Vaccinated but with a chicken pox like rash - what else could it be?
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Anonymous
| Contemplating whether this is an urgent concern for the nurse line after hours on Christmas but vaccinated child and a rash that looks like pimples (white heads) everywhere except his face. What rashes sound similar? |
Anonymous
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Whiteheads aren't chicken-pox -- it's a vesicular (clear blister) on a pinkish-red base ("dewdrop on a rose petal"). You might have a few whiteheads, but most would be vesicles or scabs.
You are describing a "pustular" rash, if you want to Google. Where is the rash area most concentrated on on the body? Is it focused on the backs of the upper arms and/or lower cheeks? Just going by odds, I'd guess folliculitis or keratosis pilaris that was aggravated by dry air. |
Anonymous
| Molluscum contagiosum ?? |
Anonymous
Would be a really bad outbreak is "everywhere except his face," but maybe. OP, can you post a (non-identifying) picture? |
Anonymous
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Vaccinated for what? And when?
Age and other symptoms would be helpful. |
Anonymous
| This is a call for the nurse line. I’m sorry but your child has a rash everywhere except his face and you’re not calling? |
Anonymous
| Could it be gutate psoriasis? Folicultiis? |
Anonymous
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Have to go to a Derm. Urgent care will have no idea. Nurse even less helpful.
Any other symptoms? |