Strange rash!

[toffeeapple]

Hi My ds is 2 years old and has been a bit grumpy since wednesday, he had a sore throat as he kept doing a funny face when swallowing.
He has been eating and drinking normally and everything, and had a slight temperature on Friday.
Yesterday around 3/4pm we noticed that his back and tummy looked red, almost like a sunburn (he obviously hasn't been in the sun). Above his eyebrows and his forehead were also red, as well as his scalp.
He was absolutely fine in himself, running around and jumping as usual, but this morning the rash hadn't gone away.
We took him to the see a doctor who didn't look worried because he didn't have a temperature, chest sounded normal, his eating and drinking and wetting of nappies was normal, tummy normal etc...
The only thing he said was that his tonsils were very big (and I've got an excruciating sore throat myself). He said to leave it and if he got worse we might have to put him on antibiotics.
I was just wondering if anyone had experienced a rash of that kind before (in yourselves or kids).
It looks a bit like a heat rash as there are a few tiny spots as well, but mostly it looks more like a sunburn or nettle rash.
Any ideas?
P.S: Also I remember that I overdressed him on saturday morning, as I had a temperature myself and felt really cold I thought he might be as well, so he had a vest on, a long sleeved tee-shirt and quite a thick jumper. The house was quite warm as well and he kept jumping around and running.
His legs and arms don't seem affected a part from a few heat spots which have started to fade.
I feel really bad but he didn't look like he was hot (not red in the face or anything).
I would be very grateful for any replies!!

Sounds like scarlet fever. Take him back to the GP or call the out of hours for some antibiotics as soon as you can.

ds has had this, it starts off with a high temp and a headache (plus sore throat), then the temp goes down and a pink/red rash develops over parts of the body.

You really do need to get him seen and some antibiotics. Scarlet fever can turn into rhmumatic (sp?) fever which can damage the heart.

Scarlet fever is doing the rounds at the moment so I would get him checked out ASAP even if it means calling out of hours GP or going to A& E.

Def sounds like scarlet fever, dd has it at the moment

Oh my god!! I went to the doctors today though, do you think he would have overlooked this?

It's possible. When ds had it the temp and the rash had almost gone by the time I took him. I didn't think it was anything, I only took him because I had never seen the rash before, I almost cancelled when it started to go.

They can have a purple tongue aswell, ds's was purple for all of 20 minutes! It can be hard to spot as the symptoms go very quickly. Your child should have some white sopts on his tonsils though, it's also called strep throat. It might be a good idea to give them a ring again.