Does anyone out there in blog land have any ideas????? Just so you all know, her stomach isn't swollen :) She just has a healthy appetite!
Monday, October 11, 2010
I'm stumped!
Grace has her "strawberry rash" back again, but it can't be from strawberries!!! This is the second time she got this rash. When we first brought Grace home she would wake up with little bite marks on her neck which we treated as dust mite reaction. Her mattress is covered, stuff animals were kicked out and I wash her sheet often. She hasn't had those in 3 months. I read online that a dust mite allergy will leave you with bite looking marks even though they aren't actual bites. Last night Grace had her shirt off and within 10 minutes she had small bite looking marks on her stomach. We thought....dust mites. Then we woke this morning with the rash you see below. It is the same exact one she got the day she ate too many strawberry products. We gave her Benadryl last time and I just gave her some now before her nap. It doesn't appear to bother her or feel itchy. Otherwise, I'm stumped! She has her 18 month check up on monday, so I'll talk to the pediatrician about it then. I also emailed the IA doctors to see what they thought.
Does anyone out there in blog land have any ideas????? Just so you all know, her stomach isn't swollen :) She just has a healthy appetite!
Does anyone out there in blog land have any ideas????? Just so you all know, her stomach isn't swollen :) She just has a healthy appetite!
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Hives?
Our referral has been diagnosed with "urticaria" a long word that basically means he gets hives. I saw them when we went to meet him in March. He had a terrible case of them the day we met him but the went away over the next couple of days. I think they can sometimes be stress induced, and other times they are a reaction to a food or fabric.
You probably already do this but I would switch to using hypoallergenic detergent with no dyes, fragrances, etc. We haven't gotten our referral home yet but I switched to using Tide Free and Clear and I know my skin feels better...I don't get hives but I do have some skin sensitivities and my skin feels a lot better. I also use about half the recommended amount of detergent. We have a high efficiency washer and it seems like it hardly takes any soap at all to get things clean. Evidently most people use too much soap.
Might not have anything to do with detergent but it is the only suggestion I can think of that might help if it wasn't brought on by food.
I like what you wrote"her stomach is not swollen she just has a healthy appetite" That made me laugh. I agree with what the other person wrote it looks like hives...
good luck with figuring that out?! Sally
I think it may be hives, I get hives when I am stressed out. However, sometimes I get them for no reason. But she is not itching, so that might be something, not related to hives.I am glad Grace is going to her pediatrician on monday. I cant believe how much Grace has grown since the first time I saw her at the gate in Moscow. I am sooo happy for your family!!!
Oh, poor Grace. I think it does look like hives. Hope you are able to figure out what is causing that!!
that's a lot worse than i imagined it! i would take that pic to the doctor to show them if it's cleared up by then. poor little thing.
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