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What IS this rash?

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lollipopmother · 16/02/2009 08:06

My DD (5 months) has had a rash for a long time now. I've tried Metainium, Bepanthen, Sudocreme, Canandula and Canesten. None has got rid of it although I did think that the Canesten made an impression to start with but it's worse today than ever.

The rash seems to come and go, as in some days it's horribly red, but some days it's hardly there at all, or it'll start really sore looking and end very tame only to be back again in a couple of hours. It's around the inside of her legs, on her bits and today she's also really red between her bottom cheeks. It isn't open sores, just very red skin with some red 'spots' (not pimples but like pin-pricks of colour), and when it's on one of its tamer days it looks like the skin is really old and dry/silvery/wrinkled.

I am using cloth nappies, always with a fleece liner. She has long periods of nappy off time each day, I'd say a good three hours at least broken up into hour slots.

I use my own solution and fleece wipes, I stopped them for a while and used normal wipes, no difference.

I have changed my washing powder, no difference, although I do always use bio so I shall try some non-bio. I also use Soapnuts and eco-balls but they haven't made a difference either.

I have put off taking her to the doc as she's my PFB and I don't want to go to the doc if it really was just a bit of nappy rash, but I've tried everything now I think and I'm starting to feel like a really crap mum.

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mummygirl · 16/02/2009 08:56

hi, my son had something very similar with it, paediatrician said it was fungal and I used antifungal powder (it's called Daktarin, but we don't live in the UK so don't know what the equivalent there would be). Got rid of it in a couple of days, but I have to use it all the time now, bacause as soon as I stop it develops again.
I also use only water and cotton wool to clean him -it helps a lot I think

HTH xxx

mumoftoby · 16/02/2009 09:01

Lollipop - if you are a crap mum for this then I am double crap. Both of mine have needed timodine (on prescrition from the GP - which worked in a few days) for nappy rash at about the same age as your little one. On the GP's instructions I let the timodine soak in for 30 seconds or so and then covered in metanium to really protect the area.

lollipopmother · 22/02/2009 17:17

Uhhhg Lollipoppet now has an open sore/blister on her bum, first time ever . MIL thinks she's teething but I can't help but feel like I should be doing something. I've put myself on a cream ban as nothing was really helping (and Metanium brought her out in awful lumps), but I don't know what to do now as she's never had an open sore before. Should I be putting Sudocrem on it or something? Should I put her into disposables?

I don't think this is related to her initial rash, it's not in a place she normally gets red even, it's right in one of her creases but it's quite a large sore, looks grim.

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normansmum · 22/02/2009 17:24

I would definitely put her in disposables till wound has cleared up and if no reaction then keep using sudocreme. could be fungal like said before - can you get to health visitor? they prob better than gp for skincare

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