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HFM or chicken pox

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lottieleo · 16/12/2019 17:37

My LG has a rash legs, bum, arms and minimal face. My initial thought was chicken pox as they started as a very small dot then had progressed by the following day.
However she has none at on her trunk which swayed me towards Hand foot and mouth (she's at nursery so likely exposed to it), but she doesn't have any spots in her mouth that's I'm aware of, (had a little look) none on her feet and only a few on tops of hands.

I know there's nothing I can do for either except keep her comfortable, but I'm
Bloody paranoid I'm going to get hfmd myself 🙃🙈

OP posts:
lottieleo · 16/12/2019 17:41

The only pic I could get without her running away
That's her arm. The whiteness on the scab is from the camomile I put on earlier.

OP posts:
iheartchristmas92 · 16/12/2019 17:52

my little girl had HFM a few weeks ago and had them only on her hands, feet and around (and in!) in her mouth. i'm not sure that's HFM anyway x

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