can anyone tell me what this is please?

[candyfluff]

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ds has had a sore patch of skin on his face for nearly 2 weeks,last week i took him to the gp who gave him some fucidin cream
which i have put on 3 times a day since friday,its not helped at all ,it is hot to the touch and stated when he got a cold
does anyone know what it is
tia

started even

Looks Iike impetigo to me.

Hi candyfluff, I'm sorry but I don't know what it is, have you spoken again to the GP?

I couldn't pass without saying that your children are gorgeous!

why fucidein? Did he diagnose impetigo?

It looks like classic inflamed excema to me - very much like DDs. can you take him to a dermatologist?

it is only impetigo if weeping and then crusting - does not look like impetigo to me at all.

ok, it was just what I thought...you are probably right, esp if the fucidin doesn't work.

no weeping no crusting
gp didnt know what it was so gave this to try and said to bring him back if not working so will try to get him seen tomorrow.

thankyou parachutes
maybe its ringworm?

Has it spread ? Is is weeping or just reddish ? Does it hurt him ? The heat implies an infection, doesn't it?
Some ideas:

1. Slapped Cheek (I think it's viral?)
2. Impetigo if it spreading quite quickly and skin is broken

Fucidin is very strong stuff it may be irritating him more.

it just looks red and shiney ,it doesnt help that before you can get to him with a tissue for his snotty nose he wipes it up his face on the sore bit.

its not spread and he has it a little under his chin?
my other kids never had anything like it
before i took him to the gp last week i tried savlon and vaseline

it looks like excema to me

what do they give for excema?

baby eczema

not a doc tho
but ds2 and 3 hadhave iit

aqueous cream
ask pharmicist

Doesn't look like impetigo. They would give a hydrocortisone cream for eczema but am not not sure what strength. Take him back to docs. Have you googled ringworm?

i have googled it
could be ?
will let you all know what gp says tomorrow

Excema doesn't just disappear - it's a condition you may have to treat over many years.

If it is ringworm and it's been treated with fucidin it will have aggrevated it. My DD was treated for what the GP thought was eczema but was in fact ringworm. The steroid creams she was given for eczema 'fed' the ringworm and the condition worsened. A skin scrap was finally done and ringworm was diagnosed, the correct cream then took weeks to make the rash disappear.

Eczema does just appear. DS had it on his cheeks and forehead when he was teething and he has never had it since.

ok im back from the gp
she has given us co amoxiclav oral anti biotics for a skin infection ?
not impetigo not ringworm and not excema
got to go back if its not clearing up
got to stop using the cream

have put another pic on profile ,it was so red and hot last night

im now thinking slapped cheek
what say you ???