Miss Peregrine Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 ETA: this post is no good without the pic and I can't get it to post. MMR shot 10 days ago. Also exposed(pretty sure, timeline fits) to chicken pox. The lack of other symptoms leads me to think MMR reaction but part of me wonders since she was around the girl we know who just had Chicken pox. Link removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 It would surprise me if it's an MMR reaction if the shot was 10 days ago. Wouldn't a reaction have occurred earlier? If it's the chicken pox, you should know in a day or too! :) What are her symptoms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 She has a bad rash on her torso. I am trying to upload a pic. They are more flesh- colored than red. Extremely itchy. She doesn't have the fever, runny nose, or cough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 It could be chicken pox, especially if she was exposed recently. When my kids had it, it always began on their torso. If it is, the rash will blister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Any chance it is Roseola or Fifths Disease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Sounds like chicken pox to me. I've never heard of kids having cold symptoms with chicken pox. Mayo says possibly a fever and headache, but definitely an itchy torso rash at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 My youngest had a reaction from the MMR. She had cold symptoms (cough, runny nose), fever around 102, and a rash on her face and torso. It started just 2-3 days after the shot. The rash she had looked like this. It didn't have the spots that you expect with chicken pox and was not itchy. I'm betting on chicken pox based on the time since the vax and the itchiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Sounds like chicken pox to me. All my kids had it, as the youngest is now 18....my kids pre-date the vaccine. Stock up on oatmeal bath (Aveeno) and calamine lotion. You can call your doctor's office and have them come out to the car to peek at the kidlet and give their opinion (they will NOT want you in the waiting room!) The other kids could come down with it too, any time within the next three weeks. Although my middle dd, three weeks plus a couple days after her brothers were down with the pox, we were out in a park and went to change her diaper....oops. Chicken pox. Sorry, other families in the park, we thought it was safe to go out, that dd had not caught it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 There are a lot of spotty diseases that kids get. It could be a lot of different things. If she was exposed to chicken pox in the right time frame, then that would be the best guess. But... Our neighbor assured us our daughter had chicken pox based on the spots (no health ins at the time to get a dr's opinion). It looked like a mild case. But a couple years later, my daughter came down with actual chicken pox from a known and diagnosed source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Last generation, it was common knowledge that chicken pox often came with cold symptoms like runny nose and a very slight cough. All of mine had very mild cold symptoms when they had chicken pox, in the 90s before the vax was available. I was going to say what Jrap said -- you'll know soon because with chicken pox this crop of spots will blister over and a new crop will appear, within a day or two. MMR reactions usually show up 8-14 days after the shot,according to the CDC. I'd probably call the doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 My son had cold symptoms with the chicken pox. I thought he had sinus infection at first, which is I why I had taken him into the doctor. At that point, he had about 5 blisters on him and the doctor thought it was something else. The next day there were more, so I knew then that it was chicken pox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The CDC Vaccine Information Statement for MMR says about 1 in 20 develop a mild rash after the MMR vaccine, usually within 6-14 days after the shot, so that's a possibility. I would guess an MMR vaccine reaction rash would look quite different from chicken pox, though. Do they look like blisters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 MMR reactions start 8-14 days after the shot, not right away, so that's possible. I would call your doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 Yeah, I'll call tomorrow. They do look like little blisters . I did give her benadryl last night and they calmed down so I'm thinking reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seeking Squirrels Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 My daughter is having a vax reaction rash right now to mmr but it doesn't look like that. Of course we can't be positive it's vax reaction but it is the most likely. It started 9 days post vax and she ran a fever of 103-104 for two days, clear for a day, then rash. No other symptoms. My oldest had roseola before and this doesn't fit that. A friend's daughter also had a reaction to mmr and she said the rash matches. The cdc says 5% will get this reaction 7-12 days after (at least the page I read, I see other numbers listed here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Link to pic https://www.flickr.com/photos/131302358@N08/ That looks more like an allergic reaction than it looks like chicken pox, to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Itchy more likely to be chicken pox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looks like the allergic reaction my youngest had when he got his first dosage of penicillin. He had to go on a steroid to get rid of it. You need to take her to the doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The rash in that photo does not look like chicken pox to me. (I've done chicken pox with 8 children - 2 of which were vaccinated.) Please let us know what the doctor has to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderchica Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I agree that it looks like an allergic reaction to something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That doesn't look like chicken pox to me. Both my kids had it, one more severely than the other. I also had it as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabet1 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I do not think it looks like Chicken Pox at all. When my children had the Chicken Pox, the spots were more spaced. They were not in clusters like that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 PSA: if it does turn out to be chicken pox, when my kids had them, the best thing to stop the itching was chamomile baths. It would give them 8-10 hours of relief. Pretty amazing, since the calamine was only good for a couple hours, and then they'd be miserable again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Chicken pox looks like fluid-filled bumps. Typically it's three days to break out and three days for the chicken pox to scab over. The photo doesn't look like chicken pox. Have any of the bumps started to look like they are filled with fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Chicken pox can be in clusters, but that doesn't look like chicken pox to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That actually looks like some kind of dermatitis, imo. Dd and I both have sensitive skin and get it all the time. It's possible the rash could be neither chicken pox or a vaccine rash, but I'd probably go to the doctor to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Link to pic https://www.flickr.com/photos/131302358@N08/ Have had three kids with CP and this doesn't at all look like it. Have you called the doctor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I think it looks like chicken pox that are just starting to blister, but it's hard to really tell from the pictures. It looks like some of the bigger spots have a blister center forming? I'd give it a day, unless there are other signs like shortness of breath or other trouble breathing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That doesn't look like chicken pox. In my experience (with several kids) CP has started with one main bump that turns watery/scabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The rash in that photo does not look like chicken pox to me. (I've done chicken pox with 8 children - 2 of which were vaccinated.) Please let us know what the doctor has to say. Agree. This is not chicken pox. CP has the "dewdrop" shiny look of blisters. This is just bumps, an allergic reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Another vote for allergic. The allergen could be anything. Ultimately, I'd probably want the rash to get looked at before it goes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I honestly don't think it is chicken pox but both of my dc's started the chicken pox with maybe 5 small heat rash looking spots in one area and broke out with chicken pox blisters the next day on brand new spots so I wouldn't completely discount it until tomorrow. Chicken pox was obvious the second day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 I have no experience with CP so couldn't tell. It happened yesterday so I cant get to the dr until tomorrow anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That doesn't look like chicken pox it looks like a skin reaction to something if someone has sensitive skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Doesn't look anything like chicken pox to me; rash/allergic reaction more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just chiming in as the umpteenth person to say that is not chicken pox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 That doesn't look like chicken pox IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thank you all. I will call in the a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 My older three had chicken pox... and my husband and I had them (again) at the same time. That doesn't look like chicken pox OR a measles shot reaction rash (googled pictures for that one). It DOES, however, look like allergy rashes (contact dermatitis) my third kid has had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 That doesn't look like chicken pox. The redness (not the bumps themselves) makes it look like an allergy. However, my son got a horrible rubella-like rash as a reaction to MMR. Nothing relieved the itching - the ped said it was internal itching which is why nothing gave him relief. It was several days worth of screaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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