Family's warning as baby breaks out in rash before developing 'worst case' of condition

A toddler who was diagnosed with chicken pox ended up with the 'worst case' of a chronic skin condition after being rushed to hospital. Little Mabel Gilmore developed a red rash all over her body and had to visit Alder Hey Children's Hospital three times a week while her condition was at its worst.

Mabel suffered her first flare up just days before her first birthday, when she was diagnosed with chicken pox. But the rash got worse while Mabel began to suffer a high temperature, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Following a series of tests, Mabel was found to be suffering from a chronic condition which affects around one in 50 people, according to the NHS. Mum Jacqueline Smith, 39, said: "She caught Covid and this is when it all started.

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"She was really unwell with that, then a couple of days before her birthday she had broken out with what looked like chicken pox. She was actually diagnosed with chicken pox but it's since turned out it wasn't that."

Once at Alder Hey, Mabel had to undergo a variety of different tests to determine what the cause of the rash was, followed by a skin biopsy in October last year. The results confirmed Mabel had psoriasis - a chronic skin condition that causes flaky patches of skin which form scales.

According to the NHS, the severity of the condition varies greatly from person to person. In Mabel's case, Jacqueline said it was the worst psoriasis her consultant had ever seen.

She said: "It's so unpredictable, she can flare [up] any time. It can come up so fast as well. At the worst point we were in Alder Hey three times a week for her to be bandaged.

"They put steroid cream on and