Hand foot and mouth or strep throat?

[bebski]

Hi my 5 year old has had an intermittent low grade fever for 9 days now (comes down with calpol), she has also been very pale, lethargic, off her food and has a lingering cough.

She had a few red dots in her mouth about 5 days ago which cleared.

Today she has a mouthful of red spots, same previous symptoms listed together with a petechiae type rash on part of her back and torso. No complaints of sore throat.

Took her to the GP this afternoon and mentioned Strep throat doing the rounds in her class, symptoms seem the same but doc is adamant it’s hand foot and mouth. There’s no blisters on her hands, feet or anywhere else for that matter and the ones in her mouth don’t look like blisters at all.

I’m thinking the fact it’s getting worse rather than better is surely a sign it’s bacterial.

any advice please? Should I push for a second opinion?

It doesn't sound like HFM, my son's had it twice and it was fairly obvious through the spots/blisters on his hands, feet, nappy area, around mouth. Wouldn't let me look in his mouth but I'm sure there were blisters there too. I'd get another opinion

Thank you so much. My gut is saying to get a second opinion too

Unlikely to be strep A if there's no sore throat

My gp insisted on sending my ds to A&E for petechiae type spots for bloods - did your gp not mention them?

He also didn't present with a sore throat but he had the petechiae rash that came and went and before it appeared a "viral" rash on his tummy and back. We did up starting the strep antibiotics as the petechiae rash kept coming and going it was only after being on the antibiotics for a week that the petechiae rash stopped