Does This Look Anything to You?

[Controlled Chaos]

I sent little brother home wth a fever 2 days ago. They came back today and bg brother had this rash on his face. He has super sensitive skin and I'm sure he's been picking at it a bit, so it could be an irritation from a acidic food or something. Just wanted to see if it alarmed anyone. that's where I'm at in life today

[Blackcat31]

I sent little brother home wth a fever 2 days ago. They came back today and bg brother had this rash on his face. He has super sensitive skin and I'm sure he's been picking at it a bit, so it could be an irritation from a acidic food or something. Just wanted to see if it alarmed anyone. that's where I'm at in life today

Looks like impetigo to me.
Possibly hand, foot & mouth?

Ive never had either go through daycare so Im not sure but those are my guesses.

Both can spread like crazy!!

[Mom2Two]

Cold sores can also appear on the face. Maybe google images of it. I've had that one here. It's also highly contagious.

[Josiegirl]

Impetigo was my first thought too. What did the dcps say?

[Controlled Chaos]

It didn't look so bad at the beginning of the day...I didn't think much of it until close to pick up. They were guessing it was just irritated... Hoping they were right. I started thinking hand foot and mouth after they left. I wasn't totally with it today- fingers crossed nobody else get whatever it is and I will sanitize like crazy. Luckily he is sort of an antisocial kid, so odds are he didn't rub his face on anyone

My daughter kids cold sores occasionally it looks a little more like one big blister when she gets it though

[Unregistered]

Just had one with impetigo a few weeks ago and that's what it looked like around his mouth. I'd require he see a doctor just to be on the safe side.

[Controlled Chaos]

So, I was at Urgent Care myself this evening (neck/back spasms - on some good drugs at this particular moment ) and I sent the Impego link to dcm and she thanked me and said she would take him to Urgent Care. I think its definitely hand foot and mouth. I have a load of toys going in the dish washer right now. Please, please, please don't let my kiddos get it!

[sharlan]

Looks more like impetigo than HFM to me, BUT I am not a dr.

[Controlled Chaos]

Looks more like impetigo than HFM to me, BUT I am not a dr.

I thought they were the same thing?

[sharlan]

No, they're different.

Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection.

HFM is a viral infection.