If you have been wondering why we have been MIA its because Michael came down with a case of Scarlet fever, that's right...the thing that one of the little women in Little Women died from. I didn't even realize that Scarlet fever still existed, but apparently it does and its not as bad as it used to be. It all started out one Wednesday when I noticed Michael was itching his hands. Trying not to be a hypochondriac like usual, I contributed it to dry skin. By Friday, his hands broke out in a rash. Still not trying to jump to conclusions, I thought it was a reaction to some Clorox wipes that I was letting him wash a table with. Therefor Mike and I naively treated the rash with cortisone cream until Tuesday (yes I'm a horrible mother) when I noticed the rash was spreading. We then took Michael to the doctor where they informed us it was a symptom of Strep Throat. Say What? I thought that Strep Throat caused a fever and a horrible sore throat, which Michael never had. Well apparently Michael didn't let on that he was in any pain because the Strep test came back positive and I felt like the worst person in the world that I didn't take him in sooner (in my defense though, this all took place over the Marin Luther King Jr. Holiday). That night I Googled "rash with Strep Throat." It was then that I discovered if a rash shows up with Strep it is called Scarlet Fever! I have definitely learned my lesson to take Michael to the doctor if something is off and feel lucky that it didn't turn into anything more serious!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Scarlet Fever, Seriously
If you have been wondering why we have been MIA its because Michael came down with a case of Scarlet fever, that's right...the thing that one of the little women in Little Women died from. I didn't even realize that Scarlet fever still existed, but apparently it does and its not as bad as it used to be. It all started out one Wednesday when I noticed Michael was itching his hands. Trying not to be a hypochondriac like usual, I contributed it to dry skin. By Friday, his hands broke out in a rash. Still not trying to jump to conclusions, I thought it was a reaction to some Clorox wipes that I was letting him wash a table with. Therefor Mike and I naively treated the rash with cortisone cream until Tuesday (yes I'm a horrible mother) when I noticed the rash was spreading. We then took Michael to the doctor where they informed us it was a symptom of Strep Throat. Say What? I thought that Strep Throat caused a fever and a horrible sore throat, which Michael never had. Well apparently Michael didn't let on that he was in any pain because the Strep test came back positive and I felt like the worst person in the world that I didn't take him in sooner (in my defense though, this all took place over the Marin Luther King Jr. Holiday). That night I Googled "rash with Strep Throat." It was then that I discovered if a rash shows up with Strep it is called Scarlet Fever! I have definitely learned my lesson to take Michael to the doctor if something is off and feel lucky that it didn't turn into anything more serious!
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Zach had this when he was a little guy. I was told that the rash usually concentrates on the warmest parts of the body. Zach had a lot of rash on his torso, but the worst was on his thumb (that was always stuck in his mouth - yes, he was quite a thumb-sucker!) We finally had to put a big bandage on his hand so he couldn't jam it in his mouth. Hope you had better luck and Michael is on the mend.
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