Red cheeks hot face

[Annamaria]

hi everyon

i was wondering if anyone recognise these symptoms or if anyone heard of this before
my 6 month old son has eczema which i know how to treat but he also has something else which nobody seems to recognise
so my lo's cheeks go increadible red almost purple at least once a day, sometimes it's both cheeks and sometimes it's just one,
i can see when the redness starts as it starts by his ears and it works its way in through his whole cheek, it makes him incradibly hot (no temperature tho) and he starts itching his scalp as i assume that gets hot too, the redness last hrs then once it's gone down , there is no mark or rash or spots left, his cheeks go back to normal sometimes they are a bit dry
everyone is amazed when they look at him and see how red his cheeks are and some says that he is teething which i didn't think was the cause but i really couldn't point out when it starts as it was completely random and can go at any time so i started to belive that it was teething
then last week we went abroad for a week and his cheeks would not go red for a whole week. his eczema was the same tho
then when we got back the next day it happened straight in the morning and today it lasted the whole day and he seemed to be in great discomfort.
i tried to think if i did anything differently than what i do at home but i really don't know what's causing it
anyone has any idea?

we saw a dermatologist before who didn't really take much notice of it and she said it's probably teething as his fingers were in his mouth but a 6 month baby has always has his fingers in his mouth
back then i didn't really mention allergy test but maybe i should request it...

anyway, anyone recognise or has ever heard of this before???

[talkhealth]

Hello Annamarie - welcome to our forums.

Sorry to hear about our son and his red/purple cheeks. We have also not heard of this other than associated with teething. I wonder if you should go back to your GP/dermatologist and raise the issue again? Does the colouration happen after he's eaten? Just wondering if it's a food allergy? If you are worried definitely go back to ask more questions.

And maybe someone else on these forums may be able to help.

Keep us informed of how you get on.