Has he been taking any sulfa drugs....if so, thing Stevens-Johnsons syndrome. Also consider rickettsia such as rocky mountain spotted fever.
Has he been taking any sulfa drugs....if so, thing Stevens-Johnsons syndrome. Also consider rickettsia such as rocky mountain spotted fever.
Has anyone suggested rheumatic fever?
This can appear in about 14 plus days after strep throat (especially if the strep is inadequately treated)
I only mention this because my greandfather had rheumatic fever when he was about your grandson’s age, and back then they didn’t have the wonder drugs we have now......but he survived.
google and read the symptoms of rheumatic fever, especially in connection to strep throat
Insufficient data to make a diagnosis.
Rash with a fever can be many things including: Hand Foot and Mouth Disease, Chicken Pox, Measles, Roseola, Measles, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Herpes, Meningitis, Scarlett Fever, Rheumatic Fever etc.
OK, at the doctor’s office they took blood, which was an ordeal because they couldn’t find a vein so they had to take what they could from a finger stick, and will test that. They did another throat swab for strep.
Everything he has fits with a really bad case of fifth disease except for the persistent fever. That has them stumped. My daughter asked about other things everyone suggested, such as Kawasaki, but they didn’t think anything else fit.
Thanks to my Freepers friends for your help. I will keep you posted of how he is doing. I appreciate your prayers and good wishes. Freepers are the best.
Outside chance possible contact with pesticide or chemical contaminant? Know of a case of accidental ingestion of pesticide which resulted in skin peeling.
Motrin / Ibuprofen “black-box warning” lists skin loss as a remote possibility. Fluoroquinolone family of antibiotics also can result in Stevens Johnson Syndrome.
Could be something from a tick. Tick diseases are epidemic across the United States and doctors are still in the dark. No good testing for tick illnesses. Igenex lab in California is the best lab for tick disease testing.
Here is an article about a tick illness called ehrlichiosis which causes rash all over the body
http://m.digitaljournal.com/pr/2252517
Other tick diseases cause rash, too. Might be a good place to do some research.
It sounds like an allergy, as others have mentioned. Does your family use Tide laundry detergent? I did for decades, and every once in a while, more often during the winter, I would get strange itching, redness, puffiness. Often where my clothes were making tighter contact with my body, like my waist. But sometimes in areas, like my lips, that were not in contact with any clothes. I tried everything to figure it out. Eventually I discovered it was from washing my clothes in Tide laundry detergent. Once I figured out the problem, it was easy to find that many others, on the web, have this problem. I switched to All laundry detergent, which says it is hypoallergenic, and I was cured/never had the problem again. Not to bash Tide, it’s a fine product, but just stating my reality.
5th disease
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_disease
Thank you everyone for your thoughtful contributions, suggestions, kind words, and prayers. My grandson seems to be on the mend now. All the tests came back negative, and he has been free of fever since later the same day he went to the doctor (isn’t that always the way?). He still has a slight rash, but is active again and eating like a horse to make up for lost time.
I suppose it was a really bad case of fifth disease, but the fever still is puzzling. Who knows what kind of viruses and infectious agents are floating around now that Obama has opened up our country to thousands from the 3rd world.
BTW, while he was at the ER once, they sent in a social worker ostensibly to help get some juice into him. I wonder if the real purpose was to evaluate whether my daughter was really trying to get him to take fluids. Do you get the feeling that we are all being monitored? Guilty until we can prove ourselves innocent.