Please help! Dd covered in rash!

[Burntoutboobout]

Can anyone recognise this rash? Have had a look online and I suspect it’s heat rash but can’t say for definite. Anxious about the Kawasaki stories

It’s all over her back and legs, she had a big scream in the shower and again when I put aveeno cream her. She winces when I touch it now too!

Help please

I have to admit, when I read the posts screaming “A&E NOW” I thought I must be an appalling negligent mother as I would race to hospital with a rash on its own.

Wouldn’t!!

Who told you that it was fine? 111?

Lol
Trust your instincts.

Fwiw, I had a similar rash all over my torso and arms (never thought to check my legs come to think of it) and I took an antihistamine. I had eaten a frozen fish dinner from the local shop and the ingredients of the fish was just 'white fish'. I haven't eaten fish since. I was also short of breath and my head felt like it was swelling.

If you notice her breathing differently, then straight to A&E, no messing about.

Hopefully it will go down soon. Keep an eye on her for any change. Like others have said.

I used to have awful heat rash as a child and it looked just like that. Calamine lotion really helps if you have it or soaking in a bath with oats (put them in old tights or similar to stop it clogging the drain). I think (even before all the news about Kawasaki) it was important to be vigilant about rashes but if their are no other symptoms, if the rash fades when pressed and 111 said to monitor I personally would be happy to just keep an eye.

I am not trying to be argumentative, but I am baffled as kids get rashes all the time. I am a fairly anxious mum of 4, so I've called the GP about rashes a fair few times in the past, but A and E was never recommended unless there were other concerning symptoms.

It's a bit different at the moment though, isn't it.

It’s not really though. There will still be childhood rashes etc. Let’s not over react to every minor ailment and charge up to hospital.

I agree with at Nicknacky we need to be alert but sensible

A rash on its own is highly unlikely to be anything sinister it’s alongside other symptoms. Even the inflammatory syndrome nowadays is a group of symptoms

If she is well within herself it is likely to be heat rash. Any further symptoms alongside it needs monitoring

@hoolydooly

*Why are so many people saying A and E for a rash?!
The child apparently has no fever and is otherwise well, and the OP has not said it does not blanch.

I am not trying to be argumentative, but I am baffled as kids get rashes all the time. I am a fairly anxious mum of 4, so I've called the GP about rashes a fair few times in the past, but A and E was never recommended unless there were other concerning symptoms.

Obviously, OP, if you feel something is off then I absolutely am not discouraging you from seeking attention.

I am just genuinely amazed that so many people would go to A and E with this*

I was thinking this reading through all the replies. I thought the poor OP will be beside herself reading all this good to A&E

I always think if they’re alert and playing etc, no temp, eating etc and the rash disappears under a glass, it’s more than likely just a little viral rash or reaction.

What has she been doing today? Did she play outside?

Oh bless her. Any rash is scary on a child but especially in these times!
My DS got a rash similar and it ended up being a viral rash.
It did disappear when you pull the skin with two fingers though (recommended this way by an A&E nurse as it was easier than a glass because of where it was).
Hope she feels better soon

It’s interesting so many people are asking about rolling in the grass. My five year old was rolling down the hills on the golf course the other day and her arms were scarlet and stingy afterwards. What is it?? An allergy?

@hoolydooly
I understand what you’re saying , under normal circumstances if there were no other symptoms I would just keep an eye.

I’m not sure how helpful 111 is atm so in the event the op couldn’t get through etc I just wouldn’t take any chances at all.

It’s not really though. There will still be childhood rashes etc. Let’s not over react to every minor ailment and charge up to hospital.

Of course there will still be childhood rashes that are nothing. It's the new, dangerous and very current rash-causing disease that OP is worried about and people are thinking she might like to rule out. Wait-and-see is great when there's nothing specific on the loose to worry about. Any normal person who's seen the news in the last month would be more worried than usual if it were their child, and rightly so. A&E doctors know and understand this, and would never expect a worried parent to put their cool credentials ahead of their child's life.

No one said do nothing about it, but there is an in between of doing nothing and rushing a child into A&E.

I agree, Nicknacky, and A&E would not be my first choice either, but equally I think it's completely obvious why people are suggesting it, unlike the pp who was ostentatiously 'baffled'. Anyway, it's now 3 days since the OP asked for help so hopefully things have cleared up.