Like I said, back on Tuesday I noticed two spots on her upper back, scabbed over, and thought they were some nasty spider bites. Then Friday morning, I found a few on her shoulder and lower back
(the white is dried Benadryl)
but it wasn’t till I saw a scab in her eye, which I initially mistook for ‘sleepy’, that I freaked and called a Dr.
He said he believed it was chicken pox {couldn’t tell for sure because nothing had fluid} but just a mild form because she had already had vaccinations, and that she can go to school on Monday.
Since Friday, however, its been getting worse.
More and more spots are popping up. You can see this one forming on her forehead today.
And look at her fingers!!!!!
This has also developed in the last day.
I can’t brush or wash her hair because now she has welts on her scalp:
Unless we see some kind of miracle, I dont forsee this being ok by Monday.
But what I am really worried about is IS this actually chicken pox? Someone reassure me.
~Trisha
so awful. Hope she feels some relief now that you have some med’s and are taking care of all those bumps. Poor little sweetheart
I agree, it looks infected. She may need oral antibiotics. I would schedule a dr visit for the antibiotics. The cuticles are likely infected as she scratches them against her head, so she’s then spreading it everywhere she scratches.
Oh poor Charlotte 🙁 I hope she starts feeling better soon.
Poor kiddo. I hope she gets better soon. Definitely more than simple chicken pox 🙁
This doesn’t look like chicken pox. My youngest daughter was told she had chicken pox by one doctor when I took her in but I took her to a different doctor the next day and it turned out to be bug bites that she had gotten at the daycare at the time.
She did later get chickenpox a year later with 150 plus of them all over but she hadn’t been vaccinated. She felt sick a couple of days before with a fever. The same thing happened to her sister 2 weeks later, but she was definitely sick and itchy. I remember the oatmeal baths and calamine lotion.
Although, i’ve been told with vaccinations they usually get a milder form if they get it. I would definitely have it rechecked to make sure they don’t get infected.
Poor baby!! I hope you get some answers soon! I also hope she feels better soon. Sending up a few thoughts and prayers for her.
awww poor girl. It looks like impetigo to me, but I’m no doctor. I hope she is better soon.
I had impetigo as a kid, my mom said it was from swimming in the high school pool..ew.
Unfortunately, I think she may have chicken pox complicated by impetigo. When pox are scratched, they can develop impetigo as a complication. I think she may need antibiotics. Poor Charlotte!
OMGOSH! Poor baby girl! 🙁 That doesnt look like chicken pox to me!
Aww..your poor baby!! I do think it looks a lot like chicken pox, and may continue to get worse. When I was a kid with them, I got them all over my scalp, my eye, all in my mouth and tonsils and even down in my throat, and even some down south, ugh. But they itched like crazy. It may be different since she’s had the vaccine, though. On the several impetigo comments, that is generally like from a spot that gets itched alot, and gets infected, which leads to the impetigo. It doesn’t usually go in spots all over the body like that at first, but can if not treated because it is contagious. She definitely should not go to school yet, and I would take her to a walk-in clinic or ER, or her regular doctor on Monday. If it is just the chicken pox, you are already doing everything you can do! But I would have her checked out just to be sure! Hope she gets better soon, I’m sure she’s miserable!
Almost definitely looks like impetigo.
I’ve never seen chicken pox to that to someones hands or scalp like that. Definitely get her checked.
To me, that isn’t chicken pox but I haven’t seen chicken pox since well, I was 5 and had chicken pox. I would get her in to the DR asap as I think I’m leaning towards the possibility of impetigo….
I’m going to go ahead and agree with everyone that said this doesn’t look like chicken pox. Not any I’ve ever seen. That looks horrible! And I’m completely surprised the doctor didn’t freak out about it being close to her eye. I would definitely watch that very closely. Especially since you said she’s not complaining about an itch.
I mean, it may be chicken pox. But it doesn’t look like it. Not to me.
Ya, if those are chicken pox, I have never seen them like that. I would take her to the doctor asap, just to be safe. Her poor fingers look PAINFUL! I would not put anything on them is she complains that they are hurting her. Maybe just let her soak in a warm bath, would be better. Poor Charlotte. Praying you get some answers soon, and she gets some relief 🙁
if she is bitching that it hurts when you put cream on her not a good sign. It should have been soothing. i would think again about waiting until monday to take her in. Good Luck
if it doesn’t it then don’t put anything on it. Her scalp is what worries me
If she ends up getting blisters in her nose and mouth, mucosa areas, I wouldn’t think Chicken Pox since she’s been vaccinated. I’d have the Dr. test
for Kawasaki’s. Yes, Kawasaki’s is an actual medical condition that causes blistering. Usually the blistering is internal, but at times it can start out
externally. Usually though you have to have some
ancestery in the past even up to seven generations back from either side of the family that is Mediterranean blood (olive skinned persons). This condition is usually dormant in the persons carrying the gene, but can be triggered from a viral or bacterial infection which triggers it into an active state.
