Mum's Warning After Spotting Red Line Growing Up Her Daughter's Arm
A mum has issued a serious warning to other parents after her four-year-old daughter had a strange reaction to a small cut on her wrist.
Posting to a popular family Facebook group, mum Lucy revealed that her child was put on a heavy dose of antibiotics after the seemingly minor cut
Sharing the update with other mums and dads, Lucy wrote: "Omg!! Please if you or your children has a cut however little please make sure you watch it!"
Sharing a photo of the small red cut that her child had gotten after seemingly skinning her wrist, Lucy explained that her little girl sustained the tiny injury on Saturday while on the way to a party.
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Because the injury was so minuscule, she added: "I really didn't think anything of it at the time I cleaned and put a plaster on it".
That seemed to be the end of it until Monday morning, when Lucy noticed a little red line trailing from her daughter's cut up her arm.
"I thought it was strange but thought nothing more" she admitted.
But later that night, when she was getting her child ready for bed, Lucy noticed that the red line had travelled as far as her daughter's elbow, prompting her to take her to minor injuries unit "just to be safe."
Lucy was left in shock when doctors told her the mark on her daughter's arm was a lymph infection tracking up along her vein.
After a full check-up, the young tot was prescribed with antibiotics to be taken four times per day for five days.
"Lucky it was caught early and no other treatment is needed" she wrote. "I genuinely can't believe it from such an insignificant cut!!"
Lymph infections can occur when a virus or bacteria makes its way through the lymphatic channels through a cut or a wound.
The infection can lead to symptoms like chills, swollen glands, fever, headaches, muscle aches, and a loss of appetite, according to Healthline.
The health information service also notes that it's common for red streaks to trace along the surface of the skin, extending from the wounded area. In some cases, the red streaks growing along the skin may blister.
When more extreme symptoms like the growing red streaks, increasing pain and redness, fevers of over 38.3C, and pus or fluid coming from the lymph node, are prevailing, it's recommended that patients consult a GP urgently.
Ali Condon