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| 240.1 | going around | TNPUBS::STEINHART | Laura | Fri Jul 24 1992 17:27 | 6 |
| Seems to be going around. I met a woman in the bank with a 1 year old
with the same problem. Her doctor could offer no medication but
recommended soft foods for the duration.
L
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| 240.2 | try yogurt ? | TLE::RANDALL | The Year of Hurricane Bonnie | Mon Jul 27 1992 11:04 | 5 |
| You might try giving him some yogurt -- the yogurt cultures help
restore the bacterial balance in the stomach and intestine after a
round of antibiotics, so they might help in the mouth, too.
--bonnie
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| 240.3 | Maybe it was Coxsackie | MR4DEC::DONCHIN | | Tue Jul 28 1992 13:42 | 16 |
| My son is just getting over Coxsackie virus, which produced many sores
in his mouth as well as his hands and feet (Coxsackie is also known as
"hoof-in-mouth" disease, or something like that). I had this confirmed
by his doctor, since the sores were appearing faster than I could count
them on Friday and I wanted to know what he really had (I thought it
could be Chicken Pox at first, but it wasn't following a familiar
pattern). So .0, it's possible that your child may actually have had
Coxsackie (which is contagious, for parents who have never had a child
with this lovely virus).
I was told about the Benadryl/Kaopectate combo but I never had a chance
to use it. Out of curiousity, does anyone know why these two
medications are effective for the sores and discomfort of a virus such
as this one?
Nancy-
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| 240.4 | | PHAROS::PATTON | | Tue Jul 28 1992 13:54 | 8 |
| My son is also getting over Coxsackie (also called hand/foot/mouth
virus because that's where sores can appear). In his case, the symptoms
were headache, some moderate fever, and very sore throat caused by
the lesions. The virus is passed easily via the fecal/oral route,
so handwashing is the best way to avoid passing it or getting it.
Lucy
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| 240.5 | | SUPER::WTHOMAS | | Tue Jul 28 1992 14:00 | 11 |
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And my son also just got over this, we started noticing little red
spots all over him and had him checked for chicken pox. Turned out it
was hand/foot/mouth and the Doctor told us that he would be cranky for
the next 2-3 days and then it would pass.
Sure enough, he had difficulty sleeping and was very irritable but
now (4 days later) he appears to be fine and just has the faintest of
pink marks where the spots used to be.
Wendy
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| 240.6 | Gly-Oxide helps too | MAIL::KOETTINGL | Laurie Koetting DTN 445-6436 | Mon Aug 03 1992 14:01 | 5 |
| My 14 month old daughter just got over a similar virus...and WHAT A
MISERABLE EXPERIENCE! She lived on Tylenol, Orajel and Gly-Oxide for a
week and a half. Gly-Oxide was recommended by our pediatrician to help
the canker sores heal faster. You can buy it at most drug stores.
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| 240.7 | make your own GlyOxide | AKOCOA::TRIPP | | Tue Aug 04 1992 15:17 | 12 |
| I second the GlyOxide, it has been a favorite cure since my childhood.
It just tends to be a little pricey, consider a home made batch: just
mix equal portions of ordinary hydrogin peroxide with ordinary
glycerine (might have to ask the pharmacist for some, it isn't always
sold on the shelf). We mix it in one of the sterilized specimine
containers, but any container you can boil to sterilize (including an
old baby food jar or baby bottle) will work. I apply it with a Q-tip,
or even better there is something sold for applying makeup which looks
like a flat tipped Q-tip, not as apt to shed its cotton.
Hope this works for you, I always looked at it like a miracle cure!
Lyn
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