Name This Rash

[Cradle2crayons]

Name this rash...

History::::: Tuesday afternoon I cut grass. It's a weekly thing nothing new. A bath time Tuesday night upon tick check I found a deer tick about an inch under his belly button and another on his right testicle.

Wednesday the rash started. He feels great. No fever. The rash on his face is hot and raised... And his face his very swollen. Benadryl does nothing. Nobody else is sick.

Today I gave him an epi shot because the boy is allergic to everything that stings except bees and he doesn't always tell me if something stings him.

I also gave him Zyrtec yesterday and today.

Where the tick under his belly button was is a papule but no rash. However he has a rash on his trunk and his genitals and a bump where the tick was on his testicle.

The face looks like fifths disease to me but he's had no exposure, nobody else is sick.

He's not eaten anything different or been exposed to anything different

He's not allergic to poison oak. Or ivy or sumac.

[Cradle2crayons]

And before someone flames me, this is my son so I don't need permission to post his picture here

[rmc20021]

Has he eaten anything acidic...such as ketchup? I have a boy who when he has something like that he will get a rash all around his mouth...not nearly that severe but he usually doesn't get it that spread out onto his face, usually about 2 inches all the way around his mouth if I don't clean it quickly enough.

[Crystal]

Hmmmm....I don't know but I would certainly contact his pediatrician.

I hope it passes soon! :hug:

[Kaddidle Care]

Going from photos on the net I'd say Fifth Disease too. He sure looks happy anyway.

[Cradle2crayons]

We're at the Er. The ped was closed today and the rash has spread down his arms and legs and flanks.

Yes fifths was the first thing that came to mind but since he's had no exposure I wasn't sure.

Also the ticks made me unsure.

This is my boy who has only been sick twice in his entire almost five years.

BUT with him being allergic to everything that stings or bites and his face swelling so much off and on.... I wanted to be sure.


I'll let y'all know when I know something.

[Cradle2crayons]

Well we are home and I know nothing more now than I did before .

The doc did NOT think its fifths

The doc doesn't know what he reacted to but gave him steroids and said to keep doing the Benadryl and Zyrtec.

Then she told me that when he goes outside to wear long sleeve pants and shirts.... Um sure in the 100 degree weather ok

So basically I have no clue he's just my allergic boy ... But hopefully the steroids will do the trick...he has to take them for five more days.

Will let y'all know how he's doing tomorrow

[MamaBearCanada]

Did they check him for Lyme's disease?

http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/index.html

The rash might not take on bullseye appearance til it starts to clear.

[SilverSabre25]

Lyme is a possibility, and serious if untreated. Though i thought it took longer for a rash to show. When dealing with deer ticks, you should always save them...just in case, since they are the main lyme carriers. of course, i thought it took a long bite or certain conditions to transmit, but worth a check.

For all his allergies, you might consider looking into riots allergies, and diet changes to clear the rest up. Sounds like something cause his immune stem to overreact to stuff, and that's often the result of undiagnosed food allergies.

[daycarediva]

I have no idea, but he is a cutie! Hope he feels better soon!!! :hug:

[Solandia]

Hmmm. Doesn't sound like fifths. However, only like a third of kids that have fifths ever show a rash. Exposure is always a possibility.

Red &raised makes me think of allergic reaction or strep rash (like, instead of strep throat, get a rash...not the skin infection). With it being hot &raised would lean me towards allergic reaction. My teen had a reaction like your son after using a perfumed lotion. She hadn't reacted before, but it was in the height a allergy season, so she reacted violently to something she normally tolerates.

He is a cutie

[DomsMom]

When my daughter was 3 she had a raised red rash that turned out to be scarletina. She had no fever which was crazy weird and seemed to feel perfectly fine. The Dr. was flabbergasted that there was no fever. I can't remember where the rash started but it eventually covered most of her body.

[Cradle2crayons]

The ticks weren't on him for more than six hours so its not protocol to test for tick born illnesses so she refused.

He doesn't have any food allergies just allergies to venoms like ants, wasps, hornets, etc. except bumble bees .

After the steroids last night, he is quite a bit better.

The rashes are still there but receding.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and ideas. Sometimes he reacts and we just don't know what stung, bit, etc.

The doc did say that some people react to the saliva from a tick. So that's the thought on this episode.

[youretooloud]

Looks like fifths.

Fifths gets better, then worse, then better, then worse. Heat and water seems to make it angry.

Usually fifths will also show up on the legs, and arms too. But, it's most obvious on the cheeks.

[canadiancare]

My middle son is very allergic to the sun and he would break out like that.