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[MissieMt]

Yep, just got back from the dr. and benadryl is the answer! It's just an allergic reaction to a bug bite. He's had reactions before, but they weren't like this. So we just have to benadryl him up-which I had done last night just so he wouldn't scratch just in case it was impetigo-and keep it clean.

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Cocoa Beach--An 8 foot alligator was found under a car in a car dealership today--trappers were called and it was removed--drought is causing gators to search out for water and this one settled in a big puddle under a Mitsubishi

 

[MissieMt]

Cocoa Beach--An 8 foot alligator was found under a car in a car dealership today--trappers were called and it was removed--drought is causing gators to search out for water and this one settled in a big puddle under a Mitsubishi

Wow, that is awful. I'm not keen on the alligators, but they desreve their place in the world just like the rest of us {except whatever it was that bit my son, those need to go }

 

[sherri79]

Yep, just got back from the dr. and benadryl is the answer! It's just an allergic reaction to a bug bite. He's had reactions before, but they weren't like this. So we just have to benadryl him up-which I had done last night just so he wouldn't scratch just in case it was impetigo-and keep it clean.

glad it was not serious hun.

 

[Autumn2004]

Yep, just got back from the dr. and benadryl is the answer! It's just an allergic reaction to a bug bite. He's had reactions before, but they weren't like this. So we just have to benadryl him up-which I had done last night just so he wouldn't scratch just in case it was impetigo-and keep it clean.

Im so glad it was that! Impetigo sounds like it could be a mess and he would have to be out of school. I hope it heals for him soon

 

[MissieMt]

Thanks everyone. I'm certainly glad it wasn't impetigo too. I still can't seem to figure out whether impetigo is caused by uncleanliness or is just a common skin rash. Some online sources say one thing, and others say another thing.

 

[Autumn2004]

Thanks everyone. I'm certainly glad it wasn't impetigo too. I still can't seem to figure out whether impetigo is caused by uncleanliness or is just a common skin rash. Some online sources say one thing, and others say another thing.

Im not sure, I have only heard of it a few times before and never knew the description of it.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Thanks everyone. I'm certainly glad it wasn't impetigo too. I still can't seem to figure out whether impetigo is caused by uncleanliness or is just a common skin rash. Some online sources say one thing, and others say another thing.

I don't know about now, but impetigo was very common when I was in grade school; of course that was many moons ago.

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Knoxville,Tenn--A rare Albino Alligator was put on display at the Knoxville Zoo--The rare gator has white skin and pink eyes--It cannot survive in sunlight as its thin white skin would burn it

 

[Peter Hamilton]

British Columbia,Canada---A tiger at an Exotic Zoo reached thru its cage and grabbed a woman's dress and then proceeded to kill her in front of many horrified children--The tragedy is causing authorities to re-examinine the right of Exotic Zoos to exist--These are zoos where animals are owned by private individuals

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Towing Rivers,Mass---4 fish farm workers plunged into a Fish Feces tank after their support gave way--The 4 workers were cleaning the giant tank at the time--They were trapped for 45 minutes--One worker became submerged in the sand and feces mixture and was airlifted to a hospital--Geez,this doesn't sound like the best job in the world,does it

 

[Shazza]

Im so glad it was that! Impetigo sounds like it could be a mess and he would have to be out of school. I hope it heals for him soon

Glad it wasnt Impetigo, I had that when I was very young, it is very contagious and I had to be isolated for ages - boring. I find it odd that they prescribe Benedryl for problems like this. Benedryl here is for coughs and colds.:crazy:

 

[MissieMt]

Glad it wasnt Impetigo, I had that when I was very young, it is very contagious and I had to be isolated for ages - boring. I find it odd that they prescribe Benedryl for problems like this. Benedryl here is for coughs and colds.:crazy:

I didn't know Benadryl was formulated for different things in different places around the world. the Benadryl we have has an antihistamine, which is exactly what he needed. We've been giving him that, and then cleaning the bites 3 times a day and putting bacitracin and gauze on it, just to be sure they don't get infected. They haven't gotten better or worse.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Glad it wasnt Impetigo, I had that when I was very young, it is very contagious and I had to be isolated for ages - boring. I find it odd that they prescribe Benedryl for problems like this. Benedryl here is for coughs and colds.:crazy:

Benadryl is used to lessen allergic reactions, be it pollen, mosquito bites, spider bites, poison oak, poison ivy; anything that one might have an allergic-type reaction to. Formulation may be controlled, or changed, based on our changing laws on drugs. Many common drugs can be used to help create illegal drugs; i.e methamphetamine, so recently, formulations have been changed, and/or, restrictions have been placed on their sale.

 

[Shazza]

Benadryl is used to lessen allergic reactions, be it pollen, mosquito bites, spider bites, poison oak, poison ivy; anything that one might have an allergic-type reaction to. Formulation may be controlled, or changed, based on our changing laws on drugs. Many common drugs can be used to help create illegal drugs; i.e methamphetamine, so recently, formulations have been changed, and/or, restrictions have been placed on their sale.

We have antihistimines that help with all of the above symptoms, one that I do know is phenergan, there are many others but cant remember the names, but Benadryl here is definitely for coughs and colds.