zithromax and hives?

[ajcire]

My 6 year old ds has been on zithromax for almost a month now. He takes it 2 times a week. Yesterday before school I gave it to him. He came home with an itchy rash (not little bumps, just red patches). He woke up and says it's not itchy but he's covered even more.

 

I will call my dr. but of course am torn on if I call my ped or the ped I saw for the pandas who put him on the antibiotic.. he is not as local.. way bigger pain to just pop in the car to see. Has anyone's child gotten a rash from the zithromax and if so does this mean I can't use it? I was so happy to have him on it.

[colleenrn]

My daughter was taking Augmentin daily to try to prevent strep when she was about 9 or 10. After taking it for about 4 months, she broke out in head to toe hives. We (me and doctor)believed that she had developed an allergy to it. I stopped it right away and she began to clear. I took her a few weeks later to an allergist who did skin tets on a bunch of differnet antibiotics. Her tests showed she was NOT allergic to Augmentin and we could safely use it again, but I have not ever given it to her. Based on her allergy test, though, I could. Maybe that is what is going on with your son? Or could it be some type of viral rash? Those can be hives/patchy and itchy.

[ajcire]

Thanks! I am taking him to the regular ped at 11.. I normally wouldn't have rushed him in for this but I don't want to refill the medicine if I shouldn't be giving it to him. He's not really covered in it... it's more his neck, chest/belly and it's not patchy hives. My luck it will have disappeared by time I get to the dr. so that they think I am crazy. At least the appt is with the dr. who at least didn't laugh at me over the pandas.

 

 

 

 

My daughter was taking Augmentin daily to try to prevent strep when she was about 9 or 10. After taking it for about 4 months, she broke out in head to toe hives. We (me and doctor)believed that she had developed an allergy to it. I stopped it right away and she began to clear. I took her a few weeks later to an allergist who did skin tets on a bunch of differnet antibiotics. Her tests showed she was NOT allergic to Augmentin and we could safely use it again, but I have not ever given it to her. Based on her allergy test, though, I could. Maybe that is what is going on with your son? Or could it be some type of viral rash? Those can be hives/patchy and itchy.