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forgot to add too
Don't mean to be an alarmist, just want to bring it up if the doctor didn't.
Strep could explain the very bad rash that poor baby has. It can easily be spread to the skin and through the skin to you and others. Anything her bottom touched or fingers in the mouth, etc. Spreads like wildfire. The rash might also be an indication that she has had the step infection for some time.
Hopefully the antibiotic will clear it up. Keep a very close eye on it for changes in appearance or spreading.
Strep is a systemic infection, so its throughout her body and that's why you feel so gosh darn awful, why its a bugger to get rid of and highly, highly contagious.
Wash everything. Be extra meticulous about the diaper area. If it is just horrible diaper rash, that raw area is suseptible to being infected by the strep bacteria too.
Boy I sure sound paranoid don't I? But we've had it circulate our house and just could not get rid of it!!! That's how I found out so much about it.
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