https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 18:48:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dr-hellobee-rash-that-looks-like-chicken-pox#post-2894303 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:27:20 +0000 caitcat 2894303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter has had so many skin reactions and issues, I’ve lost track! She’s had a few things that have looked similar to your photo though - once, it was something fungal and needed some sort of antifungal and a few other times, it was bacterial and needed oral antibiotics (we tried topical, and they weren’t quite enough to knock it out). Our doctor was able to swab the area to help sort out the right course. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dr-hellobee-rash-that-looks-like-chicken-pox#post-2894299 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:27:17 +0000 gotkimchi 2894299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeast really likes dark damp areas so I could see something like that developing under a bandage in a moist weepy area. I’d call your doc and see if they want you to try an otc antifungal like clotrimazole </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dr-hellobee-rash-that-looks-like-chicken-pox#post-2894298 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:25:26 +0000 lady baltimore 2894298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: That would make sense. It doesn't really look like the pictures I found of fungal infections, but Dr. Google doesn't know everything. :silly: </p> [attach=5683/19/pw4quf.600x450.20190812_093443.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dr-hellobee-rash-that-looks-like-chicken-pox#post-2894259 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 06:01:15 +0000 gotkimchi 2894259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could be a fungal/yeasty infection. Pics? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dr-hellobee-rash-that-looks-like-chicken-pox#post-2894240 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:01:42 +0000 lady baltimore 2894240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I posted another thread about how I let my 3 year old keep a bandage on too long, and the skin underneath got super irritated. :bummed: We took her to the pediatrician on Friday, and the doctor thought it looked like she may have reacted poorly to the material of the bandage itself, and had some signs of a topical infection. She gave us a prescription for an antibiotic ointment with a different active ingredient than the OTC ones. DD's wound looks much better! :happy: </p> <p>On Friday, I pointed out to the doctor some red bumps that were in the area around the irritation/infection. She said they looked like heat rash. While the primary wound site looks a lot better, the bumps have seemed to spread and intensify. Now, a lot of them have white heads on them. When I Google rashes, they look most like the pictures of chicken pox blisters, but are definitely spreading out from the site of the wound/infection. Any ideas what this is? Do I need to take her back in? </p>