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Re: 7 month old
From: Christy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:25:13 -0500 (CDT)
no real Advice, but you might get a more accurate diagnosis from a board
that is actually for babies and not pregnancy. Here is one that I
frequent: http://forums.drpaula.com/
At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, J wrote:
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>I have a 7 month old. Everytime he has gone in for his shots he
>devolops a black dot where the needle went in. They show up about 3
>weeks later after the skin from where it was injected has healed. He
>also has on his head from where they monitored him while I was in labor
>a black spot with blach hair growing out of it. He now has 4 black
>spots on his right leg and 2 on the left. His doctor has never seen
>this before and does not know what is causing this to happen. We tried
>Tylenol and icing the legs down for an hour before and an hour after the
>shots but it did no good.
>I will be taking him back to the doctor on Monday to talk about it but I
>have no idea what I should ask. I have never seen this before or heard
>of it so we seem to all be at a loss. I have been told that I should
>ask to see a dermatoligest (sp?) but I don't know if that is what we
>should be doing. It seems to me that this a reaction of some kind to
>the needles. He is a light color hair and skin and I really don't want
>him to grow up with these spots all over his legs with black hair
>growing out of them. Has anyone ever seen or heard of anything like
>this? Any of the other mother hear ever have any thing like this happen
>or doctors? I am at a loss and don't even know where to look online for
>information since I don't know what to even call it. Any info would
>help greatly.
>Thank You
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Christy
Missoula, MT
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