Terrible nappy rash and diarea in 9 mo

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In addition to diarea, my 9mo little one has a crazy nappy rash at the moment. His whole butt is completely raw as if a layer of skin was ripped off, and he is so uncomfortable! :-(( Doing lots of screaming and having trouble settling for naps and night sleep. (It could be more than just the nappy rash, I can't imagine the diarea is a walk in the park either.

Happen to have any tips on helping it heal, besides washing with water, using zinc cream, and keeping him out of diapers here and there?
TIA x

Might be a fungal infection which needs a prescribed cream - see hv or gp - or use Metanium cream in the meamtime. Is he teething ?

Thanks Liz. He is probably teething, and I know that can cause a bit of diaper rash. He also had a bad fever a week ago from today though, and coupled with the diarea I thought it might be something else. I will probably try the doc's tomorrow.
What is Metanium cream btw? I live in the Netherlands so not sure if it's the same brand name - is that the active ingredient?

A bit of a long shot here - but if he has formula fed??? You haven't changed his formula at all? I got this when my DD started on formula at 11 months and I started the follow on formula. When I switched to normal stage 1 formula it
stopped overnight.

xx

As PP said, a rash that bad needs a GP to give a specialised cream on prescription

If the rash is very bad, it would be better to keep him out of nappies as much as possible...not just an odd hour here or there.

Could you keep him nappy free whilst awake on a blanket or something ?

If you wanted him to be without a nappy for naps (just while his rash heals)you could use a waterproof sheet and fleece blanket in his cot, easy to wash if an accident happens.

Hope your DS feels better very soon.

Not sure if Metanium is available over there per se - wasn't in CH- it is a really thick barrier cream, stronger than regular zinc. dd was prescribed something like Imazol(?) for her fungal nappy rash which was related to thrush.

the active ingredients in metanium are Titanium dioxide, titanium peroxide, titanium salicylate - I found metanium with a layer of sudocrem worked best for nappy rash

i've just started with sudocreme and it's starting to scab and heal. i'm hoping a tooth pops thru soon!
thanks for the help! x