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> Rita thought back to the winter. She couldn’t remember Timothy coming down with a sore throat, but just before the ski trip she had noticed that the skin arou

> Rita thought back to the winter. She couldn’t remember Timothy coming down with a sore throat, but just before the ski trip she had noticed that the skin around his anus looked a little red. U wot m8 This is a ten year old. My parents were not inspecting that particular feature of my anatomy at that age. What's going on here

wyldfire 5y ago
"mom, my bum itches." So mom decides to look for the source. Seems appropriate/natural.
- Mordisquitos 5y ago
  In that case it would be appreciated if the article said it like this: >...just before the ski trip she had noticed that the skin around his anus looked a little red when he asked her to check it out because it was itchy. Otherwise, it seems to imply that mum would see her healthy son's anus as a matter of course. Noticing the skin around his eyes is red? Expected! Noticing the skin around his nipples is red? Perfectly normal, I can imagine many situations where she could see them. Even noticing the skin in his crotch area is red? Maybe a bit odd, but perfectly believable if they're particularly liberal about nudity in the home... but the anus?‽
teej 5y ago
This is the weirdest part of the article by far. And absolutely no explanation.
- tedk-42 5y ago
  Yep, just the usual 'mum look at my itchy anus skin' playbook. Strange that antibiotics were the fix. To be honest a lot of doctors that I visited when having a cold or flu would prescribe antibiotics as a norm and it's funny to think how such a simple thing could have cured the kid and saved the parents a lot of grief.
intro-b 5y ago
that's like the least weird part of this article kid running around the house looking for a towel after showering? asking parents about a weird rash/redness in that area to check out? quickly changing in the family/living room before something?
- epmaybe 5y ago
  But the description of rash around Anus was kind of odd, unless the child specifically asked their parents to look. Buttcheeks obscure that area so the other scenarios don’t make sense.
Cthulhu_ 5y ago
There's quite a few Remarks I have about this article. One, obvious privileged family; family ski trips, hiring someone to look after their son, and of course being able to pursue loads of health care in the US. Then there's this line: > They would rent a car with no back doors, sedate him with Benadryl, and drive him overnight to the child psychiatric unit at UCLA. I mean what? I get that you want to get your kid to a university psychiatric clinic, but surely there's ways to do that that don't look like a covert midnight kidnapping? And the similar kidnapping / removal from the hospital, which is their right of course, but the article saying they needed a "plan" to get him home is worrying language. Then a chiropractor - already a debatable medical field that doesn't require medical training that seems to attract middle class folk - confirming a very rare neuroinflammatory disease. Also pretty sure a 14 year old wouldn't say things like "I’m seeking absolution" I'm pretty sure a strep infection would show up in bloodwork. I dunno, seems like it would be one of the standard things to look for?
- epmaybe 5y ago
  We don’t routinely test for strep, neither do we routinely order blood cultures. Without seeing the entire picture, it’s hard to otherwise comment on the care this patient received.
epmaybe 5y ago
I was waiting for this comment. Is it normal for Americans to bathe kids at that age?

wyldfire 5y ago

"mom, my bum itches." So mom decides to look for the source. Seems appropriate/natural.

Mordisquitos 5y ago
In that case it would be appreciated if the article said it like this: >...just before the ski trip she had noticed that the skin around his anus looked a little red when he asked her to check it out because it was itchy. Otherwise, it seems to imply that mum would see her healthy son's anus as a matter of course. Noticing the skin around his eyes is red? Expected! Noticing the skin around his nipples is red? Perfectly normal, I can imagine many situations where she could see them. Even noticing the skin in his crotch area is red? Maybe a bit odd, but perfectly believable if they're particularly liberal about nudity in the home... but the anus?‽

teej 5y ago

This is the weirdest part of the article by far. And absolutely no explanation.

tedk-42 5y ago
Yep, just the usual 'mum look at my itchy anus skin' playbook. Strange that antibiotics were the fix. To be honest a lot of doctors that I visited when having a cold or flu would prescribe antibiotics as a norm and it's funny to think how such a simple thing could have cured the kid and saved the parents a lot of grief.

intro-b 5y ago

that's like the least weird part of this article kid running around the house looking for a towel after showering? asking parents about a weird rash/redness in that area to check out? quickly changing in the family/living room before something?

epmaybe 5y ago
But the description of rash around Anus was kind of odd, unless the child specifically asked their parents to look. Buttcheeks obscure that area so the other scenarios don’t make sense.

Cthulhu_ 5y ago

There's quite a few Remarks I have about this article. One, obvious privileged family; family ski trips, hiring someone to look after their son, and of course being able to pursue loads of health care in the US. Then there's this line: > They would rent a car with no back doors, sedate him with Benadryl, and drive him overnight to the child psychiatric unit at UCLA. I mean what? I get that you want to get your kid to a university psychiatric clinic, but surely there's ways to do that that don't look like a covert midnight kidnapping? And the similar kidnapping / removal from the hospital, which is their right of course, but the article saying they needed a "plan" to get him home is worrying language. Then a chiropractor - already a debatable medical field that doesn't require medical training that seems to attract middle class folk - confirming a very rare neuroinflammatory disease. Also pretty sure a 14 year old wouldn't say things like "I’m seeking absolution" I'm pretty sure a strep infection would show up in bloodwork. I dunno, seems like it would be one of the standard things to look for?

epmaybe 5y ago
We don’t routinely test for strep, neither do we routinely order blood cultures. Without seeing the entire picture, it’s hard to otherwise comment on the care this patient received.

epmaybe 5y ago

I was waiting for this comment. Is it normal for Americans to bathe kids at that age?