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undiagnosed rash

my 19 month old daughter ( due for the 18 month shot, but otherwise utd), who is not in daycare has developed a weird rash. started in the diaper area but didn't quite look like your typical diaper rash, then spread up her body and cover her front and back torso, tons around her neck, armpit, upper inner thigh (groin), and starting to creep one or two on her face and down the arm and leg. this is going on 4+ weeks. i started with balmex, desitin first when it was just in the diaper area, now that is over the rest of her body we have tried otc aswell as rx strenth hydrocortizone bactraban oral antibiotics along with antibactrial soaps and nothing!!!!!!!!!! they have said from follicititis to impetigo to staph to even gianotti-crosti. is there something else i should try or have done, maybe scrapping or biopsy or bloodwork or culture. i am at a loss, by the way no fever no itching, and no prior illness. this is a dead end have spoken to 4 peditrians 3 from my work and her peditrician plus a derm dr. and a friends fahter whose a family dr.
any ideas. thanks
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thank Dr.Bhupinder I have been to a derm dr. and they cant tell be anything, they said the biopsy just looked like it was from a viral infection, ie flu or cold. she didn't have not 1 sign of an infection. neg fever, runny nose, cough congestion, pulling at ears itch, vomiting diarrhea, absolutely neg for any sign, so i find it hard to believe plus the cortisone and antibiotic oinment isnt doing anything. infact she looks way worse and now it looks systemic, it has now gone all the way down her legs arm and now up the front part of her neck and on her face, and she looks like she has a back ground rash that is different from the "sores" check out my face book page anita mattei in naples florida i am posting pics of the rash. please, thanks you for your time and concern
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Hello,
Such a rash which spreads so fast and all over the body can be due to a viral infection, allergies or eczema in case of small children. Laboratory tests include: culture of the virus, direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) studies to detect virus, skin biopsy, blood tests for allergies and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to test for presence of viral DNA. I sincerely advise you to consult a dermatologist and get it evaluated.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.



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219241 tn?1413537765
My son had a similar problem. It turned out to be eczema, and a reaction to wheat products.
He would look like he had a bad sunburn somedays!

I took him to an allergist, and we came up with the issue of my laundry powder and bath cleaner. We changed them to the hypo-allergenic type, and only used bi-carbonate of soda to clean the bathtub and ta-da! No more rash!

The fact your baby has it in the 'folds' of the skin, armpits, groin etc makes me know what it is.

I make it sound easy, but I spent many many days, buying cremes, lotions, potions and other gimmicks ....Once realised that MY own skin reacts badly to wheat product and any laundry powder that has perfumes and bleaches, I could see I had a child who, too, was super sensitive to many detergents and cleaners.

Try changing to a REALLY basic laundry powder, use Bi-carb Soda for cleaning and I can almost bet you $100 your baby will be better in just a few weeks.

I wish you both well.
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