My daughter (2.5) started getting this odd rash yesterday on the back of her hip. Today it is larger (an oval about 4 inches long, 2.5 inches wide at widest). Now tonight I noticed it is starting on her other hip in the exact same spot. Her skin is red and slightly rough feeling, with dark red bumps scattered through it. I don't know if it is related or not, but she also has red bumps along the back of her neck/shoulders (large ones like in the red rash, not small prickly ones like a heat rash) , and these large red bumps are also on her lower abdomen and into the side of one thigh. I don't want to be the "panicky mom" and call the doctor over this, but the fact that it is spreading concerns me. If it is DH it can wait until Monday, but if not, I'll end up calling. Here's a photo of the back of her hip.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Kil...06/rash-002.jpg
And the larger bumps on her lower abdomen
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Kil...06/rash-005.jpg

Any suggestions are appreciated, it's starting to worry me.

I'd agree it doesn't look or sound like DH. Beyond that I don't know.

richard

Thanks for replying. I wanted to hear from someone who actually knew what DH looked like first hand - would feel dumb to get all worried over something that is just a normal part of Celiac. It's hard to know from the descriptions online what the rash REALLY looks like. So thanks for giving me that answer