Reply to Kate-Hand, feet and mouth disease

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Kate, I have to agree with jbca623. I have a small daycare and I recently had several children out with your symptoms. They all went to the dr and was told that it was Hand, Feet and Mouth disease and it took a while to clear up. It is highly contaigous. the child that actually gave it to the little girl in my daycare went to Disney World with the disease so I am sure the entire country is at risk now.jbca623 <jbca623@...> wrote: sometimes when you have a chronic disease its hard to imagine thatsomething else might

be causing your symptoms. it sounds to me like coxsackie - a common in kids virus that producesa rash on your hands, feet, mouth - as well as fever, nausea, sorethroat. do you think this is possible? we've had it go through ourfamily several times and it does take awhile to clear up. the virus isvery contageous, so it is easy to pick up. the rash isn't hive like,though, its little red super itchy bumps.maybe just worth mentioning to your dr? even if it coxsackie, there'snothing to do but ride it out.jennifer>> Hey everyone... glad to see the board is back up... I was going > through withdrawal! Haha!> > Anyway, I've had a pretty big problem for the past couple weeks and I > was hoping someone might have a suggestion. The story goes like >

this...> > On May 28th I went to a chili cookoff that my friends were having and > decided to be one of the judges. I've never had a problem with food > allergies before and I've been so excited about my sense of smell > returning since my last surgery and aspirin desensitization, so I > thought this would be fun. I tried about 12 different kinds of > chili... no questions asked... didn't inquire about what people had > put in it. I didn't eat massive amounts or anything, about one or > two bites per contestant. This may or may not be related to what > followed.> > About 12 hours later I was quite nauseated, but that didn't surprise > me too much, so I wasn't concerned. By the evening of the following > day, I was having hives in my mouth, swollen lips and tongue, and > itchy throat. I did not go to the ER... I perferred to just wait it > out and use my Epi pen

if it got worse quickly.> > Over the week following, I was running about a 100 degree fever > everyday and having constant diarrhea. Also, a rash was starting to > develop on my extremities... mostly on my ankles, writsts, palms and > soles of my feet.> > By earlier this week the fever was gone and the diarrhea has stopped, > but the rash has gotten MUCH worse. Seems cyclical... I'm better in > the mornings and itching to the point of instanity in the evenings. > I'd say that my worst moments the rash is covering 75% of my body. > By > the way, its definitely hives, as I have determined.> > I've been to my family doctor twice, the dermatologist twice, and I'm > communicating long distance via email with the allergist in Dallas > (I'm in land) that did my aspirin desensitization. They've put > me > on ridiculous amounts of

antihistamines... Atarax, Tagamet, Allegra, > Benadryl, and then some Prednisone to help out too. No relief. My > allergist seems to think that the aspirin is either the cause of the > problem or perhaps the combination of taking aspirin and then maybe > eating something weird in the chili is the reason.> > Obviously I don't want to stop taking the aspirin because it has been > working miracles for my polyps, and I certainly don't want to have to > go through the pain of desensitization again if I indeed have to stop > taking it for a while. Nothing in my environment has changed... no > new soap or chemicals or allergens that we can think of.> > I would appreciate ANY help! This rash is literally going to drive > me > insane and I'm going to be in a straight jacket soon if I don't get > some relief.> > Thanks!> >

Kate> __________________________________________________