What Is This Rash?

[strawberrygm]

my 8 month old has been a bit fussy the past few days, but i just thought teething.

yesterday we were at a friends house he had never been to, and after being there about an hour i noticed 3 spots on him. within 20 minutes he was covered in them, his eyes were red and puffy, and he was wheezing some.

i rushed him to his ped's office.

the p.a. saw him, strep test came back negative. she said it was hand, foot, and mouth disease.

we came home and an hour later he was asleep and there were no spots on his back at all.

he has had a few spots off and on since then, and now, 24 hours since we were at doc office, he is broke out again.

my first thought was an allergic reaction, maybe to pine sol, and the fact that it went away last night really made me think thats what it was.

but now that it has came back, and there is no pine sol in my house, i am just as lost as ever.

does it look like hand, foot and mouth to you?

could it be a possible reaction to gluten?

thanks!

[amimartinez2004]

my son had that as well and continues to have it off and on. He would get it everywhere and would get terribly grouchy and screaming and crying and not wanting to be touched to where i had to not sleep at night and nothing consoled him. It took two months before he was able to see a dermatologits who guessed it to be a reaction to his vaccinations. I dont believe that was it since it did come back. He had it so bad though that it was in his scalp and he was starting to lose some baby hair (not that he had a huge amount to begin with but it was all over there was no place that he didnt have it including in the diaper area. The only thing that helped was he was eventually put on atarax (an allergy medicine and then changed to pediox-s which he is currently on now. When he does break out the dr. prescribed desonide .05% ointment which is a steriod cream to put on the affected area 2x a day and it does help. most of the time he is symptom free. He had it before he was diagnosed with celiac disease. Even after we started the diet he still might break out a little but i attribute his recovery to the liquid pediox-s and the desonide ointment. i hope it helps you! by the way he was 8mo old when he first got a full blown attack before that i thought it was a reaction to his diapers since he had it only in the diaper area. He got a full blown attack the night after he got his vaccinations. He is now 19mo old.

Aiden: celiac disease born 10-27-2006

Alejandro: celiac disease born 07-08-2005

[strawberrygm]

this is the first time he has ever done this

it is only on his trunk, with a little on his neck and maybe 1-2 on his head.

none on his hands, feet, arms or legs.

it goes away and comes back, has done this several times today.