Does this happen to anyone else's child?

[wvjules]

Last week DD was outside briefly. The only thing exposed was her face. After she came in and started warming up, her entire face got bright red and itchy. When the redness started to fade, she got blister-like things on her face. Yesterday we went out to get our decorations and were only out for about 5-10 minutes. About a half-hour later her hands turned extremely red and itchy again. Then the redness started going up midway on her arms. Once again, when the redness started to fade she got a few blisters. Each time it wasn't extremely cold outside and she wasn't outside for an extended period of time.

I'm beginning to think she's allergic to the cold. This is something very new. She's always played outside in the cold with no problems.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

That does sound like an allergic reaction Jules. You haven't bought her a new hat and/or mittens have you?

 

[C.Ann]

Happens to my little granddaughter every winter..

As far as I know, the doctors have never given my DD any real explanation for it..

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font color=navy>Same thing happens to my dd - when she goes out in the cold, or goes swimming in cold water, she gets red & itchy, but her skin turns into big red welts, not blisters. It doesn't happen so much in the cold anymore, but now it happens when she puts on any type of lotion or sunscreen. It even happened when I sprayed hair glitter on her - some of it got on her arms & she got all welty. She gave me ...

 

[caitycaity]

mary jo -- with the sunscreen thing, make sure you use PABA-free sunscreen. i am allergic to paba and i get a similar reaction if i use stuff with it in it.

 

[Scratch42]

When she comes in put on some cream that has no fragrance, etc. Even better before she goes out put on Vaseline type product! She'll hate it but it helps.

Scratch

 

[wvjules]

Mary Jo, welts, that's it. I knew there was a better term than "blister-like".

 

[ChefBilly]

Used to happen to me when I went out in the cold.
It looked like hives. It never did any damage, other than being a little itchy. And they went away as I warmed up after a while.
I never really got an explanation for it, but it went away as I got older.

 

[Michelle]

It sounds sort of like "Chill blains:"

What causes it
Repeated exposure of bare skin to temperatures between 0 and 10 degrees C.

How to recognize it
The skin becomes red, rough, and itchy, but there is not loss of tissue.

Treatment
Apply a soothing ointment. Prevent further exposure.

 

[wvjules]

What causes it
Repeated exposure of bare skin to temperatures between 0 and 10 degrees C.

Can you convert C to F for me? LOL

 

[Amy]

All I know is that 0ºC is equal to 32ºF.

 

[snowwhitemom]

Oh my goodness...dd had this when I picked her up from school today, I asked her what happen and she said it started after she played outside this a.m.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

ºC=ºF-32*5/9

ºF=ºC*9/5+32

So 10ºC = 50º

and therefore

0-10ºC = 32-50ºF

<font color=navy>Thanks, Michelle - I never knew what it was called....

and thanks Caity - I need to get some of that for my dd

 

[preshi]

Or you can just do what I always do... double the C º and add 32... comes out reasonably accurate.

10 + 10 = 20 +32 = 52º