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Is It Safe To Take Benadryl And Prednisone For Hives?
My 8 month old son had vsd heart surgery in november and recently received a good bill of health.I know he is teething because i can see two broken through at the bottom. On January 16th he looked really sick so I brought him to doctor and they said he had an ear infection and prescribed amoxicillan. Seven days later I go back because he develope(d the night I got back with the ear infection) alot of cheast congestion and coughing. This time they said he has RSV and prescribed J-TAN D PD. A few days later he got a blotchy red rash and was clawing his head in the back. Back to the doctor they said he had hives prescribed benadryl and prednisolone sod phos and told me to discontinue J TAN. My worry now is his skin color and cheeks keeps turning real rosey but no fever or problems that I know of so whats going on now with the color?
Mon, 10 Aug 2015
All he had was erythema infectiosum. He will recover within the next few days. No further treatment is needed. This illness is caused by a virus that gets eliminated on its own. As to your specific query, benadryl and prednisone can be taken if there are hives, but only under a doctor's supervision as he is a very young baby.
I hope that helps.
Regards, Dr. Taher
I hope that helps.
Regards, Dr. Taher
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