My LO got a fever last night and today I am noticing a rash on his back and belly. It is fairly light but looks a bit like pictures I've seen of Roseola. Only thing is it is not that high a fever (101.7) and he still has it. I thought they got the rash after the fever broke. Anyone know anything about it?
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How high was his fever before the rash? DD had roseola last month. Her fever spiked up to 104 at one point, and she didn't get a rash until 24 hours after her fever broke. Did you call the doctor?
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@Freckles: the highest it got was 101.7. I spoke with the nurse and she thinks the rash is a reaction to the amoxicillin he's in for an ear infection. I'm supposed to watch him after his next dose. Thanks!
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@travellingbee: we just got a diagnosis of suspected roseola this morning! My LO had a rash two days ago and then last night spiked a 102 degree temp. I don't know if it's really roseola but it sucks having a sick, tired, baby!
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@travellingbee: One thing to note is that the rash isn't itchy, so there shouldn't be any discomfort around that. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/roseola/DS00452/DSECTION=symptoms
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we just had it, he didn't get the rash until the fever had been gone for 24 hous.
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LO had it a month or so ago - her temp got up to near 103 and she appeared splotchy one evening while she still had the fever but a proper rash didn't break out until after the fever had gone back down to 100-101 range. The splotchyness was making me suspect roseola but it wasn't a rash yet and she did have the fever.
@Freckles: Yes, important to not that no itching or discomfort will be present with a roseola rash - but a reaction to antibiotics with most likely itch.
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