What do you think this rash is?

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GP said roseola but I don't know.
she's having a swab for Scarlett fever but seems like HFM to me

Original poster

Sunshineclouds11 · 08/09/2025 18:09

Pics waiting to be accepted

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OtterMummy2024 · 08/09/2025 20:44

Surely too blistered for roseola. HFM is a good guess. Could it be chicken pox?

Original poster

Sunshineclouds11 · 08/09/2025 21:07

It's not spread like chicken pox it's just stayed in the areas

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Does look quite similar to HFM when we had it, and it’s wasn’t just hand, feet and mouth, she also had rashes on her thighs and shoulders and round her mouth ended up being a really nasty, crusty looking rash. I then caught it and just had blisters to hand feet and mouth without the angry redness my daughter had