My daughter has a diaper rash that wont go away, HELP!?

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  Answered at 9:10 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: mom2twobabes
  
  Its probably a yeast infection which will need Niastatin cream....call your Dr.....mine usually just phoned it in for me.....after 2 or 3 applications of that you will see a HUGE difference...
• Answered at 9:11 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: Anonymous
  
  if it's a yeast infection would it be bumpy?
• Answered at 9:13 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: lea_03
  
  If you want a good fix that you can get at home....burn some flour and after it cools put it on the rash. It should clear it up in no time at all.
• Answered at 9:14 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: mom2twobabes
  
  Oh yea they are VERY bumpy....they look horrible and majorly painful.....destin (or any other diaper cream) doesnt help at all....just by chance has she been on any antibiotics lately.....they can cause yeast sometimes....but yeast thrive in damp dark places......like a diaper ;)
• Answered at 9:14 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: Anonymous
  
  if it's a yeast infection would it be bumpy?
  
  .....cuz i bet that IS whats going on..
• Answered at 9:15 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: Anonymous
  
  no antibiotics, but now that you mentioned that, im sure that's what it is.
• Answered at 9:18 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: mom2twobabes
  
  My kids got them ALL the time....I kept Niastatin in my cabinet religiously.....my son stayed on antibitotics a lot, which caused his....you feel sooo sorry for them when their bottoms are like that.....you feel helpless....poor baby.....but Niastatin will clear it up in a hurry.....
• Answered at 9:20 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: Anonymous
  
  Thanks so much! I can't believe I never even thought of that to be the answer!!
• Answered at 9:21 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: alwaysathomemom
  
  I had one of those very unexplainable painful rashes show up on my baby this summer. I was at a loss. I finally accidentally ran out of diapers from so many changes, had to buy a different brand at Walgreens in a hurry. And the rash was gone the next morning. Turns out many companies have changed things about their diapers that my pediatrician finally told me is causing lots of problems these days that no one seems to no about. You probably already thought of that, but wanted to throw it out there just in case. BUMP.
• Answered at 9:25 PM on Oct. 10, 2008 by: timmysmom4
  
  If you take your diaper cream and mix it with some powder, make it like a paste it will stay on better to help heal it, worked for my little guy

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