HELP! anyone know what red rash white spots are?

[suzycreamcheese]

appeared on ds last 15 minutes (NHS direct to call back er, 2 hours or so)

red patches, mainly neck, bit of forearm, small bit on leg w/ raised white spots..

he seems fine, not eating much but chuntering away as normal..
?chickenpox? something else?

grateful for any help, TIA

please..any ideas???

of course it had to happen on third night out this year!! ha ha

am in panic stations; he's not ill much this is horrible scratching them and refusing to let me look anymore

Allergic reaction, maybe? Sounds a bit like hives.

raspberry..er, what is hives?

he's not allergic to ought we know (yet) cant think of anything he's eaten out of ordinary today..

..actually were at docs yesterday (sore throat cough)

thanks for replying am doing me nut in here!

Hives is like a nettle rash. Usually the skin is red with white raised lumpy spots which is why I thought it might be an allergic reaction.

yes; its as you say... am sorry a bit thick just now..
now i know what hives are!! thicko!

he's itching them and am trying to discourage it..but chatty, normal ifykwim...

it doesnt sound like chicken pox then?

chicken pox often starts with sore throat -then come the spots

would it be likely to come from food as racking the thick brain here but we have had all normal stuff today....

or touching something?

Give piriton, sounds like allergic reaction (hives) if piriton gets rid of it you know what it was!

Doesn't sound very much like chicken pox to me - chicken pox spots are red, not white. They start like red pin-pricks then turn blistery.

www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/rashes.html this is useful

baggybelly....that was why i wondered..
have checked some websites but they show it 'full blown'
and feel i cant think properly in this state....

he's had cough since weekend..at docs yesterday and she said swollen red tonsils no cold drinks / food...could they have noticed it then???

effing nhs direct want to know racial status before asking symptoms ...wtf ...

piriton think i have some...will do..
thank you all

it said on rash site it can be triggered by medicine, he's been having calpol for sore throat thing..though was ok with it in past

Ds had hives a while go. Official name is urticaria. It was quite scary as I had no idea what it was. The patches seemed to come and go all over different parts of his body.

We eventually took him to A&E and they prescribed piriton (or similar) and it cleared it up over the next few days. They said it could be food, a plant or anything - and could be from an hour ago to several days' ago. We hadn't fed him anything different and he hadn't been anywhere different. It was a complete mystery to us.

Oh - and he was completely well in all other respects. He didn't scrath the patches, but the paediatrician was very surprised as she said it would have been extremely itchy.

nonickname..thank you!
am in process of rifling through cupboard and i do have horrible reactions to bites myself..just cant think straight now...churning stomach....

shit.. our piriton pills say not for under 6...
1/2 a pill or wait for NHS not so direct??

Hi have read thread completely agree re. urticaria and the effing nhs direct, try ringing your local A&E and asking to speak to the paediatric nurse on duty

jelly ..aye aye cap'n will do ..good idea!

no don't give pills you can buy piriton over the counter at the chemist , you won't do lo any harm bundling them up and nipping out to local chemist - some open until 7 and there is always the supermarket chemist - bugger nhs direct if the ring when you're out just ring them back

sorry meant to say buy piriton syrup

jelly..
i meant good idea to ring a&e! which i did..also nhs direct got back at last and took ages going through symptoms which was good
(expecting a friend to show up was just freaking on my own!! )

they mentioned the syrup dh getting some on way home...i think it is heat rash ! or end of throat coughing thing can result in rash sometimes..

he's okay..wont take calamine lotion but did have some tea story and bed..
think it was entertaining to him to see me panic

thank you all so much for help x

if you feel the need wake him up to give him the piriton when dh gets home at least he'll sleep and you'll have peace of mind (can I have a piece!)Have a large gin and tonic and take the weight off!

sorry, do I sound really bossy?

no no not at all bossy...am so so grateful for your help!
needed to get some perspective on it asap iykwim..just got real shock when saw rash and of course worse case scenarios are my speciality...

he's asleep now..i keep checking him like newborn and at least i should have the syrup at home incase...

i probably could wake him but would like to dh to help...and keep my nerves from fraying anymore....

the nhs people were good when on phone its just all this waiting and someone will call within 2 or 3 hours stuff...

again, my thanks, much appreciated!

Suzy - sorry he is poorly but this line

he's okay..wont take calamine lotion but did have some tea story and bed..

had me in fits of laughter.....tell me you didn't try to make him drink it?

katymac...hey..if i had tried to dish it out like calpol he would have taken it!

got a few dabs on but the protests of put it back mum, it was really wasnt worth the stress for him or me...

doesnt like what he doesnt know poor lad!

yeh, the ol face muscles can laugh a bit now too...crikey i do so repect medical peeps who can keep calm...was such a bag of jelly earlier!!