Baby with spotty rashes
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This week has been quite a scary one for us.
My son who is just over 8 months old, Ezra, has had a flu since Saturday, as I wrote in a previous post. On Tuesday, I thought he was better, then on Wednesday morning, just before I gave him his breakfast, I noticed he had these spotty rashes on his face, neck and chest. I thought it was just heat rash, I showed my mother in law and she thought the same. So I took his clothes off and just left him in his nappy. After he had breakfast, and about an hour later when he should have been cooled off by then, the rashes were still there, and they had spread on to his stomach and back.
We still thought it was heat rash so we went ahead and hosted the church mothers group at our house that morning. We kept him in just his nappy and nothing else all day.
Fast forward>>>>>>>>>>>>
By about 5.30pm, he still had the rashes, and they were getting darker on his face. I was getting quite worried, as any mother would, so I called Princess Margaret Hospital for kids and spoke to someone about Ezra's rashes. The lady on the other end could not discern what was causing the rashes and said it be best if we took him to see a doctor within the next 72 hours. So we decided to take him into the hospital to see one that night.
After about an hours wait, the Dr. didn't give us many answers as to what would have caused it. But he said they were "blanch" rashes, which means when you press on them they go white then come back again. He said those types of rashes are not to be worried about. So he sent us on our way.
Anyway, Daniels sister Googled rashes, and found something that might have been what Ezra had, it's called Roseola, and it's not a very serious thing so that's awesome!
Ezra is fine now, the rashes lasted only two days. Just wondering, has anyone else come across this with their baby or know someone who has? I still want to know what it was, in case it happens again.
My son who is just over 8 months old, Ezra, has had a flu since Saturday, as I wrote in a previous post. On Tuesday, I thought he was better, then on Wednesday morning, just before I gave him his breakfast, I noticed he had these spotty rashes on his face, neck and chest. I thought it was just heat rash, I showed my mother in law and she thought the same. So I took his clothes off and just left him in his nappy. After he had breakfast, and about an hour later when he should have been cooled off by then, the rashes were still there, and they had spread on to his stomach and back.
We still thought it was heat rash so we went ahead and hosted the church mothers group at our house that morning. We kept him in just his nappy and nothing else all day.
Fast forward>>>>>>>>>>>>
By about 5.30pm, he still had the rashes, and they were getting darker on his face. I was getting quite worried, as any mother would, so I called Princess Margaret Hospital for kids and spoke to someone about Ezra's rashes. The lady on the other end could not discern what was causing the rashes and said it be best if we took him to see a doctor within the next 72 hours. So we decided to take him into the hospital to see one that night.
After about an hours wait, the Dr. didn't give us many answers as to what would have caused it. But he said they were "blanch" rashes, which means when you press on them they go white then come back again. He said those types of rashes are not to be worried about. So he sent us on our way.
Anyway, Daniels sister Googled rashes, and found something that might have been what Ezra had, it's called Roseola, and it's not a very serious thing so that's awesome!
Ezra is fine now, the rashes lasted only two days. Just wondering, has anyone else come across this with their baby or know someone who has? I still want to know what it was, in case it happens again.
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