First Week in DOCband - infection

September 19, 2009

My son just got his band on Monday. We spent the first 2 days taking off his

band every few hours to let the pressure spots cool down. They said to expect

him to have really red spots and be sweaty from the band. I noticed that when

we took off the helmet, that the pressure spots were flaming red and wet. I

thought this was just par for the course. On Friday, I noticed that when I took

off his helmet, the red spots were weeping. I called Cranial Tech and they said

it sounded like heat rash that has turned into a yeast infection and to leave

the band off for the weekend. We went to the pediatrician and thought it was

either a bacterial or yeast infection and gave us an anti-bacterial cream and

said to use Lotrimin too. Anyone have experience with this? How long did it

take for your little one to heal enough to put the band back on?

Thanks!

September 22, 2009

I'm surprised they said " heat rash " . Flaming red is never a good sign. Red is

okay, and should fade to pink while band is off. I think once the skin breaks

down it is hard to tell what the original cause was. However heat rash isn't

usually just at the pressure spots, and is more of a rash than just big read

spots (from my experience). Babies do heal fast. Make sure when the band goes

back on you do frequent skin checks. If it is close by I would take her to CT to

get the band adjusted also. I think it will take at least a few days if not

longer before you can put the band back on.

-christine

sydney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad

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