Can a Diaper Rash Spread to Hands?

If a kid has a rash on their hand, I would look to see if they have it around their mouth and feet too. If so, it could be hand mouth and foot disease. My daughter had it recently and I couldn't figure it out. I called my doctor and they told me about it. She didn't have it on her feet and mouth, just on her hands but my husband had it on his mouth and feet as well later on.

http://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/about/index.html

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common viral illness that usually affects infants and children younger than 5 years old. However, it can sometimes occur in adults. Symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease include fever, blister-like sores in the mouth (herpangina), and a skin rash.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by viruses that belong to the Enterovirus genus (group). This group of viruses includes polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses.

I was going to mention the duct-tape, only I would wrap it around the outside of a onesie just under armpit level... so she can't get her arm inside the sleeve. That way, it's still easy to change diapers and you don't have to re-tape every time. :)

I have no clue about the rash though... If you try the buttpaste or aquaphor, you could try putting a long sock over her hand (duct tape comes in handy again... tape the sock to her sleeve. lol) to keep it from getting all over everything.

I'd have to go with what GrammaRocks said & treat it as if it were a yeast infection, Whenever my daughter's diaper rash spread, our pediatrician recommended Lotromin (foot cream). It cleared things up right away. Best of luck to you and your little one ;)

Hi.
How about sleeping in a long nitegown so it is hard for her to get her hand in her diaper in a gentle way?

I would also rub some aquaphor on her hand as you suggested. it is meant as an allover cream ...

good luck jilly

It actually sounds like it could be a yeast infection, but a doctor would have to say. (I've read the labels on antifungals and they do mention washing your hands unless it's the hands you're treating, so it could affect her hand.)

You can duct tape her diaper at the top, wrapping the tape around the waist snugly and ending it in the back, then put a onesie on her under her sleeper. (Without the duct tape she might be able to unfasten a side and get her hand in.) Unless she is Houdini she won't be able to get her hand in the waistband.

I duct taped my guy's diapers a few months when he kept taking them off, then put the onesies and overalls/shortalls on him, it works!

Very easily if it's actually a yeast infection and not a diaper rash.