My dd, 11 years was diagnosed with it last Friday as a dermatology emergency (after taking her to the Drs 3 times in a week & them just saying it was bad eczema!)
Shes still on her two penicillin, which ends on Monday, she's finished her course of aciclovir & has had seven days treatment now of the steroid creams.
The spots/blisters on her face have improved. But the spots & blisters on her body are still very much visible & the original eczema patch on her arm that triggered the whole thing is still very much there - I can't say it looks worse, but I can say it doesn't look a whole lot better either - if I remember rightly the dermatologist at the hospital did say that once she started taking the aciclovir, we should see a considerable improvement within a couple of days, but I don't think we have.
The Drs are now closed for the Easter break. I'm in two minds whether to continue with the steroid cream as her arm/hand looks so sore & the skin looks so damaged, we're moisturisering it too.
I feel we should take her to a walk-in & get her assessed again. The pictures are taken from a couple of days ago.
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Eczema herpeticum- anyone had experience with it?
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Youvegottobekidding · 25/03/2016 15:30
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