Moms!!!!!!! High alert!!!!!!

If you don’t know I have 4boys. I had a party for my kids last Friday. Music, games, junk food, and so many friends. At 9pm my oldest (7years old) went to bed because he wasn’t feeling well. The next day he woke up seeming his normal self. Fast forward to Monday, I get a phone call from my kids’ school informing me of a rash. I instantly assumed it was an allergic reaction to the seasonal change which actually has happened before. I gave him Claritin which is his prescription allergy medicine and I also gave him Benadryl for the itching to stop. Since he has eczema I assumed the rash was a flareup caused by the allergic reaction. On Tuesday again I get a call from school telling me that he has broken out in this rash again. At this point I’m way more concerned because his eczema has never flared up that badly. I made an appointment for rapid access to see him so they could give me something for his skin. He was seen by two doctors, the first doctor asked me about my son’s history with eczema and was prepared to send us home with some lotion for my son’s skin. But then the second doctor took a good look at my son, inspected his mouth, neck, and skin very carefully and said the scariest words I have ever heard ; “this is not eczema this is scarlet fever”. My heart instantly dropped and I didn’t know what to do or say. He is on antibiotics now and he is feeling better, the rash is starting to disappear, and he’s doing a lot better. I learned a lot of things about Scarlett fever, including that strep throat can actually cause it. So please moms, be vigilant, if your child has a fever, a rash, white tongue, pain in the neck, trouble swallowing, these are all symptoms for strep throat, but they’re also symptoms for scarlet fever. It’s going around, it’s super easy to catch, it’s super easy to pass it around to other people! Please be alert!!