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my 3 yr old daughter had a bath at her grandads house on Sunday afternoon, a novelty bubble bath was used (from BHS, in a champagne bottle) and within an hour she was bright red all over and scratching like mad. Now shes even worse, we've just got back from the doctors and they said its an allergic reaction and gave her medicine and aqua cream. Is there anything else I can do to help her? The poor mite is scratching herself red raw, it looks like shes been burnt (red marks with white in the middle). Its all over her face too and she's off nursery. :-(

What medicine was she given from the Dr.If you have just got it it will take a little while to kick in.Maybe a tepid bath might help.I imagine you have been given an anti histamine for her.Poor little mite,is distracting her with things helpful??

Just keep using the aqua cream. It's only a moisturiser, but it will help prevent the rash from drying, which is what is causing most of the itching. The medicine should be an antihistamine, so that should kick in fairly quickly.

The only other thing I can suggest is to put her in something cotton, rather than any nylon or wool.

Bless her.
She will no doubt feel alot better once the medicine has an effect.

Try to keep her from getting too hot. Natural clothes next to her skin ie. cotton, would probably be more comfortable than man-made fabrics.

I hope she feels better soon.


Gwyn

Aww wee soul. Agree, keep her cool and natural clothes are best.

People don't realise that these fancy bubble baths tend to cause allergies, both in children and adults. It is a mistake anyone can make.
I would suggest taking it back to BHS, so they are aware of this incident.

Hope the medicine kicks in soon, and she feels better after it takes affect.

you could try calamine lotion .... after applying aqua cream......

Sorry, was plastering her in yet more cream. Its piriton syrup that they've given us. She was in and out of the doctors in about 30 seconds flat, so I hope theyve got it right. We're presuming it was the bubble bath (father in law feels guilty as hell, but he didnt realise. She's never had allergies before at all). Thankyou for your replies, does anyone know when it'll start clearing? I'll email BHS, have a gut feeling they wont be too bothered though but hey ho.

If she has been given piriton, the itching should stop or ease a great deal within an hour or so, the aqueous cream helps rehydrate the skin.... if it dries out, it'll get even more itchy... it might take a couple of days for the rash to clear, but at the moment, she just needs to stop itching, bless her.

Hope she is feeling better soon.

Love

Daff xxxx

Piriton based is fairly quick acting,,,but will see effects after at least2/ 4 hours,,,,,,same course as for hayfever use..
Romany how old is that bubble bath and what was the ingredients so you will know not to get anything like it with them in,,,,,,,,,her infant skin is to fragile for something that was in it,,,,,,or maybe too much was used??

Piriton should kick in pretty quick, hopefully she'll feel a little more comfy later this evening. Bless her little heart.


Do email BHS, the will take a reaction very seriously, even though it's rare. They have to. That's what their customer relations department is for. Better still, take it back to the shop and speak to the manager. Get a photo of your little girl while she's in full-blown reaction. You don't know how many others have been affected or not, so it's always best to raise their awareness of a problem. Nobody, especially in this tough economic climate, wants to continue to sell stuff that may cause problems.

It sounds like just as you say the bubble bath and yes keep going with the medicine and the cream....

someone once said Bicarbonate of soda helps with this sort of thing ....but I think you SHOULDNT do that as from what you say her skin is bad and you really dont want to make more trouble...

good luck but if it isnt working call the over nite doctors ....and DONT DELAY
good luck

I think she could have some Calpol as well as the Piriton.I think it will soon start to settle once the Piriton kicks in.

Sorry but you have taken her to the Doctors who then gave you some medicine and aqua cream...& yet you are asking people on here what else you can do

Julie, in all fairness I think I would too, at least until the meds and the cream begin to work.

And good suggestions about keeping her cool and dressing her in cotton fabric rather than man-made are here.

She's only a little mite, and the itching must be awful and making her miserable. Any mother would ask if there is something else that will help.

There is nothing wrong with asking for other ideas.

Hope she's alright soon RS...poor little mite....xx

Sorry if i was that worried i would go to the hospital & yes im a mum too of a son you was very badly burnt who was taken to hospital

Well personally, I don't thing she did anything wrong, it was obviously an allergic reaction, and the doctor was the best person to give advice knowing the child's history, or at least having it to hand. Maybe it was the quicker of the two choices, we don't all live within a couple of miles of a hospital.

And had she gone to hospital, she would have been given piriton medicine and aqua cream....

Im not taking about going to the doctors im talking about asking on here, if it was me and i was till worry i would have gone to the hospital

Just re allergies a moment, what is ok for one person can cause a really bad reaction for someone else ( sorry that sounds an 'obvious' thing to say ) but just a few days after i had dyed my own hair I saw this

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Boots-Hair-Dye-Puts-Woman-On-Drip-In-Burns-Unit-After-Severe-Reaction/Article/200910415424984?f=rss

If the reaction gets worse rather than better , don't hesitate to go back to Dr or as Julie says, to the hospital.


xx