What are these little bumps?

[cristeen]

All over my 9 mo?

I thought at first they were flea bites, since we've been having a flea problem. They look just like bites - red and inflamed. But then after a few days they start calming down and then they look almost like zits - just a little brown bump, no longer red, with a hard/crusty head on them. They don't seem to itch - at least he hasn't been scratching them. He has had a low fever off and on, he's been sleeping for crap, and has obviously been hurting (all of which I attributed to teething). But I'm starting to wonder if these bumps aren't something else. Anyone have any ideas? We've already had HFM, so that's not it.

[pianojazzgirl]

Bumps that look like zits can be staph. I'd be tempted to take him in to have your HCP take a look.

[alegna]

Chickenpox? 'tis the season...

-Angela

[pianojazzgirl]

Originally Posted by alegna

Chickenpox? 'tis the season...

-Angela

That was my first thought too... but I think with CP they should have blistered before 3 days, no? OP - are all the spots in the same "stage" or are some red, some blistered, some crusted over?

[cristeen]

Originally Posted by pianojazzgirl

That was my first thought too... but I think with CP they should have blistered before 3 days, no? OP - are all the spots in the same "stage" or are some red, some blistered, some crusted over?

They're all in different stages. And this has been going on for over a week. I washed all the bedding when I thought it was fleas, and I think that was last weekend.

He has a set of 4 or 5 on one shoulder that are in the zit stage. Several that already went through the zit stage and are now starting to fade - they look like tiny brown dots - almost like a pale freckle. And a bunch that are between the red inflamed stage and the zit stage (where the redness is starting to fade). I didn't see any fresh ones on him when I got him ready for bed, but in the last week he's gone from just a few of these spots to his trunk being polka-dotted with them (trunk, upper arms, upper legs and a few on his neck - none on his face). I haven't noticed anything like a blister though... It was 20+ years ago when I had CP, but I seem to recall pus-filled blisters?

[alegna]

the blisters can be small and zit-like.

-Angela

[luminesce]

My guess is CP too. Try a google for chickenpox images - they seem to vary quite a bit in appearance.

[cristeen]

Well, I was right about the pain source anyway - he's definitely cutting 2 teeth, we could see them today.

I'm going to take him in tomorrow to see if it's pox. Thank you ladies.

ETA - rather, I was going to, but as of this morning, all the marks are nearly gone - huge improvement even from last night. Not really anything for the ped to look at.