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Spotty hands?

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 15:28

Does anyone know what this is? My dd, 22m, seems perfectly well but has spots on her hands that look like little zits or blisters. Not many, perhaps half-a-dozen on one hand and 2 or 3 on the other. AFAIK they came up overnight.

It's ds's birthday party tomorrow - should I panic?

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michellep · 22/10/2004 15:32

I hate to say this, but there is apparently a round of foot, hand and mouth going round which is highly contagious amongst birth to 3 yrs. Don't know much about it, but a toddler at one of my daughter's playgroups has got it. Apparently you get little spots on the feet, hands and ulcers in the mouth.

michellep · 22/10/2004 15:38

Just had a look under patient.co.uk, and it is listed under hand foot and mouth. You may want to look to see if she has any other of the symptoms. Apparently its not painful or serious, but it is infectious.

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 15:52

Oh sh*t.

When I last checked (before putting her down for her nap) she didn't have any spots anywhere else on her body, or in her mouth.

I wonder if I can get my sister to take dd out for the day tomorrow? Neither of them would be keen on missing the party, but it would be bettter than canceling it (especially if the spots cleared up on Sunday! ) Would that be ok, or should I quarantine the household?

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suzywong · 22/10/2004 15:53

it is very infectious.
The next thing is to watch out for blisters inside her mouth. If she gets these tonight you should warn parents of kids invited to your ds's birthday.

Your dd may feel underthe weather for a few days and then the blisters dry up and eventually go down.

It's all rather tiresome

michellep · 22/10/2004 15:55

Of course, it may not be that. Have you phone NHS direct - they may be able to advise on what else it could be. They could also tell you if you need to quarantine!

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 15:55

I've just had a lookat patient.co.uk (thanks, michellep) and I see that there's no point just isolating dd, as the rest of the family might already be infectious. But TBH, I don't think it is HFaM because she has none of the other symptoms.

Touchwood.

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suzywong · 22/10/2004 15:58

hate to rain on your parade PC, but we noticed spots on hands with DS1 when he had it then that night he got out of bed saying his mouth hurt inside and when we shone a torch inside he had six or seven blisters, it comes up really quickly

Do the spots on her hands look flat and whitish?

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 16:00

No, they look like pinky-red pimples, some of them have creamy blisters on top.

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michellep · 22/10/2004 16:00

Try phoning NHS Direct though - it may be something she's touched and perhaps allergic to or anything. They should be able to tell you by describing the spots.

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 16:00

And I'm in real do-da if I do have to cancel, as I have no way of getting in touch with the children invited from ds's nursery.

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suzywong · 22/10/2004 16:02

you know what, you should whizz her to the doc just to be sure, it's pointless me worrying you or trying to diagnose on here, I now realise.

Do you have an out of hours Gp facility at the hospital if you can't get to the surgery? We could use the CamiDoc service at the Whittington but I can't remember if you fall within that catchment.

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prettycandles · 22/10/2004 16:03

Thanks Suzywong, unlike me you've obviously not mislaid your brian. I'm off!

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suzywong · 22/10/2004 16:05

no worries mate, hope it's a false alarm and happy birthday to dear little ds1

michellep · 22/10/2004 16:06

Let us know what they say it is.

suzywong · 22/10/2004 16:08

have your kids had it michelle?

my ds1 had it earlier this year and it ain't called hand foot and mouth disease for nothing. I'd never heard of it before

WigWamBam · 22/10/2004 16:35

Prettycandles, pink spots with creamy centres sounds a bit like molluscum to me.

michellep · 22/10/2004 17:17

Sorry, not well today, so just been having a snooze! No, my children have been lucky so far, all they have had are colds and sniffles really

michellep · 22/10/2004 17:17

What on earth is molluscum?

WigWamBam · 22/10/2004 17:23

Molluscum is a viral infection, common in pre-school children. Waxy, wart-like spots (white, pink or red), often with a central dip like a yew berry or a creamy head. Sometimes itchy, sometimes become red and inflamed, usually the child is otherwise perfectly well and can go to nursery/school. It goes away on its own.

michellep · 22/10/2004 17:28

Poor little things - they get plagued with nasties, don't they!!

SofiaAmes · 22/10/2004 21:23

Sounds like hand foot and mouth. See my thread..(I'll bump it up for you). Very contagious, but if the kids coming to the party are from her nursery they would have already been exposed to it, so not worth cancelling the party. My dd has it at the moment, but she didn't get the spots, just the awful awful mouth ulcers (we've had two nights of inconsolable crying).

Enid · 22/10/2004 21:26

chicken pox?

SofiaAmes · 22/10/2004 21:54

I think that although hand foot and mouth spots look the same as chicken pox spots, the main difference is that chicken pox almost never starts on the hands and feet , but rather on the torso....so if there are no spots elsewhere, it's probably not chicken pox.

bluebear · 22/10/2004 22:40

Any update pc?
Ds has had c.pox and HFandM so should be immune if you want him to come over and cheer up ds tomorrow (assuming it's one of them).

michellep · 23/10/2004 11:33

Does anyone know the verdict? This is like real life Eastenders!!

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