itchy rash on hands and feet???

My two year old daughter has had an itchy red rash on the palms of her hands and inbetween her toes for the last week. I have no idea what the cause of it could be, but have thought of heat rash (because she gets hot really easily) or an allergic reaction. But it's only on the palms of her hands and in between her toes. She has had an allergic reaction to medication before and she broke out from it from head to toe. I am so hesitant to put anything on it to soothe the itch because she is constantly putting her hands in her mouth and eats with her hands, but at the same time I also feel so horrible because there is nothing that I can do about it. I do plan on taking her tomorrow to get it checked out, but am wondering what I can do to help soothe it for one more night and if any one else has had this problem with their little ones. Thanks in advance  

Have you noticed anything in her mouth???

Quoting CallMeMoses:" Have you noticed anything in her mouth??? "

I was about to ask the same.

Quoting Lee..:" I was about to ask the same."

Yeah, OP, watch for her mouth, and keep her hands out of her mouth as much as possible.

Quoting CallMeMoses:" Yeah, OP, watch for her mouth, and keep her hands out of her mouth as much as possible."

If it is hand, foot and mouth, OP it is very communicable and the rash is normally found on the hands, soles of the feet /in between toes and blisters form in the mouth. Blisters are also sometimes seen on the back and torso.
The puss from the blisters which do also form on the other affected areas (not just mouth) and fecal matter are what makes it so communicable.

If it is hand foot and mouth given she has had it for a week she would be on the side of getting better now, but there is little that they can do for it and it will need to run it's course.

No nothing wrong with her mouth, just the red rash on her hands and ocassionally she will get a blister like rash in between her toes.. My FIL keeps saying something about athletes foot which I think is a little bizare on a two year old, but even if that was the case it does not explain her hands.

Quoting Ree90:" No nothing wrong with her mouth, just the red rash on her hands and ocassionally she will get a blister ... [snip!] ... athletes foot which I think is a little bizare on a two year old, but even if that was the case it does not explain her hands."

Well, athletes foot is a fungus, which CAN spread to other parts of the body. However, I'd lean more towards hand foot and mouth disease before athletes foot on a baby. By any chance, has she had a diaper rash recently, or still has one?

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Well, hopefully it's just the hand and foot minus the mouth and it'll start clearing up soon

Quoting CallMeMoses:" Well, hopefully it's just the hand and foot minus the mouth and it'll start clearing up soon"

  I hope your LO gets better soon OP.

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My two year old has the same. At night she wakes up crying coz she is itching so bad. She also has nothing in mouth or anywhere else. I think personally its either a fungal infection or where she has had a cold recently it's her body dispelling the virus from her body through her sweating. Hence at night more and on the palms of hands and soles of feet. Cold water eases it so try that. Keep area clean and dry at all times. Plenty of fluids. Try an allergy medicine but in my case it did not work just incase it is a reaction to something. Hope this helps a bit. I'm a nurse and a nanny so lots of experience.