My 3yr old has rash and temp

athomas91 · Apr 4, 2005

does the rash blanch when touched?

does she have a sore throat?

if so - could be scarlet fever.

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Apr 4, 2005

You could be right, have just read symptoms on medicinenet.com and it fits, she has the lines under her arms and in her groin.

Thanks for that, never seen scarlet fever before, will I need to go to Dr for penicillin or can it just reslove on it's own?

kids · Apr 5, 2005

Yes, she does need to be seen by a doctor.

While scarlet fever usually resolved on its own in the days before antibiotics it often progressed to rheumatic fever and resulted in blindness, deafness and rheumatic heart disease.

neneRN, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2005

Or roseola...german measles- goes away on its own. Best bet would be to see the doc, you never know.

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2005

I am not a peds nurse and of course you need to see your doctor. But, all 5 of my children get 5ths disease every year. It is a fairly harmless rash that starts at the upper body then spreads downward to the lower extremity ( or this is the way it happens with my kids). My kids get a fever and just dont feel well. This is caused my the parvo virus and they dont give treatment for it, since it is a virus. I have been expecting our yearly round for weeks now. Last year my daughter had it so bad her body looked like a map. Please see your ped doc they can do a test for this, a parvo titer.... I hope your baby gets better:)

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Apr 5, 2005

Thanks to all will take her this am to see DR :)

madwife2002, BSN, RN · May 23, 2005

Do you know I am glad I posted this thread because I have date to work by and she has had the same symptons again over the past 4 days took her to Dr and he hadn't a clue, said it could be slapped cheek syndrome. didnt worry me too much this time so watch this space for next month :chuckle

Home Health Columnist / Guide · May 23, 2005

Slapped check sydrome = Fifth Disease = Hand foot mouth Disease

= viral illness

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000977.htm

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/fifth.html

http://www.dermnetnz.org/viral/fifth.html

allnurses Guide · May 23, 2005

We had a child like yours in the ER yesterday (a Sunday - no clinic open). Fine rash over her trunk and a few days of fever. Roseola was the dx. It is viral - no meds given but lots of popsicles! :)

My kids have also had "slapped cheek" or Fifth's Disease . . sounds worse than it is because of the word "disease". Thanks Karen for those links.

steph

madwife2002, BSN, RN · May 23, 2005

Slapped check sydrome = Fifth Disease = Hand foot mouth Disease
= viral illness
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000977.htm
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/fifth.html
http://www.dermnetnz.org/viral/fifth.html

Thank you for these links i am sure that is what she has had, it so fits the symptoms

NicInNC, CNA · Jun 14, 2005

Hi,
Just a quick question. My 3yr old who has had all inoculations, developed a fever 3-4 days ago but no other symptoms. Yesterday she developed a fine pin prick rash all over her cheeks and upper body, her cheeks appear slightly swollen and she says the inside of one of her cheeks is tender. She's still pyrexial and I am giving her usual antipyrexial medication. She still has no cough, cold symptoms and has not vomited, what do you paediatric nurses think may be the cause.

Sounds to me like Fifth Disease. Both of my kids AND myself had it recently. That stuff was going around the school like wildfire. It could be a number of things though. My niece had a fever and pin point looking rash and it ended up being strep throat. Her throat didn't hurt at all. It could also just be a viral rash. With kids, it's so hard to tell, but I'm going by the fact that you mentioned her cheeks and upper body.

If it IS Fifth Disease, the rash usually spreads down the body and can come a go for weeks. My youngest daughters rash came and went for over a month. Mine and my oldest daughters only lasted a couple weeks though.