Re: Re: red rash

January 26, 2004

I don't know if there's any possibility that this is the cause of your rash,

but Zachary was getting a rash similar to what you are describing. For him,

it was the enzymes. Depending on how I give them to him, they sometimes cause

him to get a rash either above or below his lips. Basically, if they come

into contact with his skin, he gets the rash.

Zachary 4.4 ASD? SCD 3+ months

January 27, 2004

It sounds like a rash that is a mild allergic reaction to something. I

can think of a couple of possibilities.

1. Enzymes as someone suggested and they might not have to touch the

outside. I think that you mentioned they use pacifiers so the saliva is

guaranteed to get on their lips. Maybe don't let them have pacifiers

for 30+ min after enzymes.

2. Acidic Saliva (my younger kids get a rash if they drink pure

orange juice w/o water or too much tomato...)

3. Allergic reaction to something like a supplement - most supps have

fillers and I've had funny reactions to them at times - a rash on the

stomach, itchy eyes....

Abby

SCD 3 weeks

Jame 6.5 AS.....

January 27, 2004

The only way we can be sure to avoid this rash with the enzymes is to give it

in the capsule. When I have given the enzymes in a spill proof sippy cup in

diluted juice, he almost always gets the rash and I wouldn't have thought they

would touch his lips that way.

Zachary 4.4 ASD? SCD 3+ months

January 27, 2004

Patti, impetigo is bacterial. I think hand foot and mouth disease is viral.

Both are pretty contagious and can cause a rashy like display. I vaguely

remember those e-mails but don't remember what it turned out to be.

Take care,

steph o

mom to ben pdd/adhd scd 16 mos

Re: Re: red rash

I am just barely remembering this....... but it seems like there was a " rash "

of mouth and lip rashes that occurred on Elaine's Children not long after I

first joined the list last spring. A few of the parents eventually found out

from their pediatricians that their child had impetigo.... I think that's the

right name (????). I just remember a few parents describing this as their child

looking like they had really bad chapped lips..... as if they had been licking

out around their lips and beyond and it had just chapped from saliva contact

(which is still a possibility)..... but then one parent noticed other kids (non

SCD kids) on the school playground with the same rash and turned to the doctor.

I think it's viral. Something to check out anyway..... might not be diet related

at all. Anyone else remember this from many months back on the list??

Patti

January 27, 2004

I don't know if this helps anyone but hand/foot/mouth doesn't look like what

I've read you all describe. Luke had it one summer - bad blisters INSIDE the

mouth/tongue/throat, just awful, and then big raised red blotches on hands and

feet. Plus fever at the onset, if I remember, pretty low grade. One of the

worst illnesses I've experienced as a Mom, overall, though.

in NC

Mom of Luke, age 5, Asperger's/diarrhea problems; , age 3, healthy; and

, 19 mos, healthy

SCD 1 week+

Re: Re: red rash

I am just barely remembering this....... but it seems like there was a

" rash " of mouth and lip rashes that occurred on Elaine's Children not long after

I first joined the list last spring. A few of the parents eventually found out