My husband has taken baby daughter to A&E

[Sapphire387]

She's five months old.

Has a small patch of pinprick bruises / non-blanching rash on her leg. Noticed it when I was dressing her after her bath.

Otherwise seems well in herself, no temperature etc.

Can someone tell me we have done the right thing and that I'm not being silly? Feel so worried. Please no scary stories. She's not our first and we've dealt with non-blanching rashes before. The fear never really goes away.

I'm waiting at home with the three older ones. Can I please have a handhold?

I'm in the 'don't go to A&E unless it's an accident of emergency' camp and I think you have done the right thing.
You're worried and you don't take chances with little ones as they can go downhill so quickly, so it IS an emergency.
Hope all turns out okay.

She’s very young and rashes can be a sign of many things. I think it is for the best your dh has taken her to be checked, and hope all is ok.

Hope she’s doing ok!

Jeez, there's always one. I've been told in the past by doctors that non-blanching rash should always be seen quickly. As things stand, they are running blood tests for her in the middle of the night. Guessing you're not medical, so do pipe down.

Thanks to everyone else for your supportive messages, I do appreciate them.

I’ve said about this on here before, but my 4 month old daughter’s non blanching rash turned out to be burst capillaries from kicking her legs about whilst on the playmat. I felt rather silly but the A&E doctor reassured me that they would rather see 100 burst capillaries than miss the 1 that could be something more.
Hope you hear some news soon x

@Sapphire387

Trust your instincts. I once took DS2 to his paediatrician (it turned out to be nothing serious). When we got there I told the doctor what was worrying me and added 'but I'm not a doctor. He looked at me and said "You're a mother, aren't you? Always trust your mother's instincts".

I'm sure everything will be fine. But never doubt yourself. You know your child like no one else does.

Hope all is well with DD!

Absolutely the right thing to do. Hope LO is ok. Such a worry!
Medics would rather see 100 well babies than not see one that ends up really sick or worse.

Hope they get home soon and all is well.

Thank you all. They've said she has raised white blood cells and is fighting a viral infection that is likely causing it. They've run some other tests that they will let us know if anything shows up, but they're not worried and happy to send them home. They're now on their way back.

So glad to read your baby is on her way home.
so much viral infections and bugs going about, I hope your wee one wil be fine and today was the worst of it 🤞🏻

@DogLover24 Why do you have to be nasty!!!

Ignore doglover24. I'm a Dr and would much rather see a non blanching rash that turns out to be nothing than not see at all. Glad your little one is OK x

Thank you x

Glad all is well x

Ive been to A&E a couple of times when it turned out to be unnecessary, but I've also been in when family including their Dad was saying not to bother and I was right. One of those trips ended up DC admitted and another with me and DC blue lighted to a different bigger hospital. If in doubt especially with babies, get it checked out. I'd rather go to A&E unnecessarily then miss something important. You've done the right thing. I hope they're both back with you with the all clear quickly.

Whether or not it turns out to have been a necessary trip to A&E later it doesn’t matter. Given the symptoms, you are doing exactly the right thing. I remember being in hospital with my DD having awful thoughts of pneumococcal and meningococcal diseases, septicemia and amputated limbs, etc, with the same symptoms. It’s terrifying. My DD had an autoimmune reaction to a virus known as Henoch-Schönlein Purpura. Still a bit serious but not nearly as serious as the others. (She’s 19 and bulletproof these days, btw) I do hope your little one is okay.

My son would get this - there is something called HSP which mostly presents as a non blanching rash on the legs - its an autoimmune reaction usually triggered after a child has a virus and the body over compensates by attacking its own skin cells. It is important to get this checked as it can also attack the kidneys as part of this and hospital A&E take HSP very seriously. So yes you have done the right thing. A bit of a pain for the wait but you have done the right thing.
HSP normally presents as lots of pin prick dots all over the legs so I don't overly worry about HSP and even with HSP most children just get the rash and not the kidney involvement - I suspect her small patch is a bit of a bruise but you can't take chances so please don't worry.

That’s not actually true re always get a none branching rash seen. They’re very common and nearly always caused by something not serious. If there are no other symptoms is not necessary to get them checked out. Link of accompanying symptoms to look out for here:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rashes-babies-and-children/

I remember being in a&e with my little one after being referred there by urgent care. Waited ages to be seen by the dr, took his baby grow off and a patch of non blanching rash had come on his leg, I was horrified and they immediately treated him with antibiotics etc. it was so quick from the dr seeing it to being rushed into a room with multiple drs.

tests showed he actually had flu and it was a petechiae rash but my gosh I was petrified he was my second and no idea thst a non blanching rash could be harmless, obviously always get it checked out.

Good news OP, glad she was checked over, hopefully you all managed to get some rest in the end!

So if your dog was ill you wouldn’t take it to the vet ‘dog lover’?

You did the right thing. When my daughter was a baby she had a tiny patch of non-blanching rash which turned out to be early meningitis. She was absolutely fine since we took her in as soon as it was noticed. Always better safe than sorry.

Another one saying ignore doglover!

Parental instincts should never be ignored, my ds came into our room at 2am to say he had stomach ache and didn't feel 'right'
Dh presumed he'd been drinking (he was 17) but he was clutching his side and as he generally never grumbles at all when he's unwell, I just felt something wasn't right.

A few hours later he was being prepared to have his appendix out, dh learnt his lesson that night!!!

Love this ❤️

It is always better to be safe than sorry.