgetting the GP tomorrow and going to A&E today. Sorry, but 12 months is VERY young and he sounds very poorly. hHe could deteriorate very quickly breathing-wise, my DS3 had it and was in hospital for several nights.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 12:35:57

Rash is nothing to worry about, thankfully, but doc more concerned with his chest and thinks he has bronchiolitis sad

I have to take him to my own GP tomorrow and get him checked out again.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 10:22:40

off to the docs at 11. Will update later.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 10:16:00

I called NHS direct who have passed it to the OOH service, so waiting on them calling back with an appointment.

I'm fairly sure he's OK, but as you all say, best not to take any chances

Thanks
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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 08-Nov-09 09:58:25

sorry, i see now you say he's feeding fine - WAS he off his food at any point? did his mouth seem sore? my baby was terribly sad with a sore mouth that was virtually gone, by the time the rash appeared

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