Question: Our 4-year-old son awoke this morning with his right eye swollen about 3/4 shut. The swelling extends up to his hairline. He does have a small mosquito bite on his right temple that he got 2 nights ago, but it is the size of a small pustule, now. He did mention that his head hurt last night, but only once and never asked for ibuprofen. Two mornings ago, he awoke with the ear on that side of his head swollen to nearly twice it's normal size, red and warm to the touch. Today is the first day it is back to normal size. He is an active, otherwise healthy, boy. He is a little small for his age, but on the growth charts. No allergies that we are aware of. (My husband, however is a longtime allergy sufferers during August and fall months.). He also has complained, recently, that his stomach hurts at mealtimes. We thought that it was possibly because he had hand foot and mouth four weeks ago and was vomiting and afraid to eat. Any ideas on what it could be? We hate to clog up the ER for everything when many urgent matters are more important, but won't hesitate to take our children if it is warranted.

We are in the US and Atarax is not a drug I'm familiar with. Is there an equivalent that would work better? Benadryl? Zyrtec?

I apologize. I talked to my sister (who has her Bachelor's of Nursing and works in our local ER. She said Atarax is available, but by prescription. we went with the Benadryl and it seemed to work very well, but glad to know Zyrtec is another option. Thank you very much!!!