Any idea what this very specifically formed rash is from?!

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Evening all,

My DD, 18 months, has come back from nursery with a rash - suspected hives most likely caused by allergic reaction but it’s presenting in SUCH a specific manner, it has me befuddled.

She has the rash on both arms, from the bottom of her t-shirt to just past her elbow, both hips under where her nappy sits, and at the back of both calves. Not even a tiny bump anywhere else, just this almost-symmetrical pattern.

Anyone seen anything similar previously presenting in the same manner? We’ve obviously fired off an email to nursery to ask if there is anything new in the environment and there’s nothing in the household she could have been exposed to so bit of a mystery.

Are they bites. Would she have been laying down on anything.

Hi, waiting to hear back from nursery as to what they were doing all day, I did wonder about bites but again, seems a strangely symmetrical pattern to be caused by that - she’d have had to manage to get bitten specifically on both arms, hips & legs but nowhere else?

Looks like a flare up- could it be from an apron/bib at nursery if they use the coverall ones? Edges could be where the rash is
Detergent related to those?
Heat rash if nursery is really warm and she’s in winter clothes?

Turns out they have a new brand of gloves they use for nappy changing that they started using yesterday afternoon. And voila - explains the odd pattern perfectly!

Are these new gloves made of latex? A latex allergy is quite common, but can be nasty so make sure that you get your GP to put it on her records.

The nursery should be using nitrile gloves really.