Has Your Child Ever Had a Boil in Their Diaper Area?

the only time my son ever had a major issue on his butt was when he was fed something we suspect he is allergic to. (his father is allergic to cantalope and we suspect he is as well, so we've always avoided it. but his sitter gave it to him one day. the next day he pooped and it was super nasty and caused a couple of open sores on his bottom that took forever to heal.)

i would suggest that maybe it is an allergic reaction. could be a food or it could even be the diaper (some brands of diapers have way more perfume than others). but i don't know much about it.

p.s. it is MRSA (pronounced mersa). Mega Resistent Staph A.
i suppose it could also be a "changing" issue. you know people get bed sores (that look much like boils) when they are bed bound and not moved around enough. but, please, this is not a criticism of you or your care. maybe she is just more sensitive to it than others are. or maybe her parents leave her in the same diaper all day long when she is in their care. i don't know.

btw, can you see it coming up or is it just suddenly there one day? that may be a clue as to what the issue is.

just my thoughts.

HI I'm a mother of 3 ages 13,10,&3 with one on the way in July, but have they or you tried the baby powder with arm and hammer to dry the "boil" and try keeping the baby out of the diaper a few hours, I know that will be hard, Keeping the creams and diapers on it, its not getting air to it and it's staying moist it need to dry out, Hope that Helps, Michelle

My 7 year old daughter use to get boils when she was a toddler. In some cases, if it's a recurring issue, there's a good possibility that they're being caused by staph. Most antibiotics will clear the boils but there are only a few that will keep staph from coming back. These type of boils are contagious, but only if the boil is oozing and someone else either injests the ooze or gets it in one of their own open wounds.

If by "boils" you mean open sores, my son has had several. I think he just has very sensitive skin and has a tendency toward severe diaper rashes that sometimes are accompanied by open sores. It seems to be somewhat realted to his diet. For instance, it comes on quickly if he has eaten too many blueberries or tomatoes. He was actually hospitalized once because the sore became infected and turned into cellulitis which required IV antibiotics. But for the most part the doctor usually tells me just to keep it as clean as possible and use a protective cream like Desitin to help keep it from getting infected.

If this child is getting what my son had it is not contagious at all, only very painful for him. And even if she had something different that somehow was contagious, I would think it would require direct contact to spread, and you seem to be taking adequate precautionary measures.

As far as how to prevent it, other than maybe watching her diet, I don't know. Potty training seems to be the only sure fix...

Janelle,

My son got a nasty rash on his privates when he was about 6 mo. old. It freaked me out until I realized it was a yeast infection caused by antibiotics. If the child is on antibiotics, it could explain the boils...

H.

Boils arent contagious. They are like pimples except they fester under the skin. It could be the lotion or ointment they are using on her that is blocking her pores.

Most likely it is not contagious, but there is a small possibility that it is a MRSA infection as several had said. Unless it is oozing I wouldn't worry too much. Keep doing what your doing - gloves, clean table etc.

Poor baby - I personaly had a lg. boil (on my butt) when I was very young, and I REMEMBER it being drained! I still have the scar. I like that everyone is leaving it alone to let her body heal it up.

Good Luck!

It is not contagious. I would highly recommend getting her on some kind of probiotics to help: yogurt, kefir or a supplement.

usually boils are a type of staff infection. everyone has stafe on their skin but some more then others. It starts out as a infected hair folical or a break in the skin, then stafe enters the sore and you have a boil. we usually used antibactiaral soap and acne wash. when the boil breaks it is contagious. if they dont break then they are not contagious.

Make sure the parents have had the pus from the boil cultured. My sister got a terrible and very serious staph infection with boils, but no antibiotics seemed to help. Her pediatrician finally cultured the pus and found out what type of staph it was and what antibiotics it was responsive to. By the time they caught it, it was systemic and much harder to beat.

My understanding of boils is that they are very contagious, depending on the cause. Unless the doctor cultured it, she or he wouldn't know. Anything the boil touches, including bath water, can cause another boil or spread the infection.

Hope that helps. Poor baby!

Hi I am also a daycare provider. If it has returned and you are worried I would require them to go back to the dr or get another opinion. My nephew had the same thing and it turned out to be mersa. Not sure if I spelled it right. He had to have medicine and take bleach baths. My sister in law also does child care and I know my brother got it but I thought a d/c child got it to.

I have never know boils to be contagious, they are like pimples on steroids basically. There must be an issue with this little ones skin and maybe even the products that are used in her cleansing routine. My husband has an aunt who has battled boils all her life. In her it was an extreme form of acne that surfaced on her extremities and back. My mother in love used to use a hot coke bottle neck to draw the boils out and get rid of them. Don't know that that is the going treatment today, but I would trust what the doctor is saying about them.