Oh no, monkey pox at camp?

[Anonymous]

Kid came home today with one lesion on his leg and one on his arm. Looks just like some of the images on Google - like fluid filled blisters. Urgent care tomorrow or wait until the pediatrician is open on Monday?

[Anonymous]

Are you sure it isn't poison ivy or oak?

[Anonymous]

Or bites? My kids have gotten bitten up at camp. They can sometimes be as big as welts.

[Anonymous]

Call your pediatrician after hours line!

[Anonymous]

oh great. Another school year online

[Anonymous]

No, Not sure they aren’t something else.

[Anonymous]

Monkeypox is accompanied by a host of other symptoms not just a pox/blister.
Abd pixes are in clusters, no? It's not just 1 here and 1 there. It's like any other pox virus where it's a bunch of blisters and all over

Does your kid have a fever, aches, exhaustion, and such?

Also, these poxes don't appear over night. If it truly is monkeypox, he would have been infected 1 week+ ago.
How long has he been at camp?

And presumably he would have been infected via dirty linens or clothes...was he swapping clothes with another kid?

[Anonymous]

This is a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Monkeypox is accompanied by a host of other symptoms not just a pox/blister.
Abd pixes are in clusters, no? It's not just 1 here and 1 there. It's like any other pox virus where it's a bunch of blisters and all over

Does your kid have a fever, aches, exhaustion, and such?

Also, these poxes don't appear over night. If it truly is monkeypox, he would have been infected 1 week+ ago.
How long has he been at camp?

And presumably he would have been infected via dirty linens or clothes...was he swapping clothes with another kid?

He has a fever and congestion and also has COVID. Was at camp for 2 weeks. I picked him up today and he showed me the lesion on his leg and it looks like the other one is forming on his arm. His pack got wet on an overnight hiking trip and he borrowed someone else’s clothes on Wed bc all of this stuff was wet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll.

Not a troll. Just a mom who is freaking out that her kid might have monkey pox.

[Anonymous]

Scabies? Chiggar bites? It could be monkey pox, but it seems like there are many more likely skin conditions. Poor kid, covid and a rash!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monkeypox is accompanied by a host of other symptoms not just a pox/blister.
Abd pixes are in clusters, no? It's not just 1 here and 1 there. It's like any other pox virus where it's a bunch of blisters and all over

Does your kid have a fever, aches, exhaustion, and such?

Also, these poxes don't appear over night. If it truly is monkeypox, he would have been infected 1 week+ ago.
How long has he been at camp?

And presumably he would have been infected via dirty linens or clothes...was he swapping clothes with another kid?

He has a fever and congestion and also has COVID. Was at camp for 2 weeks. I picked him up today and he showed me the lesion on his leg and it looks like the other one is forming on his arm. His pack got wet on an overnight hiking trip and he borrowed someone else’s clothes on Wed bc all of this stuff was wet.

So he wore someone's clean clothes on Wed and lesions today? That is too short of an incubation period for monkeypox.

Also, if your kid is Covid + your pediatrician and any urgent care place won't let you into the office.
It would have to be a tele-health appt.

There is really nothing compelling that would make it monkey pox Sounds like maybe a spider bite, an infected cut, infrcted ingrown hair, or any other topical skin irritant (poison ivy).

[Anonymous]

Consult with doctor ASAP. It's unlikely to be monkeypox, but it still needs to be identified and treated. Poor kid.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like poison sumac.

[Anonymous]

He has covid but you still sent him to camp?