I feel like no one is listening to me...

[MosaDiCello]

So on the 24th of September I get a phone call from my DS nursery saying he had a rash and they thought it was chickenpox. I took him home and yes he did have a rash that got worse the next day. GP confirmed it wasn't chickenpox but a viral rash. So he went back on Tuesday the 01/10 that same evening he woke up at 4am with a roaring temperature I didn't take his temperature I just knew it was high you could feel it radiating from his skin. He slept in my bed that night. Next morning he woke up and I noticed a rash all over his trunk, back and face. Took him to our GP and she could not identify it herself she thought measles then asked if he was up to date with his immunisations I said yes so she ruled out measles. She then decided to put him on a course of antibiotics, (Amoxicillin) and get some blood tests. The nursery then emails me today warning me about cases of Scarlet fever spreading, he doesn't have all the symptoms but I'm wondering could it be that. Other than that one night of a temperature he has been eating wellish, drinking his milk and water and seems fine just cranky. I've uploaded the picture can anyone help me identify what it could be?

Scarlet fever feels like sandpaper/lots and lots of goosebumps. If you don't immediately go "oh of course that's it", then it probably isn't. It looks from the picture as though it could be, but the feel is what will give it away.

Tbf it looks like it could be (sandpaper rash withstanding) a viral rash to me. Ds used to get them whenever he was ill, and had several that looked like that. Sometimes they were very localised, sometimes they were all over.
They often didn't fade under glass, so we were frequently sent to A&E for a bloodtest so it was confirmed.

Why do you feel as though no one’s listening to you? Your GP sounds as though they’re being very thorough

He had a similar rash last week not as bad as this one and it disappeared within three days. Then he was fine still had a cough which he's had for more than two months. Then again on Wednesday this rash appears, I have a theory with all the water issues we are having in England could it be something related?

To give you some context my son has had a cough for two month plus. I have been to the GP three times concerning this cough, each time they listen to his chest, take his oxygen and inform me that it's upper respiratory from a virus. The GP mentioned that babies/toddlers can get ill up to eight times a year and his chronic cough is due to catching viruses. Yesterday when I took him this time to check his rash she listened to his chest and said it sounds like it's deeper today hence why she prescribed Amoxicillin. I have a gut feeling call it Mums intuition that he has Asthma, he has always from birth been a noisy breathing will call him Pugington at home. When he was much younger I was told it was to do with his undeveloped oesophagus. I mentioned Asthma to his GP and she ruled it out. I will see how he goes on these antibiotics and if there's no improvement I'll push my theory.

Breather and we not will.

Asthma is very, very rarely diagnosed in a child so young as many children grow out of the symptoms. My DD has trouble with breathing/wheezing/coughs from a young age but we were always told it was ‘post viral wheeze’ and given inhalers. She was eventually diagnosed with asthma at 5. Asthma doesn’t tend to cause rashes though?
It looks/sounds like a viral rash to me, one of mine gets them after every virus they have. Get through your course of antibiotics then reassess.