January 30th
2003
3:15 PM
I'm and adult taking Omnicef for ear infection and immediately noticed reddish softened stools and lack of appetite and aching joints at night. A week after starting it I now have a skin rash--large red, slightly swollen patches around both ears, along the hairline, and along the neckline and hands. It's driving me nuts. I have had construction in our house, however, so I don't know if I can attribute the skin rash to sawdust and sheetrock dust.
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June 20th
2009
9:16 PM
I am so glad to have found this site. We are taking my 2 1/2 year old son off Singulair immediately. He has been experiencing a rash on and around his ears, around his hairline, back of his neck and shoulders, down his arms to his wrists and on his face and below his chin - almost everywhere above the neckline. At first we thought it was a reaction Singulair and took him off the medication. When it didn't subside, we took him to his pediatrician's and they told us it was a heat rash due to a reaction to sunscreen and sweat. Since I have had that reaction myself, we agreed with the doctor's diagnosis. We restarted him on Singulair and the rash only got worse. We've taken him off the Singulair and will be contacting his allergy/asthma doctor immediately about this reaction. We are not sure if he has experienced other side effects - we have seen an increase in him crying when he goes down for bed and wanting to snuggle, as well as not wanting to be touched on the legs (not sure if that's due to his scraped knees or not). Unfortunately, it's difficult to get a 2 1/2 year old to tell you exactly where it hurts.
-- By mominmichigan | Reply | (1) replies | Private Message meThanks for the information - we now know that we were correct in the beginning and that our son does not have to go through this any longer and can enjoy his summer.