My 5 year old son woke up this morning scratching his leg, i took a look at what he seem to be itching and i seen big red welts, about 6 of them, two on the stomach, one on the pinky finger, one on his inner thigh and one on his outer thigh. We went to the doctor within the first two hours of noticing this. The doctor we had seen said he wasn t to sure what it could be. He ruled out an allergic reaction. Pretty much looked baffled. Gave me some cream and said to return if it did not go away by Monday, it s Thursday. So my question is, what are the these welts that are irrating my son?
Hi, Probably he is having what we call an acute urticaria. This may develop as a reaction to an insect bite, to an infection somewhere in the body or many a time without an identifiable reason too. If no associated fever or other symptoms, for such cases I used to give calamine lotion to be applied over lesions 3 times a day and an antihistamine like HY Chat Doctor.  Resistant cases need evaluation for the cause and a treatment accordingly, including a course of steroids. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.