Amoxicillin rash

Wow what a week. on Friday morning Zachary broke out with red spots. Some on his face, back of his legs, and some on his trunk. It did not seem to bad, but I did put a call into his primary doctor, and his Neurologist. His primary Doc. was out for the week, but the Doctor on call said that it was probably just a virus and not to worry. The Neurologist called back, and thought that it might be a reaction from the Amoxicillin that he had been taking for an ear infection and to stop it right away. He had already been on Amoxicillin for 8 1/2 days, out of a 10 day dose. It seemed strange to me, but we stopped it just in case. On Saturday the rash started changing it was spreading out into large blotches, and was hot to the touch. Another call into the Doctors. They said as long as he was acting normal we shouldn’t worry. Just keep taking Benadryl. Saturday night we researched on the internet, and found a picture of a little girl with Amoxicillin rash that looked a lot like what he had. Then he started with a fever of 101. We gave him Tylenol and he fell asleep. On day three (Sunday) He wasn’t looking any better. His hands and feet looked very swollen and his fever was back to 102.7 We took him to the E.R. They said that he had Erythema Multiforme. It’s a bad rash that can be caused by an allergic reaction to a medicine, or it can be from a virus. No treatment needed other then Benadryl, and Tylenol. It could last for a few weeks. We researched it on the computer when we got home, but none of the pictures looked quite like Zach. And none of them mentioned swollen hands and feet. At this point I am still not sure, but the rash seems to be getting better, and his fever is going down. We will just have to keep our eyes on him and see what happens!

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