What are these bites/rashes/something???

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They are everywhere. Neck. Back. Legs. Front. He had some mosquito bites two weeks ago, we all had, he seemed to have the most. Now he is covered in these. Started Friday. Any ideas?

Chicken pox

Looks like chicken pox to me.

Really? DH says so too. He did have chicken pox at 2 years. Not bad though.
Back history. DS is 9 years old. He has in the past 4/5 months had 10 separate colds. Had ear infection leading to mastoiditis. Had scarlet fever. Had severe weight loss for a while although he's really picking up now. His immune system is crappy and he starts back school tomorrow (first time since June.)

Agree with Chicken pox

You can catch chicken pox more than once if you have it mildly.

If you are unsure if it is or not take to the gp but do not sit in the waiting room. Leave your son in the car or ask for a private room if they have one until the gp can see you.

I will say again though it looks an awful lot like chicken pox.

Either chickenpox or hogweed burns. Has he been strimming grass in the last few days?

I think it looks like molluscum contagiosum.

Chicken pox look like "dew drops on rose petals" ... in other words a small liquid blister on a red pink patch.

But would agree with PP that it looks more like molluscum contagiosum to me too.

The little dip in the middle looks like molluscum

They do look like molluscum -do they have what looks like a little pinprick or dent in the centre op?

I googled that molluscum and it does like so, although we have literally watched him in a couple of hours more have sprouted up.

It's behaving like chicken pox. One massive one to start. A slight temp and feeling unwell a few days ago. Slow spreading at first then loads cropping up.

More like chicken pox then I think

Molluscum doesn't come up quickly like that so if there are new ones appearing all the time it's not likely to be that.

Friends dd had molloscum and looked just like that.

Its not behaving like molluscum though.

If they are springing up in front of your eyes, that'll more likely be chicken pox. Just a gentle reminder to avoid ibuprofen , there's a rare complication involved with pox/ibuprofen. Calpol calamine and oatmeal baths can soothe itch. Antihistamine too. Poor Chap

Thanks sadiemm2. I didn't know that. Thanks all of you too 💐💐 I think we'll treat as CP for now, infection wise, and get to Dr tomorrow to confirm.

Looks like molluscum. However, if they are appearing in front of your eyes it could be chicken pox. It's difficult to say from a pic.

Are they itchy? Do they feel hard or more like a blister?

Admittedly, I've never seen mollusc um anywhere but chest and arm pit. What do the earlier blisters look like, have any broken and crusted yet, or still hard?

I have heard of Childhood Shingles? People who have had chickenpox get a reactivation of the virus? One of my friends daughters had it when she was about 9.

Shingles are localised along the line of a nerve on one side of the body so this doesn't sound like that either

Piston power, my poor kiddo has had it several times, usually after steroid treatment for her asthma or bloody SATS.

Is that molluscum thing contagious? His brother usually shares a bed with him and he has none I can see. I don't want to separate them if need be, (his brother is 7 they are very close) and DS1 will want his brother there if he's not well 😔