The baby has had a rash for several months now. It's awful and the doctors can't seem to figure it out.
- The rash was full body except for the diaper area and scalp.
- Her legs were uniformly covered in rough bumps but did not have much color
- Her back was covered in similar bumps but often took on a pink or reddish color.
- The front of her torso had more irregular further spaced red spots.
- Her neck was the worst, raw red and painful to look at.
- Her face varied depending on the day from looking like her back, to bumps like her legs, and bright red cheeks that looked a lot like fifth disease.
At one point her back
Sometimes the rash would intensify and her cheeks and throat would get very red when feeding.
For the most part the rash didn't seem to bother her in the least for the first couple months. Afterwards as most of her body improved her neck became extremely itchy and she would claw at it from time to time and often after eating.
Dermatologist - It's a virus and will work its way out of the system.
1st Doctor - It's a fungus, use clotrimazole cream on it.
2nd Doctor - It's a virus and will work its way out of the system.
Dermatologist (second evaluation) - It's eczema, cover with Aquaphor
Grandpa - Use Cortizone-10 on it.
1st Doctor - New opinion, it's a yeast infection. Prescribed Nystatin cream.
We didn't go to an allergist (yet) which I think is a good thing. Baby Nar Nar is still getting exposed to all kinds of foods through Mama Moo's milk.
Alleged allergy triggers could have been Lactation Cookies and Peanut Butter, although we haven't really confirmed either at this point. Lactation cookies started about 3 weeks before the rash and peanut butter in Mama Moo's diet has been consistent throughout.
Another suspect is that this came on after her first set of shots, although a two month gap seems to be unlikely.
So far what we know is that Cortizone-10 starts to make a big difference after a couple days use twice a day. Side affect of the Cortizone-10 is that the main rash goes away but she gets a lot red marks many which are pus filled, they look like zits. Bacitracin starts to make those better, but then the original rash begins to return (we don't use both, it's one or the other).
We were using Oatmeal and Lavender bath bags to wash her, those caused a massive reaction with the rash turning into massive hives.
We also feel that Tide Free & Clear which was used since Day 1 aggravates the rash. Since switching to Dreft the rash has stabilized or improved. Put on a Tide Free & Clear shirt and it gets redder and angrier.
Initial back rash with hives caused by Oatmeal/Lavendar bath satchets:
Rash on cheek, chin, and trunk.
Rash on chin, cheeks, and chest:
Rash on chin, cheeks, chest, and arm. See raised area approximately size of a quarter in diameter.
This went away almost as fast as the surrounding rash with Cortizone-10:
Rash on the back:
Rash on the chin and cheeks:
