Eczema & Hives: Toddler, Benadryl
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Benadryl at Night
Asked by D.D. from Dallas
on October 24, 2006
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My almost 4 year old son has been waking up at night with a stuffy/blocked nose. I have given him Benadryl 1 tsp. for the last two nights and he has slept through the...
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- I agree with the other two mom's my doctor has said its safe regularly too. For my 8 mon old he perscribed Zyrtec and along w/ her humidifier its been helping us all s...
- The pedi I work for uses Benadryl all of the time. A maintaince dose once a night through allergy season should be fine. You can also do Saline drops/spray aty bedti...
- Our pediatrician told us not to give our 2 year old daughter Benadryl for her nasal allergies/congestion as it causes the mucus to clump together and make it more diff...
Son with Very Bad Skin Rash
Asked by J.G. from New York
on April 25, 2009
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hello moms! I have a big problem here, my almost 3 year old has developed a real bad and weird skin rash on his arms especially, his stomach and. a little on his legs....
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- I think you should bring him in to see a dermatolgist they might be able to tell you if he is allergic to a certain food or even be allergic to medication. Maybe try ...
- Hi J., I shop from a company called Melaleuca that has an incredible lotion that works great on skin conditions like excema, psoriasis, severe dry skin. They also hav...
- Hi J., I see you have tried a lot of things. You need to get him to a dermatologist to determine what kind of rash it is and what it will respond to. Grandma Mary
Fever and Hives
Asked by K.L. from Sacramento
on January 20, 2012
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My 2.5 yr old son has had a 101-102 fever all day, and random splotches of hives. The hives come and go, on his chest and back, and now around his eyes.
Tylenol an...
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- I suggest that he has a virus and not hives. Allergies do not cause a fever. Perhaps even chicken pox. Was he vaccinated? If so and if he has chicken pox it will b...
- benadryl worked wonders for my son. Zyrtec was his daily maintenance drug....so it didn't have much affect on him. & yes, the dr okayed him taking both simultaneousl...
- Sorry to hear your son is sick. My son had hives and a fever when he was about 10 months old. The doctor said that virally-induced hives like that are common which w...
Initial Fever. Next 2 Days No Fever but Red Splotches
Asked by K.T. from Portland
on October 29, 2009
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My 9 yr old daughter came down with a 104* fever 2 days ago. gave ibuprofen and fever disappeared within hours and hasn't been back. The next morning she got ready for...
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- How are her eyes? Any redness there? Has her skin started to peel? My daughter had Kawasaki's disease earlier this year and it started similar to that but with red ...
- I was going to tell you no need to worry, its just a virus, but I see you already went to the dr. Two out of my four children had this and I too freaked at first, sam...
- I don't know the situation in detail but it might have been the "Fifths Disease." Don't worry, it isn't as bad as it seems...It will all go away like the flu or a cold...
Pedialyte and Hives
Asked by E.C. from Salt Lake City
on November 6, 2008
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My almost 3 yr old had some Pedialyte a few days ago (first and only time she's had it). Then two days later she got hives. Has anyone else experienced this? I went ...
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- Hives can come when the body is fighting a virus, they usually come and go when the body is fighting a virus. My little one just appeared with them one day all over h...
- I have never heard of Pedialyte causing hives. It is basically water with elecrolytes in it. So it said on the website hives is a common reaction? I would check w...
- It may be from the virus that she's getting over. This happened to my daughter last spring. It basically happens when theri bodies have an allergic reaction to the vir...
Hives
Asked by K.W. from Washington DC
on February 21, 2009
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Hello MOms,
Here is my problem. My five year old came home from school Wednesday with a case of hives I gave him some benadryl and that seemed to help buyt since th...
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- I use to get hives as a child from nerves. But never all over. That seems like more of an allergy issue. I would consult with the doctor. It could be something as ...
- Definitely take him to a dermatologist. A few weeks ago I put in a similar request here because I was freakin out that it was bed bug bites but then my condition got ...
- Have you considered heat rash or chicken pox? Sometimes they're hard to determine (my sister's skin is so sensitive that her pox were blisters). If it's hives, try...
Hives
Asked by K.A. from Dallas
on August 11, 2009
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My 23 month old daughter has been breaking out in hives the last couple of days, no specific cause. They don't happen in response to any particular trigger. She had ...
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- That happened to my daughter at about that age and I freaked out. I rushed her to emergency care where I'm pretty sure they thought I was crazy. They gave her some ben...
- Actually, a fever followed by hives or a rash a few days later sounds like a virus. Viral rashes often don't itch, but hives itch like crazy. We have had random hi...
- K., I don't know if this is happening with your daughter or not; but recently (over the past 3 years) I will get itchy ALL over, get hives, and one time my throat e...
Question About Excema and Allergies
Asked by B.B. from Rochester
on April 11, 2008
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My 3 year old daughter has had excema and allergies since birth. They both get pretty bad, especially right now. I am planning to take her to an allergy specialist. Ho...
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- My 5 year old daughter is the same way. She too has been suffering with eczea since birth. Everytime we would get it cleared up, it wuld come back. I took her to an...
- Hey B., Probiotics have been shown in testing to help clear up excema and other skin issues. I'm thrilled to see that mainstream medicine is finally discovering what...
- This might sound kind of "out there", but my 6 year old son suffers from excema...has since he was about 4 months old, we've tried all of the creams, restrictive diets...
Strange Red Splotches??
Asked by H.B. from Minneapolis
on September 21, 2007
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OK- I've googled this to death and cannot find any information on this...
Tonight I picked my son up from daycare (where he has been for the past 3 weeks on and off...
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- It could also be an allergic reaction to the change in the atmosphere. I would just call your pediatrician to see what they say. It's probably no big deal, but bette...
- My kids had the same thing. It was fifth disease - nothing to worry about. Google it and see if it fits. It's just a virus that has to run its course. A lot of the we...
- The same thing happened to my son at the same age. For him,it turned out to be the laundry detergent they were using at his new daycare. He otherwise didn't have sen...
Hives
Asked by S.V. from Philadelphia
on October 9, 2010
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The 1st time I ever had hives was about 5 years ago. From then until about May I would maybe get them 2 times a year and benedryl would remedy it. In May I got hives s...
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- My daughter got hives very very badly when she was two. We were at the doctor's office every day and ended up at the ER. It was absolutely terrifying - she looked lik...
- I have only has hives twice and both times they were caused by stress. Of course I didn't know this at the time it was happening and only figured it out after the 2nd ...
- Hi there I have hives MANY times , however I have never been tested to see what caused it.. although, I do have my own ideas. You say you keep a food journal, it's ...
