Chickenpox...?

[AlexisP90]

Photo is awful sorry - best I could get

DS has these spots on legs and arms. No fever has a stinking cold though.

Chickenpox..?? I'll call the doctors in the morning and keep him off nursery but just a bit of mumsnet opinion? Only on arms and legs. He's otherwise fine (hence the bad picture as having to chase him to get close enough...)

I mean, it could be, but I wouldn't automatically think chicken pox from this picture. I think it's unusual for it to start one the arms and legs (usually face or back/body first). These look quite small and close together? This pic is my daughter's chickenpox when they first broke out.

Ooh, just a thought - scarlet fever? How does it feel? Rough and sandpapery?

Yeah im really unsure on chicken pox as they are very clustered and just on arms and legs. Very small too. DS (2.5) said he's not itchy.

They do feel a little rough. Not overly but definitely not completely smooth

Thanks for the picture- does look very different to your DDS doesn't it.

Are they just in the elbow and knee creases?

Looks more like eczema to me - if it's CP they'll fill with fluid soon and it will be obvious

Just noticed some coming up on his back too.

Could be eczema. He did have eczema as a baby but not had anything for about a year and a half and didn't look like this but I know it can manifest in so many ways

Will give the doctors a call in the morning