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Half request for advice, admittedly half a bit of a moan...

After what we thought was a reaction to mmr was diagnosed as ear infection, antibiotics seemed to sort my little boy out last week. However he then got ill again - temp over 40, screaming, not sleeping ALL night, so we were back to the doc's on Thurs and she reckoned poss another ear/throat infection, eardrumms v red etc, and prescribed a stronger antibiotic. She also said he had a 'touch of the measles' in reaction to the mmr jab. Just to reassure everyone - not scaremongering about mmr AT ALL - because she rightly pointed out this gives you an idea of how bad real measles is, and she also said she'd rarely seen a reaction as bad as his. So, sucks for us a bit but nothing to worry about generally. Anyway new antibiotics seemed to work , much much better by Friday and steadily over the weekend. I should have mentioned when she said he was a bit measly it's because he had some rashiness as you're warned about in the mmr leaflet. Well today, he has a different rash - more like spots. Started off quite dull in colour so we thought poss the end of the measly rash...but it's all over his torso and neck and getting redder. Say it isn't so...would it really be poss to get chicken pox now, and also, how come he seems fine 'in himself'? Is worse to come?! We're on our knees after an awful two weeks so praying it's not, I for one can't stay inside another week or will go mad!

Hiya,

Our little one used to get various different illnesses back to back and its a real nightmare so I really do feel for you, when they're fighting one virus they can so easily be blind-sided by another..... Its possible that the new rash is a post viral rash rather than anything new, our daughter frequently gets a rash after a high fever but I have to say I always take her to the docs when she has a rash that I can't fully explain - call me paranoid but I just like to be sure - if its out of surgery hours, Seldoc have always been very good and seen us very quickly, also I've never been made to feel like an over-worrying parent for phoning up and/or taking her down there.

If you're worried, give them a call - you'll probably sleep better for it!


x

i tend to agree with fuschia when it comes to skin/rashes.


to be fair most doctors don't specialise in dermatology but i presented mine to the doctors with early chicken pox and he sent me home with a prescription for yet more oilatum... 3 days later we had the pox and on a level that i never thought possible.


i pray for you that it's not the pox after all that you have already suffered but apparently it's doing the rounds. good luck x

Aw thanks sw and everyone else. Feel a bit silly now as was all set to take him to gp and then a and e if nec yesterday but it totally faded away in hours - weird. Seems fine. Sorry if I seemed like a drama queen, it's just been a bad few weeks!

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