Fluid-filled spots on my six-year-old, any similar experiences?

[LynAsh]

Hi All,
what does this look like?
popped up on my 6yr old today… Not bothered him but there are small fluid filled spots and I’ve instantly thought ‘what if it’s herpes simplex’ and I have a small 2 yr old and trying NOT to over think and he’s given her kisses and such today.

Will get him seen tomorrow but any experience of similar in your littles?
(picture taken whilst sleeping - best I could get)

i reckon it’s hand foot and mouth. Small fluid filled spots is what we had. I think herpes tends to be more clustered spots, these look too far apart

Pop to the pharmacist in the morning. Ours was great at diagnosing my then 13 year old with shingles and my older one with ringworm 🤮

You don’t get herpes simplex on the skin like that. It’s mucus membranes only really, lips, gums, genitalia, inside the nose/sinuses. If herpes, it would be incredibly painful and probably just one, not several. Anyway, most children get herpes simplex (as in oral herpes, cold sores) at some point in childhood so not a big deal if that’s what it was, but I don’t think it is.

I do think it looks a lot like chicken pox and you can get CP more than once. I had it 4 times. 😳 Confirmed by paediatrics apparently because I was just an oddity.

This is somewhat incorrect, you can get herpes simplex presenting on the skin, it’s called herpetic whitlow. However it is usually a cluster of blisters in one patch and is extremely painful. Usually on the hands, or feet, but can pop up in other places.

OP, this definitely isn’t herpes simplex.