Hi,
My 1 YO has had mild eczema for a few months but on Sunday it started to get very angry and spread. Some parts are raw, other thick scabs and horrible spots and then a small spotty rash over back. Even her bellybutton and bottom are red raw. Managed to see GP Monday afternoon and start antibiotics today (don’t have name to hand but the yellow banana one) and given another emollient. Swabs not back until Thursday. Pics are from today. GP thinks either infected eczema or chicken pox.
Question- how long do I wait for antibiotics to work before I need to go back to GP? It is so sore and itchy and quite shocking looking. No temperature thankfully, maybe that’s the indicator..
Thanks.
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Infected eczema?
Jude628 · 16/01/2024 20:14
doingmyutmost · 17/01/2024 09:50
My DC had something that looked exactly like this at a similar age. In our case it turned out to be suspected eczema herpeticum. That's when the HSV virus (the one that causes cold sores) gets into the eczema and causes a widespread infection. As it's a virus, not a bacterial infection, antibiotics don't work on it. When my DC was not improving after 24hrs+ of the antibiotics, I took them back (to children's A&E). In the end they were admitted for 2 days and given intravenous anti-virals. Thankfully he recovered quickly and completely and has never had a recurrence (9 yrs ago).
No one in our household gets cold sores, but one of the nursery nurses at his nursery had recently had one 😢 The reason it was 'suspected' eczema herpeticum, is because it will only show up on the tests if the sores are swabbed at the right moment (while they are wet, before they scab), and my DC's were past that point when the hospital eventually swabbed them. Might be worth raising this as a possibility with your doctor?
Ponche · 02/04/2024 15:04
Hi @Jude628 , I was just wondering how your little boy is doing now as my DD has similar and has just been referred to dermatology?
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