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Picture on my profile. Do you think it's chickenpox?

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mawbroon · 18/03/2008 20:02

I am trying to convince myself that it's just bites or a heat rash.....

Clingy for last couple of days with a slight temperature. Noticed these spots under his arm this evening.

What do you think?

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lou33 · 18/03/2008 20:03

could be, are they like blisters?

ladytophamhatt · 18/03/2008 20:04

looks like it to me.

He'll have loads miore in the morning if it is....

CatIsSleepy · 18/03/2008 20:05

could well be!
as lou says if it is cp the spots will blister, and then scab over (and may keep appearing for several days)
my dd had a high temp couple of days before the spots appeared I think

IdrisTheDragon · 18/03/2008 20:05

Looks like it could be - you will know by tonmorrow as if it is, there will be lots more.

RipMacWinkle · 18/03/2008 20:06

Definitely could be.

DS had a couple on his front the other day. Now he's covered.... Poor wee scone.

Wonder if Glebe Street is anywhere near us as it seems like loads of kids have it round here just now. Or maybe I'm just noticing now DS has it!

Hope you've got the calamine ready just in case....

squeaver · 18/03/2008 20:07

Think so, but they appear really quickly so you'll soon know. Get in the Piriton!

soremummy · 18/03/2008 20:09

looks like it might be. you can get calamine with glycerine in it in tube form it covers better and cools the skin.

soremummy · 18/03/2008 20:10

Phenergan also is good antihistime liquid form but has knock out side effect

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mawbroon · 18/03/2008 20:11

The spots kind of look like they might have something in them, a bit like blisters I suppose.

I am expecting loads more of them tomorrow and will make my official diagnosis then.

Does breastmilk have any magic properties on the spots like it does for all sorts of other things?

We don't need to go to the doc do we? Unless he gets really ill of course.

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soremummy · 18/03/2008 20:12

chemist will tell you just make sure he doesnt scratch too much and cause secondary infection like oneof my dc did

frasersmummy · 18/03/2008 20:13

As the previous post says if it is chickenpox he will be covered in the morning

The nurse in my local gp gave me a really useful tip for checking it really is chickenpox,once this has happened

Chickenpox is the only rash to go into the hairline.. so if the spots are in his hairline then its chickenpox

hope he is better soon

pooka · 18/03/2008 20:14

Porridge oats in a sock in the bath helps. Then, when bath over, squeeze out the gunk from the sock (or a tied muslin square) on the skin. It soothes and seemed to help dd and ds last year.
Lanocaine medicated talc was a good one too, for DS who was covered and really uncomfortable.
Piriton for dd (she was over 2 at the time).
Calamine in aqueous cream rather than the lotion.

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mawbroon · 18/03/2008 20:17

We have piriton in as he has food allergies . I might nip out tonight to get something else for his skin.

Would ready brek work in the bath?

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mawbroon · 18/03/2008 21:39

Thanks everyone for your replies btw.

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mawbroon · 19/03/2008 07:58

No more spots this morning. I think I will phone HV and see what she thinks. I haven't had any dealings with her really since we moved here so I have no idea if she is any use or not....

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TheArmadillo · 19/03/2008 08:07

Pharmacist might be able to give you advice.

Ds is still getting over chicken pox. WE found he was ill for a while, then the spots developed. They look like the spots he had, but difficult to tell until the blisters turn up.

Flight · 19/03/2008 08:09

Do you hjave cats? It looks like a classic 'flea got trapped under arm and couldn't get out' scenario to my trained eye!

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mawbroon · 19/03/2008 08:11

It's the lack of being ill that is making me wonder if this is chicken pox or not. However, he is still breastfeeding and had been asking for a lot more milk over the past few days and he has been wakeful in the night for around a week and we have been co sleeping and feeding a lot of the night. But then again, he may have lessened symptoms because he's being fed.

I have some fun things organised for the end of the week and it would be a shame to miss out on them and then it turn out that it wasn't chickenpox at all....

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Flight · 19/03/2008 08:12

Sometimes you'll get a few spots and then no more for several days, then bam.
It is so variable. Hope it is just bites x

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mawbroon · 19/03/2008 08:13

No, we don't have cats Flight. My first reaction was that it looked like bites, but I read on NHS24 that they can look like bites at first.

LOL at "flea got under arm and couldn't get out"!!

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cluckyagain · 19/03/2008 08:13

Another tip for identifying them - get a torch , and shine it close to them from different angles - if there is a clear fluid blister, it's chicken pox.

TheArmadillo · 19/03/2008 08:14

TBH ds wasn't really ill when he had it. Just spotty ad itchy.

He got more ill towards the end. But that could hav ejust been lack of sleep.

Can you wait till tomorrow before cancelling anything? See if anymore turn up.

TheArmadillo · 19/03/2008 08:15

meant he seemed mildly virusy, then got over it, and then spots came.

didindan · 19/03/2008 08:17

When dd had chicken pox, I had a row with mil, accusing her dog of being flea-ridden and allowing my dd to be bitten in her care
36 hours later the "bites" turned into blisters, and i had to apologise to mil.
They were in the same area on dd as on your dc

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mawbroon · 19/03/2008 08:29

PMSL didindan

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