Appt today with pediatrician

[michele703]

Hello everyone,

 

My son has been on Keflex 2000 mg a day for ten days. He had a bad strep infection on his back and has had odd behavior since the breakout. It has improved tremendously since he started the antibiotic. Today was the 7th straight school day being absent from school. He has had fevers that have come and gone. He last had a fever on Oct 31st. He was going to go back to school today, however, he woke up and complained of a sore throat and had several blisters on his lip and a red rash under his bottom lip. The doctor did a quick strep and it was negative. She did prescrive 875mg of Augmentin a day until our appt with Dr. Latimer on Nov 12th. She said the blisters and rash may be viral. Could the rash be strep eventhough the quick strep showed negative? It just seems odd that a virus would cause a low grade fever off and on for 10+ days! Any input or suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[faith]

Michele,

could you explain the strep on his back?

 

 

Faith

[michele703]

Michele,

could you explain the strep on his back?

 

 

Faith

 

He had a scratch on his back that he kept picking at...it became infected. Bright red and inflamed skin with white postules all around the sore. It waswarm to the touch.