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To ask about this rash ... (pic inc)

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:28

This little rash is on both DD5’s ankles. Exactly the same both sides. It was itchy last night but isn’t today. Came up yesterday afternoon. Not spreading. No other rash elsewhere.

What on earth is it? Any ideas? She’s got no allergys we know of.

To ask about this rash ... (pic inc)
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Original poster
Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:34

It's on the inside of both ankles.

Hard to tell inside or outside from that pic ! :)

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Dottysmum18 · 21/02/2019 13:34

Nettles ?

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:37

It's that sort of rash, but she hasn't been in any nettles.

It looks raised but when you run your finger over it it's smooth. I just find the identical both sides thing really weird.

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NannyRed · 21/02/2019 13:38

They look like they could be bites. Has she been anywhere she might get flea bites? Long grass or a home where a pet used to live?

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:44

We have a cat nanny, but she's 99.9% indoor cat (ragdoll) and is up to date with her treatments.

We do live ruraly, but the only place we went yesterday (rash pop up day) was Primark and Tesco Confused

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flowersaremyfave · 21/02/2019 13:45

Looks like flea bits to me. And the ankles is where there usually found

Lumene · 21/02/2019 13:46

Could it be a reaction to anything both feet have been in contact with or rubbed against? New socks/shoes/wash etc?

Could take pic/daughter into pharmacy to see what they advise?

WatcherOfTheNight · 21/02/2019 13:46

I thought the same as red ,what treatment do you use op ? A lot of treatments are useless now as fleas are immune.
Fipronil is still widely used but useless.

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:49

The vet does the flea treatment. Can't remember what it's called!

About 5 years ago at our old house we helped a friend by having their cat at ours for a couple of weeks and it had bloody fleas and my eldest DD (teen at the time) got bitten on the ankles. (we treated the cat and the house) This rash doesn't look like that.

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:50

It's got a sort of slight dry scaley look up close.

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HennyPennyHorror · 21/02/2019 13:52

Looks like eczema to me.

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:52

I'm wracking my brains! We bought a new duvet set for her a few days ago. Could that cause itchy ankles ??

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HennyPennyHorror · 21/02/2019 13:53

Or has she been wearing new socks? Or have you changed your washing powder?

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:54

Does it HennyPennyHorror? No experience of it. We've been lucky enough for none of us to suffer with it.

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:54

No new socks or washing powder.

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NearlySchoolTimeAgain · 21/02/2019 13:56

When I have a flare up of

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:57

Hold up.
I'm googling ''rash on both ankles'' and shingles is mentioned. (among other awfulness). Shingles is to do with chicken pox. She had a chicken pox vax about 10 days ago.
Googling more .....

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NearlySchoolTimeAgain · 21/02/2019 13:57

Ooops!

...dyshidrotic eczema it looks a bit like that.

nationaleczema.org/eczema/types-of-eczema/dyshidrotic-eczema/

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Laiste · 21/02/2019 13:58

Sorry to interrupt you NearlySchoolTimeAgain Grin

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CarpetDiem · 21/02/2019 13:59

Eczema. Take her to your pharmacist to have a look & give her hydrocortisone cream if it is

easyandy101 · 21/02/2019 14:00

Fleas

NearlySchoolTimeAgain · 21/02/2019 14:00

www.webmd.com/children/vaccines/chickenpox-varicella-vaccine

Says here that chicken pox is a live vaccine (usually vaccines are not) so it could be that?

hoodathunkit · 21/02/2019 14:01

I get something similar from time to time and it is hives

Does the rash appear very suddenly?

If so it is likely to be hives.

Also I have many allergies and at one former home I had carpet beetles which were impossible to eradicate. The little hairs on their larval stage (wooly bears) caused me to come up in hives immediately on contact.

MaddieElla · 21/02/2019 14:03

My daughter had this a couple of weeks ago, except it was on both hands and both feet only. Perfectly well in herself.

Went to the doctors but it just vanished overnight after 3 or 4 days. Her skin did get sore with it though so I put Aveeno on it.

Never knew what caused it.

Lumene · 21/02/2019 14:05

So many different answers and possibilities! I would definitely go to a pharmacist for an informed opinion and something g to treat it if relevant!