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What is this rash?

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rlbjsf · 12/03/2024 20:23

Have found this on my 6mo this evening after her bath. It's quite dry and scaly to touch and there are another 2 dry patches above it. This patch is fairly circular so I worry that it could be ringworm, but the other 2 patches aren't really circular, more like non descript blotches, so then I think it could be eczema.

I'm going to take her to the pharmacy in the morning for advice but it's going to bug me all night. If anyone has had similar show up on there babies, can you tell me what the outcome was?

What is this rash?
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JuicyOrange01 · 12/03/2024 20:24

Ring worm to me

hedgehoglurker · 12/03/2024 20:27

Agree that it looks like ringworm. Pharmacy in the morning is the right thing to do. (If you want to start treatment immediately and have some canesten, it wouldn't hurt to apply a dab.)

AdoraBell · 12/03/2024 20:30

I also think it looks like ringworm too. Hopefully the pharmacist will have a treatment available. When zi had it, about 30 years ago, I had to have a prescription for the treatment.

rlbjsf · 13/03/2024 22:22

Thank you all

This morning it looked a bit flakier. The pharmacist thinks ringworm too, have now got some canesten to put on it, fingers crossed it works!

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rlbjsf · 22/03/2024 19:50

Thought i'd update as I know I scourer mums net for answers to things like this.

After a week of using caneston cream, the rash seemed to get worse (redder and more scaly) and more dry patches appeared as seen in attached pic. I went back to the pharmacy and they advised if the cream didn't work to try just a normal moisturiser as it may be eczema. They also advised using the caneston very sparingly with just a really thin layer so as not to trap moisture under it and make it worse.

Now on day 9 of using the cream the rash looks to be subsiding.

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