Rash: Benadryl
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Infant and Benadryl
Asked by M.C. from Detroit
on October 8, 2008
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My 8 month old son weighs 16 pounds, 12 ounces and his doctor prescribed 1/2 teaspoon of Benadryl before bedtime. Everything I read says not to do it unless they are ...
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- What I would like to know is why your doctor has told you to give your 8 month old Benadryl in the first place? That I don't understand.
- M., Why is the doctor prescribing Benedryl? Depending on the reason there may be a natural and safer alternative. I am a chiropractor in Eastpointe and would be more...
- I have heard of giving smaller doses of Beadryl to younger babies but I'm just naturally hesitant whenever a doctor simply prescribes meds (especially if it is every n...
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Asked by L.T. from Dallas
on April 16, 2007
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My daughter is teething. She had fever last night of about 100 degrees. Gave her tylenol and she was fine after that. My husband gave her strawberries yesterday. A...
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- Hi L. my daughters both have gotten some rash with teething the constant drewling will cause chaping, rash etc., but so will strawberrys when they are younger the acid...
- I'm sure someone may have already said this, but it sounds like she is allergic to the strawberries. That's my guess.
- Hi L., My daughter got a rash last summer when we went to Galveston. I thought maybe she was just allergic to the sunscreen or was sensitive to the ocean water bec...
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Asked by J.V. from San Francisco
on August 27, 2007
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I have a 11 1/2 month old girl that started having a runny nose and a slight fever so at first I thought it was because of her teething but later found out it was a co...
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- Hi, J., I know exactly what you mean, my daughter got something like that when she was about 2 1/2 years old, pediatrician told me its rosolio, it happend right af...
- Oh fun, my daughter gets those! Every person reacts differently to any given virus. Some of us show it on our skin. My girl has been sent home 3 times from preschoo...
- hi.my son had the same thing about three times and every time it looked a little different and i would rush him to the doctor and they told me the same thing. theres r...
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Asked by D.S. from Pittsburgh
on July 17, 2009
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Good morning,
My almost 23 month old daughter has developed a very extensive rash all over her body after spiking a fever earlier this week. We took her to the pedi...
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- My daughter just had the same thing. I am sure it is the sixth disease (roseola). The nurse told me it was just a viral rash too, but I believe it was the roseola. My ...
- Sounds like Fifth to me...just has to run its course. Incidentally, it is contagious. I got it from my kids last summer and it is MUCH worse for adults. Felt like a...
- My daughter had a high fever last week and then got a rash which she still has. I took her to to Dr and after ruling out strep I was told it was fifths disease. I wa...
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Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on November 8, 2008
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Tonight while giving my five-year-old son a bath, my husband noticed a series of raised white bumps on his thighs and buttocks. The rash was definitely not there last...
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- My son is 3.5 and has gotten two unidentified rashes in his life..once on the back of his knee and it grew worse to to the back of his leg and once just recently on th...
- I'm not a physician but this sounds like something we've been battling. We did go to the doctor with our 2 and 4 year old who had bumps that were basically flesh colo...
- R., My son gets patches of hives when he has a virus running through his system. He wil get a couple patches then they dissapear and come back in different spots. Th...
Nervous About Giving 6 Month Old Benadryl
Asked by S.K. from Seattle
on May 18, 2009
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Hi ladies,
My six month old has been up with a stuffy nose and coughing for the past two nights. The doctor says she has a viral illness (no ear infection, nothing...
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- S., you are trying all the good things that can help with congestion. My grandchildren, as babies, benefited the most from sleeping in their car seat and moisture. C...
- When my son was four he had a severe allergic reaction, and the first doctor I took him to said to give him Benadryl. We did, and it was awful. It knocked him out fo...
- Babies are obligated nose breathers, they don"t understand that they could open their mouths to breath so they try and breath through the mucus. Keep her nose clear a...
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Asked by C.A. from Sacramento
on June 1, 2009
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Hi Moms, could use your words of wisdom again. My daughter is almost two. Never has had a diaper rash until a couple months ago. We change her diaper constantly, give ...
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- Personally, I would ask to be referred to a pediatric dermatologist so they can see what's going on. If you have Kaiser, I just took my daughter to see Dr. McGuinness ...
- Ask your Dr. to refer you to a specialist. My son had the same problem. The pediatrician also told me yeast...and was wrong. The steroid creme that he prescribed actu...
- The usual three cremes are anti-fungal, cortisone, and antibiotic. I usually try each one until one works. If one is going to work, you will usually know within two ...
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Asked by S.R. from Los Angeles
on June 9, 2009
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My 2 year old son has a rash on his legs and tummy and a little on his face. I took him to his doctors two times already. He just said to put some cream on it. I am ta...
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- Sounds like your doctor isn't up on the communication & education part of practicing. Like informing your patients what the heck is going on. I can think of 50 thin...
- Hi Sue Rashes can become welts from scratching itching rashes, welts are more raise on the skin than a rash, and it's not a silly question. It's good that you are taki...
- sounds like hives to me. he maybe allergic to something he is in contact with. my daughter broke out in hives when we took her to the creek. we still dont know what ma...
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Asked by E.C. from Abilene
on November 19, 2010
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I have had a rash develope over 3 weeks ago. I work for a place that requires some employees to be "on call" for 12 hour shifts after working a 12 hour shift and if t...
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- I am the queen of allergy hives=) The best treatment I found was the oral steroids that start out 7 pills through the firstday, 6 on the second and so on INCLUDING st...
- I am so confused. Why did the doctor give you scabies medication if you didn't have scabies? If you both stopped the treatment due to reaction to the medication, I wo...
- I agree with the allergist. Also, call around for another dermatologist, you should not have to wait till February for something like this.
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Asked by N.H. from Pittsburgh
on July 16, 2009
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I have a rash that is on both sides of my body starting under my armpits. What is strange is that it is symetrical on both sides, and only in those areas. It is kind...
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- Off the top of my head, reading your discription of the feeling and placement of the rash I want to say it might be shingles. It usually only shows up on one side tho...
- Is your rash horizontal, following along your ribs? It may be shigles. It hurts very badly, looks almost like bad pimples. Taking L-Lysine (an amino acid) can help tre...
- What do you use for deodorant? Could you have gotten really really sweaty so that it ran down from your armpits and you had an allergic reaction? Witch hazel and...
