My 21 month old daughter has had a fever
for the past 2 days accompanied by a
painful swollen gland on the left side of
her neck that we noticed yesterday
evening. We took her to the ER today and
they did a cursory check-up and gave her a
diagnosis of adenitis, saying that it may
be a viral infection and swollen lymph
nodes, along with advice to follow-up with
her pediatrician tomorrow. They
recommended giving her motrin and tylenol
concurrently for the fever and the pain.
As the day has progressed we've also noted
a rash developing on her feet and slowly
coming out on her hands as I type this. As
I've looked online I've seen several
possibilities (some ok and some not so
ok). We spoke with a family member who is
a physician and they believed it could be
hand foot and mouth disease. I'm just
wondering if anyone else has seen similar
symptoms in their infant and can give some
advice to/shed some light for before we
visit the pediatrician tomorrow.
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mayhi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 07-06-08 19:57pm
It does sounds like it could be hand foot
and mouth disease. It is a very common
childhood disease. One of the children I
cared for had it once and that is exactly
how she was and how it came out on her.
Good luck. I am sure all will be fine.
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lameex
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 2
Thanks! Posted: 07-07-08 05:44am
Your answer is very comforting. I was
wondering if she was having an allergic
reaction to the two medications she was
taking as her rash appears to be very
itchy and most of the descriptions of
hand-foot-mouth that I read seem to say
that the rash isn't itchy. She has yet to
have any mouth irritations either. Could
it be something else? Just a thought...
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mayhi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 07-07-08 05:53am
There are chances that it could be
something different, but the best thing to
do is to let the doctor have a look. They
know best. I am thinking that if it is a
reaction, try benadryl. If the rash goes
away and she is not itchy, then you could
be right about it being a reaction.
Everything is trial and error with babies
eh? My son recently had Roseola and there
is nothing that can be done for that. He
was just an unhappy little man. Good luck
at the doctors. Let me know how you make
out.
