Just as things were going well, DS gets Strep/Scarlet Fever :(

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Posted yesterday about my son having hives....well, they weren't hives. It's strep/scarlet fever. But unusual because no other symptoms besides the rash -- no fever or anything. But of course our kids often display strep differently....

 

Gah....things had been going relatively well. Not perfect, but so much better.

 

His pediatrician put him on 8 mls daily of Cefdinir....any other thoughts on what we should be doing to prevent a full-blown flare? Advil? You can see what we're already doing in my signature.

 

 

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Wow.

Was he off all antibiotics?

My dd has been off all antibiotics for awhile,

and got strep impetigo last Fall-

I freaked, but actually after a few 10 day rounds of antibiotics,

some die off during treatment,

the infection went away and we were back to our 'normal.'

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Thanks sss! That's very heartening to hear.

 

DS was not on prophylactic antibiotics. Perhaps he should have been? But I was--and remain--leery of messing with his immune system and his gut bacteria so much. It's hard to know what is the right thing to do. I certainly see how prophylactics could be beneficial, especially now.

 

So far he seems OK, but I also have him on Advil. I'm sort of hoping that the Advil will prevent any inflammation from even starting but of course I could be utterly wrong on that too!

 

He was on a bit of a downward trend--not really a flare, just vaguely not doing quite as well--for a few weeks before the rash started. Things don't seem to be any worse now. Hopefully we will have an experience like yours.