My kid’s health center misdiagnosed appendicitis for days. I mad him uber to ER and—yep. He was in surgery that night. It didn’t present as typical one-sided pain, but it was excruciating and orevdbting sleep. He was told it was gas. He was hobbling around …it could have burst. Then they misdiagnosed the wound infection later- another hospital visit.

Any ?—err on side of caution and head to ER

Anonymous wrote:Go to the hospital, fool! Why are you writing here?

For someone who has no fever, is feeling better than he used to, and has a classic sign of hand foot mouth disease, which is GOING AROUND at his school? Really? That sounds like "time for the ER" to you?

Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with you posting on social media??

He goes to the hospital or school medical clinic as asap and you get parenting classes now.

What the hell is wrong with you?!!!!!!
Shane on you for being this ignorant!!

Oh good lord. First of all, no one needs "parenting classes" for "parenting" an adult living away from home. Second of all, it's clearly HFMD. HFRM is going around the dorms? He has a low grade temp and sores on his palms and feet? Gee, I wonder what he could have.
You can have it more than once. It's not chicken pox, or measles.

Tell him to ask the health center folks about the magic mouthwash if the mouth sores are bothering him.

It is HFM but obviously better than meningitis. Didn’t go in but has spots on palms, feet and mouth.

What is wrong with you posting on social media??

He goes to the hospital or school medical clinic as asap and you get parenting classes now.

What the hell is wrong with you?!!!!!!
Shane on you for being this ignorant!!

Anonymous wrote:He said now feet feel weird. Sounding like
HFM if it’s both palms and feet! He’s checking them. He feels ok otherwise.

There can be enough soreness that it is painful to walk.

There are a limited number of rashes that sprout on palms and soles. If HFMD is going around, that's probably it. Meningococcal rash would be widespread and tends to be darker or more purplish, and there would be a significant headache. HFMD has reddish spots, and sometimes the center gets a blistered or ulcerated appearance, but they stay fairly small.

Meningitis: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324726#risk-factors

Hand/Foot/Mouth Disease: https://www.riverchasedermatology.com/blog/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-in-adults-and-kids-get-the-facts/

Do you have a nurses line you could call?

He said now feet feel weird. Sounding like
HFM if it’s both palms and feet! He’s checking them. He feels ok otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:Were they vaccinated?

Yes

Were they vaccinated?

Go to the hospital, fool! Why are you writing here?

Possibly hand foot mouth (had before) and going around their dorm maybe. Feeling better low or no fever. No headache. But the rash doesn’t blanch— that’s concerning me. Online says meningitis. Tiny dots on both palms right now.