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4 year old with fever and rash !

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Girlwithproblems1 · 03/02/2024 12:01

Please Someone put me out my anxiety !!!!
my 4 year old returned from nursery with a fever . Following day she got a rash on front and back .

so I called gp they asked for pics and sent me to the hospital. The hospital said she’s fine and it’s probably just viral .

following day she has ear ache , she’s done well last night with medication but she must have an infection as there’s discharge coming out her ear.

she is herself thankfully, the usual when the fever goes high but she’s herself .

however the rash is on her face legs arms, pretty much everywhere . It looks the driest on the back of her neck. I’ve seen Her itch it a little.

I know it’s impossible to tell things via pic but I’ve attached some incase . I’m really hoping this is just viral or she needs antibiotics and this isn’t a skin reaction to something .

any ideas ??? Because I’m starting to stress now ! I will be calling gp up again on Monday to have a look and the ear of course !

OP posts:
Atlasstars1 · 03/02/2024 12:39

Does it feel rough to touch? If so it looks very like scarlet fever rash to me and that does need antibiotics.
if not it can be a viral rash and if you’ve seen a
dr at hospital and they’re happy with it being viral I’d let her ride it out with lots of fluids and calpol / nurofen when she uncomfortable.

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