When my son turned 7 out of no where he got a rash , that then signalled two years of back to back episodes of welts,hives, rashes , and to the point his whole body bar his feet has been affected. We have been mainly under the gp who dishes out emolienfs , steroids , bath treatments and advice. I paid private last year to be seen at the hospital under the children’s team who did no testing but wrote a report and chucked the term itchyosis in there ( son doesn’t have this ) said my child needed urgent dermatology appointment and today one year later we went.
she agreed it was unusual in placement and listened to his history but then said what about his school bag? He’s 9 he carries if briefly to school each day. I looked at her kinda dumbstruck .. I said if this was being caused by a backpack what about Summer holidays and weekends when it’s not used … she just looked at me . While they have agreed to do a basic patch test ( no idea when it will be ) and wrote another prescription for more emolients and a stronger steroid there was no concern about the fact
it’s seasonal
doesn’t present like excema
it’s more like Hives and welts
only responds to steroids
no antihestime works
no previous allergy or excema in him or family
no pets or obvious triggers
I’m gonna attach a photo to show what it’s like at its very worst during a typical summer time flare , im just at my wits end . Ive had medical people say its excema then its not then maybe its allergy then maybe its a serious skin condition and now maybe its the school back pack. What would you do at this point