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rash,fever and lump behin ear

my 5 year old son is swollen behind his ears and a rash all over his body he also is running a high tempeter runny nose and sore muscles rebella was ruled out.
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My 4 year old son did the same exact thing last week. I took him to the ped and did the whole blood woork up and they couldn't find anything.  The Doc was stumped, we were told to treat the symptoms with tylenol and benadryl. It lasted about 48 hours. Hope your son is better.
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Is your son taking antibiotics ? You really should call his physician and get that Strep A test done to make sure he has scarlet fever.
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thank you i would hate to keep him out of school for 2 weeks for nothing
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Info on scarlet fever:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/scarletfever_g.htm
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yes he does and it is ver swollen
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Does your son have a sore throat ? If so, you may want to ask his physician about the possibility of having scarlet fever.
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