bloody hell, problem with ds2 now...help!

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he's not got great skin anyway but tonight i have covered him in suncream and he has spent about 3 hours in the paddling pool.
he has just woken up now, crying and itching everywhere. his skin looks red and blotchy and he his most unhappy. what can i do?

was it a different sun cream to normal

Give him some piriton.

Lukewarm bath then calamine lotion & some piriton - sounds like an allergy!

he has used it all week and been mostly o.k , slight rash on his arm one day. but, i vaguely remember a paddling pool, suncream combination making a mess of his skin once before...not sure now.
he has hayfever aswell and his skin was itchy alot last year.
but, he looked fine before this tonight. it's not something to call a doctor for though yet is it, do you think?

he's already had benedryl, flixonase and eyedrops at about 5 o.clock.

dh found some eurax and put that o the worst bits but it's not helping

If he has eczema please don't use calamine, it dries the skin further.

3 hours in the paddling pool... uhm, I was about to suggest your child was having an allergic reaction to suncream (most eczema children are very sensitive to them) but... now I notice you said 3 hrs, I think it is likely that he has been over exposed to sun rays and therefore sunburned rather than having an allergic reaction.

i was asking dh to get out (he was in it too the nut) and as usual he wasn't takin any notice. his chest doesn't look very redbut his backs a mess, i can see a couple of white spots on it too.

if he is sunburnt, other than the risk of skin cancer of course ,do i need to worry?
i could kill dh, he has conveniently gone to bed and gone deaf

my ds had this earlier in the week as I'd put on a new suncream.I'd stupidly forgotten that he reacts to most suncreams.I gave ds antihistamine and put hydrosortisone cream on the worst itchy bits.

The cream that suits his skin (very atopic) is called Bergaderm and used to be called proderm.

If it's mostly at the back it seems like sunburns. I wouldn't worry about cancer unless you were doing the same all the time. I remember being sunburnt to the point of skin peeling off when I was a child in every holiday, and so far no sign of cancer, but yes, it it very uncomfortable.

Does he have eczema? if not, try the calamine lotion or at least some Sudocrem.