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here I am again - mystery spots......

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Quadrophenia · 24/03/2008 15:12

I have posted about this before, but here I am again, still no nearer to knowing what these are. Am hoping it sounds familiar to someone.
My dd aged almost 8 every so often gets some very strange spots. Sometimes they are singular and sometimes a cluster, she can go for months and months without any, they come and go within a couple of weeks.
They start off as a small pimple with a tiny black dot in the middle, turn to a white head, often the skin then breaks and a large area becomes infected big red mark around etc. then they become smaller and go leaving a purple scar. they are very, very painful and have so far only affected the thigh and torso.
Doctors so far have diagnosed

infected chicken pox
repeated chicken pox
molloscullum (sp?)
exczema
boils

and the latest today we were told by a nurse they are bites, they are not bites I'm almost certain,. besides which we have no animals, you can also see them under the skin coming up so not charecterisitc of bites. They are incredibly painful my dd and she has missed a fair bit of school because of this as sometimes they turn huge.

Does anybody at all ahve any idea what these can be and would you persist in finding an answer.

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Quadrophenia · 26/03/2008 09:45

took dd to the gp yesterday and asked for her to be referred, which he agreed to so i am really pleased. The spot with the red bit around it is now about 2-3 inches wide

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belgo · 26/03/2008 09:47

lets hope the referral comes through quicly. Take as many photos as possible and write down how long the spots last and how big they get, and whether they itch or are painful or what.

Quadrophenia · 26/03/2008 10:25

thanks belgo, have taken some more pics, its really hard though to get a true indication from them though but will continue to do so.

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Quadrophenia · 30/03/2008 18:27

have added some new spot pics to my profile just on the off chance they look familiar to someone.

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yorkshirepudding · 02/05/2008 10:14

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mousemole · 02/05/2008 12:26

push for an apppointment with a specialist. I still think it looks like the boils infection.
Poor you - this has really dragged on hasn't it.

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