Can Becotide cause a rash around the mouth?

[Berrie]

Ds has been using becotide with a spacer for a few weeks and since then has a rash around his mouth. The Doctor says she's never seen it before and is not sure it's the Becotide. Anyone else had this?

Yes it can, and did with Dd2. I got some cream similar to sudeocrem and just applied it around the mouth now and again which seemed to help.

I think it does say in the info leaflet that it can cause a rash.

He 's also been really lary but this ony effects one in every 100,000 or something Am telling myself it's just me wanting to blame the drug rather than my boy but I'm not the only one who has noticed it...

It can cuse oral thrush but shouldn't really with a spacer. How old is your ds?

I was told to alwasy brush ds' teeth and wipe around mouth area after steroid inhaler to avoid rash.I think the nurse mentioned thrush but I may be wrong.

3, nearly 4

Meant to add that I made sure I washed the soft part of the spacer each day to avoid the rash. Dd's cleared up quite quickly.

cause not cuse!

lary?

Ah will try both those things...it looks like he's been sniffing glue!

Really silly, full of energy, being naughty.

Tantrums and fuss, bad tempered. Not like himself at all, he's usually very mild mannered.

Would be surprised if it's the steroid inhaler causing the change on behaviour tbh,but he may be ultra sensitive to it I suppose.

They do warn me to expect a change on ds' behaviour when he is on oral steroids though.

Inhalers can cause oral thrush and you should rinse mouth after use. Would be in mouth though rather than around lips I think..?

Inhaled stroids can also cause a bit of hyperactivity in children. hurrah!

tbh I've not heard of such a reaction before. The thrush reaction is due to poor delivery of the drug ie it gets deposited in the mouth and throat rather than the lungs. Systemic effects are generally unlikely with an inhaled form as the dose is so low and is directed specifically at the lings.

obv lungs not lings, should read my messages before posting!

Yes, the behaviour is probably something else. The rash just gets worse though. I was putting some vaseline or sudacreme on as a barrier but as it gat worse I coudn't be sure if it was making it worse.

Have just remembered, that I actually went into Boots and asked at the pharmacy, described the problem and that she was using the becotide inaler and they gave me a tube of cream which I no longer have else i'd tell you the name.

Basically it was a very greasy white cream and i seem to remember that it could be used for treating nappy rash too.

Thanks!