Friday, May 1, 2009

2nd opinion!!!

This is for all parents who may need reminding that it's important to get a 2nd opinion. Rachel has had mulloscum since July 2008. I took her to the peditrician and he told me that it's fairly common, it's on everything, yes it's contagious but there's not really anything one can do about it. He said it can last up to 2 years or longer. So I trusted the doctor hoping it would go away on it's own. Last night, Rachel's inner thighs, outer thighs, private, legs, bottom, were covered in little white dots. It looks horrible. Apparently the heat irritated it and caused it to flare. So this morning I called a dermatologist and saw him at 8:30am. Dr. Baker informed me that yes it was Mulloscum and that the new bumps were eczema, and he prescribed me an ointment and also told me to give Rachel a antihistamine until is clears up. He wants to see her in two weeks and then he will use Liquid Nitrogen to freeze them off. (if it doesn't look better) I was so relived to hear a doctor taking action instead of telling me to wait it out. My poor baby has had more problems related to her skin. She's allergic to cats, dogs, birds, mold, dust, peanut trees, cashews, mango and kiwi. I just want to say that my heart goes out to any parent who has to deal with medical problems with their child. It's exhausting. My minor problem has consumed my day and I can't imagine what it is to deal with a major medical issue. Thank you God for giving me healthy children. And one last request-Please help Rachel's skin to heal.

1 comment:

Julie U. said...

Update to this story.

I found out that Dr. Baker is not even a dermatologist. He a general practioner. After this visit, I made Rachel an appointment with my dermatologist and Dr. Tuli informed me that a lot of people go to Dr. Baker thinking he is a dermatologist because his business is called Dermatology Realm. She said it's very misleading. Rachel's mulloscum is doing much better and Dr. Tuli also told me that it will go away with time and please please please do not use liquid Nitrogen to freeze them off. She said that children do this and then as adults they return hoping they can have the scars fixed. The liquid nitrogen leaves terrible scars and it's very painful!

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