Eczema herpeticum in 1 year old
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:37 am
Hello,
My 14 month old was sent home from nursery with what looked like a flare up of his eczema and very high temp on Tuesday. It got worse quickly and we spent 8 hours in A&E yesterday.
He was diagnosed with moderate eczema herpeticum and we were sent home with antivirals and antibiotics. We have 24 hours to see if he improves or not and if not he’ll need to be admitted this evening. He seems a lot better in himself this morning but I’d say the rash is worse. It’s now weeping and raw.
I forgot to ask them about bathing him. I know it must be important to keep it as clean as possible but does anyone know if I’m ok to bath him as usual?
Sorry for the long post, the whole thing has been hugely upsetting and I don’t want to do anything to cause him more pain!
Thanks
My 14 month old was sent home from nursery with what looked like a flare up of his eczema and very high temp on Tuesday. It got worse quickly and we spent 8 hours in A&E yesterday.
He was diagnosed with moderate eczema herpeticum and we were sent home with antivirals and antibiotics. We have 24 hours to see if he improves or not and if not he’ll need to be admitted this evening. He seems a lot better in himself this morning but I’d say the rash is worse. It’s now weeping and raw.
I forgot to ask them about bathing him. I know it must be important to keep it as clean as possible but does anyone know if I’m ok to bath him as usual?
Sorry for the long post, the whole thing has been hugely upsetting and I don’t want to do anything to cause him more pain!
Thanks