Current:Home > FinanceMandy Moore reveals her 2-year-old son has a rare skin condition: 'Kids are resilient'-InfoLens
Mandy Moore reveals her 2-year-old son has a rare skin condition: 'Kids are resilient'
View Date:2024-12-23 11:38:33
Mandy Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith have raised a 2-year-old "rockstar."
Moore revealed in her Instagram Story on Friday that her son August has been dealing with a "crazy rash" for a week due to Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, a rare skin disease that afflicts children.
"We tried to deduce what it could be and did anything to help him find relief from the itch. We went to urgent care. Pediatrician. Dermatologist. Pediatric dermatologist," Moore wrote in an Instagram story. "All the while, he smiles and laughs and carries on with his day like the rockstar he is."
She added in a second post, "Turns out it's a viral childhood rash that just spontaneously appears called Gianotti-Crosti syndrome. It sometimes accompanies a cold but not in Gus's case. It's all over his legs and feet (ouch) and the backs of his arms but nowhere else."
Moore's update was shared alongside a photo of August's splotchy red legs. His only relief for itchiness is steroid cream and Benadryl at night, she wrote. The family was also told that the symptoms would last between six and eight weeks.
Thankfully, the toddler has maintained a positive attitude amid the discomfort.
"Kids are resilient and as long as he's smiling through it, we are a-okay," Moore wrote in a third post.
What is Gianotti-Crosti syndrome?
GCS is "a rare childhood skin condition characterized by a papular rash with blisters on the skin of the legs, buttocks, and arms," according to the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The lesions last at least 10 days and as long as several weeks.
GCS usually affects children ages nine months to 9 years and eventually goes away on its own, the National Organization for Rare Disorders reports.
"We always loved the name":Mandy Moore reveals the sentimental meaning behind son's name
"The cause of Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome is thought to be a reaction to a previous viral infection," NORD's overview of the disease reads. "In many countries the predisposing cause is usually the Hepatitis-B virus. In North America other viruses are more often the predisposing cause."
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Outgoing North Carolina governor grants 2 pardons, 6 commutations
- Stock market today: Asian shares mostly lower as Bank of Japan meets, China property shares fall
- Man killed, woman injured by shark or crocodile at Pacific coast resort in Mexico, officials say
- Jeff Roe, main strategist for DeSantis super PAC, resigns
- Ex-Duke star Kyle Singler draws concern from basketball world over cryptic Instagram post
- Near-final results confirm populist victory in Serbia while the opposition claims fraud
- Charles M. Blow on reversing the Great Migration
- If a picture is worth a thousand words, these are worth a few extra: 2023's best photos
- Shawn Mendes quest for self-discovery is a quiet triumph: Best songs on 'Shawn' album
- Why are there so many college football bowl games? How the postseason's grown since 1902
Ranking
- Why Officials Believe a Missing Kayaker Faked His Own Death and Ran Off to Europe
- Talks on border security grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants
- Are the Sinaloa Cartel's 'Chapitos' really getting out of the fentanyl business?
- Whitney Cummings Gives Birth to Her First Baby
- My Chemical Romance will perform 'The Black Parade' in full during 2025 tour: See dates
- EU hits Russia’s diamond industry with new round of sanctions over Ukraine war
- Mayim Bialik says she is out as host of Jeopardy!
- El-Sissi wins Egypt’s presidential election with 89.6% of the vote and secures third term in office
Recommendation
-
How Ben Affleck Really Feels About His and Jennifer Lopez’s Movie Gigli Today
-
Russian opposition leader Navalny fails to appear in court as allies search for him in prison system
-
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny Break Up After Less Than a Year of Dating
-
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence placed in concussion protocol after loss to Ravens
-
CFP bracket prediction: SEC adds a fifth team to field while a Big Ten unbeaten falls out
-
How Taylor Swift Played a Role in Katie Couric Learning She’s Going to Be a Grandma
-
December 2023 in photos: USA TODAY's most memorable images
-
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, to lie in repose