My Daughter is 4 years old and she seems to get sick frequently.?

Question

It started when she was an infant, she would run random fevers and then she also got Roseola. Recently, she had a strange stomach problem and then was diagnosed with a Staph Infection. Today I noticed that her hands are peeling and not in a dry skin kind of way. I've discussed my concerns with our Ped., but he simply passes everything off as nothing. I'm beginning to worry that she might have something else wrong with her causing all of the mysterious illnesses. Can anyone help me figure out what might be going on and what kind of tests I can force her Ped to do on her. Thanks!

I should add that most of her infections have been bacterial. Even right now she is on Cephalexin for a nasty infection on her foot, all from a sliver(It also required lancing and draining of the infection). This same thing also happened last year.

Its all quite strange because she has never had anothing "normal" wrong with her. No ear infections, no strep throat, etc.

She is currently in preschool, however these problems existed long before she started school.

Answer 1

Too many antibiotics weaken the immune system. Try immune system boosters like Vitamin C. Strep throat and ear infections are not normal things either. I have 2 kids and neither ever had an ear infection and one had strep throat once at the age of 4. They are 8 and 12 now and we don't "do" antibiotics.

Answer 2

Is your daughter in day care? Sounds like an environmental issue to me. Someone is not keeping things properly cleaned.

Answer 3

This will depend on what kind of meds they have been putting her on. The dipsh!t doctors often trade one problem for another by prescribing various meds that cause new problems that you can pay them to 'fix' too.

Answer 4

keep her warmer and maybe give her the medicine she needs.