I'm afraid my DS has MEASLES, I'm freaking out

[Anonymous]

Sounds like your run of the mill virus to me. Lots of things cause runny nose, rash, diarrhea. I wouldn't worry unless your child acts very sick (very lethargic, extremely high fever, signs of dehydration, can't keep anything down, trouble breathing, chest pain, etc). Even measles is unlikely to be problematic unless children present the danger signs above.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in DC area.

DS is 12 months old. He has all the symptoms of measles. I'm going to call and see if I can get him into our pediatrication first thing tomorrow (they sometimes have Saturday hours, so I'm hoping tomorrow is one of the Saturdays they are open). But I'm freaking out right now.

DS's nose started running on Sunday, and his eyes started turning red and having discharge and he started having diahrrea, fever and cough. Tuesday I took him to his pediatrician and they said he had conjunctivitis in both his eyes, which they weren't sure was viral or bacterial and they gave me a prescription for an antibiotic eye salve. They told me he couldn't return to school until there was no more discharge from his eyes.

Friday morning, his eyes were clear when he woke up, and he seemd fine, diahhrea had also resolved. But, later yesterday he started developing a rash. Now it is all over his body and looks exactly the photos online of measles.

He had is 12 month appointment on 8/31, and got all of his shots - I'm not antivax and have never refused any vaccinations, so I'm assumming he had his MMR vax, but I can't be sure because it was his dad who took him and he says he doesn't know what they gave him.

Could this be a reaction to the vaccine, or would hat have happened sooner? I really hope I'm being paranoid, but I'm freaking out here.

Could this be something else? His symptoms were, in order:

diahrrea
eye's getting red and swollen and pussy they would be sealed shut after sleeping
runny nose
trouble sleepeing (he's generally a STTN baby)
lethargic
fever
everything seemed to clear up - then he gets an all over body rash

He's sleeping now, but that sounds just like measles right?

Is there something else it could be??

So-
One thing I can't get over here

Dad didn't know what shits they gave him. So you didn't know what he got.

This is a bit irresponsible.

You are the parents. Verify and write down what shits are given, when they are given. I have a complete record of every shot my kid has ever had. It's so easy today with health apps.

omg

I just fell onto this page - this very post - and am cracking up!

love the error!

I hate autocorrect. Lol.

[Anonymous]

So it wasn't measles, right? Hope OP checks back in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in DC area.

DS is 12 months old. He has all the symptoms of measles. I'm going to call and see if I can get him into our pediatrication first thing tomorrow (they sometimes have Saturday hours, so I'm hoping tomorrow is one of the Saturdays they are open). But I'm freaking out right now.

DS's nose started running on Sunday, and his eyes started turning red and having discharge and he started having diahrrea, fever and cough. Tuesday I took him to his pediatrician and they said he had conjunctivitis in both his eyes, which they weren't sure was viral or bacterial and they gave me a prescription for an antibiotic eye salve. They told me he couldn't return to school until there was no more discharge from his eyes.

Friday morning, his eyes were clear when he woke up, and he seemd fine, diahhrea had also resolved. But, later yesterday he started developing a rash. Now it is all over his body and looks exactly the photos online of measles.

He had is 12 month appointment on 8/31, and got all of his shots - I'm not antivax and have never refused any vaccinations, so I'm assumming he had his MMR vax, but I can't be sure because it was his dad who took him and he says he doesn't know what they gave him.

Could this be a reaction to the vaccine, or would hat have happened sooner? I really hope I'm being paranoid, but I'm freaking out here.

Could it be Roseola? Roseola rashes usually appear after the fever and other symptoms are gone. When a child has measles, the rash appears while they are still sick. Was the fever very high? I ended up in the ER when my 8 month old had roseola. He had a 104+ fever and tylenol and motrin would not bring it down. The doctor on call told me it could be Roseola. When they were able to lower the fever, they sent us home. He had a total of 3 days of fever, and like magic he was fine. The following day a rash appeared all over his body.

Could this be something else? His symptoms were, in order:

diahrrea
eye's getting red and swollen and pussy they would be sealed shut after sleeping
runny nose
trouble sleepeing (he's generally a STTN baby)
lethargic
fever
everything seemed to clear up - then he gets an all over body rash

He's sleeping now, but that sounds just like measles right?

Is there something else it could be??

[Anonymous]

Could it be Roseola? Roseola rashes usually appear after the fever and other symptoms are gone. When a child has measles, the rash appears while they are still sick. Was the fever very high? I ended up in the ER when my 8 month old had roseola. He had a 104+ fever and tylenol and motrin would not bring it down. The doctor on call told me it could be Roseola. When they were able to lower the fever, they sent us home. He had a total of 3 days of fever, and like magic he was fine. The following day a rash appeared all over his body.

[Anonymous]

I think this kid had conjunctivitis. Period.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like roseola with conjunctivitis

[Anonymous]

We are friends with a family in our neighborhood who's child was diagnosed with Kawasaki's Disease. It stood out to me that you mentioned very red eyes and a rash. Because I remember the mom thinking these were very weird symptoms. Anyways... its worth a mention. http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/kawasaki.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are friends with a family in our neighborhood who's child was diagnosed with Kawasaki's Disease. It stood out to me that you mentioned very red eyes and a rash. Because I remember the mom thinking these were very weird symptoms. Anyways... its worth a mention. http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/kawasaki.html

I don't think OP mentioned a very high fever for several days which is a key symptom. My DS was recently sent to the hospital to check for this even though a sustained high fever (think 104 without meds and 102 with) for 5 days was his only symptom.

Hopefully OP went to the doctor if for nothing else other than peace of mind.

When DS was sick I went to the doctor 3 times in 5 days. While they were never able to tell me what it was (maybe back to back viruses they said), I know it wasn't Kawasaki or Pneumonia really helped calm me.

[Anonymous]

Hi all! We went to the pediatrician this morning and the diagnosis was a reaction to the MMR vaccine.

Whew!

Thank's for all your help and responses!