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Advice please

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Sallydimebar · 30/10/2021 15:36

Just noticed this on Ds11 …tested neg Tuesday with pcr ,Wednesday pos lft sent another pcr sent off yesterday.
Temp up and down since wed but has been stable since 9:30 last night . Would this little rash be of any concern ?

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Cornettoninja · 30/10/2021 16:05

Does it blanch? You can press it with a glass or pull the skin taunt. If it doesn’t you need to seek medical advice ASAP.

Tbh I might be tempted to ring 111 for out of hours advice anyway because of the temperature.

Doublechins · 30/10/2021 16:10

I had a rash that looked very similar when my symptoms first started. Test and trace do ask about rashes when they ask about symptoms as well so it must be quite common?

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Sallydimebar · 30/10/2021 16:19

Done the glass test just stays the same . Temp 37.8 . Family member said could be viral rash ? Il ring 111 . Thanks

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Nodancingshoes · 30/10/2021 16:24

That looks abit like a shingles rash to me - I had the same on my leg before

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Sallydimebar · 30/10/2021 16:36

On waiting for 111 extremely busy. Gave him ibuprofen as temp was 37. 9 was hoping it wouldn’t go back to 38 today . Just trying to get help before tonight . Awful when I can’t leave the house .

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Cornettoninja · 30/10/2021 18:02

I hope you’ve spoken to someone at 111 by now

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Sallydimebar · 30/10/2021 18:48

Just finished … medical advisor transferred me to a call back from GP so after speaking to Gp she said it can be common with kids and covid if they are coughing 1 of the symptoms he’s not really had . Just headache and temp for him . So sending out of hours GP to check him over . If he becomes week or passes out ring 999 . He’s ok in himself, temp is 37.9 still but I know that’s normal with covid .

Just thankful my symptoms have stayed mild up to now think it’s day 5 for me .

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Cornettoninja · 30/10/2021 19:59

I’m glad he’s going to be checked over.

I hope that your both on the way to feeling much better soon, it’s a horrible, strange time to be ill.

BunsyGirl · 30/10/2021 20:16

My DS had a very similar rash on his face about four days before he started with a cough. It was two days after his cough started that he got a positive lateral flow.
We were testing each day because there were seven cases in his class in the week before half term.

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Sallydimebar · 30/10/2021 20:48

Got another call and had to go to a covid centre in the end, didn’t know we had one it’s 1/2 hour away but at least somewhere to go when you feel you have the plague. Feeling Grateful to have my mind put at rest .

It’s a fungal rash not serious and given some cream . Honestly just want the virus out of his body and day 10 to come .

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OliveTree75 · 30/10/2021 20:51

I had a very similar rash on my back when I had covid. It looked like shingles. I spoke to a nurse over the phone who wasn't concerned

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