I meant to add, most literature says Kawasaki’s is mostly in Japanese, oriental children, but a Pediatric Dr. I knew said it was really mostly in olive skinned persons, though it can happen in any nationality really. If she does have this, she will end up running a fever probably within a week.
I’m just hoping things get better.
The only reason I thought of this is seeing how her fingers are blistering peeling reminds me of a little girl we had on the Pediatric floor at a hospital I used to work at when I used to work as a nurse.
I don’t know. It could be anything really. I would probably take her back in just to be safe. Good luck!!
Doesn’t look like any chicken pox I’ve seen.
I would take her to an ambulatory clinic or minute clinic asap. that does not look like anything to play with. It does not look like shingles. Shingles are like blisters.
Those look a bit big to be pox, but I haven’t seen them in years so I can’t say for sure. Either way, I hope she’s feeling better soon. That doesn’t look like fun at all. 🙁
It may be infantiago, my neices always had it and it always started out looking like chicken pox.
I don’t think it looks like shingles to me. My mom had it and it was clusters of spots and dried over yuckiness. Not just random spots like that. Go back to the dr! I don’t remember what chicken pox was like. But if their is no fluid really than it can’t be that.
Im going to call the dr again on monday….but unless there is some miracle, no school for her. I dont think its safe.
No I wouldn’t take her to school either! Mommas have that instinct! Listen to it, like you are. Hope the dr is a bigger help on Monday!
Oh, and I have also heard that you can get chicken pox in the eye.
Chicken pox really seem to pop out after a warm bath. They are the most noticeable on the stomach and back. They will have yucky ick in the middle and scab over especially near the scalp. It looks like the ones on her fingers may have popped?!
Scabies would be smaller and in clusters.
My kids have never had chicken pox but I remember my little brother having them when he was younger so bad that they were DOWN THERE (if ya know what I mean). He was so miserable.
You may want to let her take a bath in that Aveeno Oatmeal bath. It is supposed to relieve the itch and soothe at the same time.
So far none on her stomach, which I think is wierd but I should be grateful most are where she cannot reach. We did the Aveno tonight, thanks for the advice.
trish0 this sounds more like SHINGLES which you CAN get, even if you;ve had chicken pox! They BURN more, which would make sense as Charlotte screams about the cream.
heres a good link on it: http://www.all4naturalhealth.com/what-does-shingles-look-like.html
I think I’d take her to er or another doctor to make sure, as there is medicine they can give her for shingles.
I believe Shingles is the same virus. I know i can get it, but I dont really have a choice but to take care of her, kwim? I dont care if I get something as long as she feels OK. Im pretty pain tolerant.
It is, but the adult version,which may be what she has, can re-erupt like you are saying hers is doing. My Mom has come down with it multiple times and without the meds, it was rough!
I can’t remember what chicken pox look like but I’d take her back to the dr if it’s getting worse. Looks like it hurts, I feel bad for her!
Hmmm, I’m not sure what that can be. Just wanted to say I hope she is not too uncomfortable.
Doesn’t look like chicken pox to me. They can scrape some cells and look at it under a microscope…to me looks like maybe impetigo. I would definitely get it looked at asap. If it could be strep or staph infection you would want to get that immediately taken care of for sure. Skin infections can become systemic infections and be very very serious very quickly. My nephew got a mrsa staph type of infection that becomes serious very quickly, but this doesn’t look like what his skin rashes looked like.
The finger and eye concern me a bit- I think I’d get a second opinion. If its chicken pox your just out a copay- but if its something else- better to know.
thats the freakiest form of chicken pox i’ve ever seen! i feel really bad for charlotte. can’t imagine what it is though. the fingers look painful.
It could be chicken pox. When Aaron had them, he got more after the first ones started to scab. I was told that it can take 7-10 days to run its course. When he had them he was actually misdiagnosed by 2 docs as having atopic dermatitis because he was only getting them on his legs. It kept getting worse, so I went back in, and it was confirmed it was actually chicken pox.
not really for sure either my kids chicken pox scabbed over and got crusty I thought. Hope she gets better soon as I know with school and all how uncomfortable it could be
I’d actually be in the ER right about now. At first it did look like Chicken Pox but once they start to scab, new spots shouldn’t start appearing. Her eye, head and finger are what scare me the most.
it’s been a long time since I saw chicken pox (mostly on myself at age 7 or so) but I don’t remember them looking like that. I’d go back and get a second opinion.
Looks like chicken pox to me.
Do think it might be scabies? http://www.medicinenet.com/scabies/article.htm
It looks kind of like the pics!
*would
They all look like chicken pox to me except that one on her finger.
It is weird though that she is getting new ones since the other ones have scabbed over already… that makes me think it’s not chicken pox. Usually once they scab over that’s it, they’re done.
I realize this comment is not very helpful. I will call the doctor again.
Gosh, Trisha. I have no idea since I have never seen chicken pox. But poor Charlotte. That can’t be comfortable. Is she itchy??
she isnt complaining at all about itch…but im putting benadryl to just be safe…but when i put cream on her, she bitches at me that it hurts.