What are the symptoms of a rash in a baby, and what are the symptoms of a rash in a child

Go to the hospital for a blood test, if the lymphocytes are high, it is a viral infection, and it should be a rash. That is, infantile exanthema. Infantile eruption is also called roseola.

It is caused by viral infection and can occur all year round, especially in spring and autumn. It is common in babies between six months and one year of age. The incubation period of infantile eruption is about 7 to 15 days, and although it is a contagious disease, it is safe and not as widespread as measles and chickenpox.

Symptoms: The baby first has a high fever that lasts for three to four days, and a rash appears quickly all over the body after the fever subsides, and the rash subsides quickly, with no scaling and no pigmentation. These babies also have fever before the rash, the fever can be high, but the cold symptoms are not obvious, the spirit, appetite, etc. are okay, the throat may be a little red, the neck, occipital lymph nodes can be palpated, but there is no tenderness, and there are no other symptoms and signs.

When the body temperature is about to pass or has receded, the whole body appears rose-red rash suddenly realized, in fact, at this time, the rash of young children is nearing the end. Infantile eruptions have little effect on the baby's health and are immune for life.

Sudden fever, the body temperature rises quickly, around 39 degrees, or even higher; No coughing, no sneezing, and nasal congestion is not noticeable. The baby's appetite is not very good, and his spirit is not very good.

Distinguish between different types of rashes in young children.

Many diseases can cause rashes in children, including measles, rubella, infantile rash, scarlet fever and chickenpox. For the rashes caused by these diseases, Chinese medicine commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine should be distinguished from the following aspects:

Systemic symptoms. Measles fever is high, cough and runny nose symptoms are more obvious, and there are more measles mucosal spots on the buccal mucosa before the rash; Rubella generally does not have a high fever, rarely cough, and swollen lymph nodes behind the ears and in the occipital region; Fever is higher in young children, and it will subside after 2-3 days; Scarlet fever begins with chills and fever, the throat is red, swollen and ulcerated, and a "bayberry" tongue appears; Chickenpox generally has mild symptoms and a low fever.

Time of onset of rash. The measles rash appears gradually, usually in about 3 days; Rubella rash appears quickly, usually within 24 hours; It does not appear until the fever of the infant has subsided, and it usually appears within 24 hours; The rash of scarlet fever appears quickly and spreads throughout the body within 24 hours; Chickenpox rashes appear in batches and last longer.

The rash is dark red with measles, pale red with rubella, rose with infantile eruption, bright red with scarlet fever, pale red at the beginning of chickenpox, and red around the base after forming a herpes rash.

Rash shape. The measles rash is slightly raised, with different shapes and sizes, first thin and then dense, and no itching; The rubella rash is small, sparse and uniform, and itchy; The rash in young children is more dense than rubella, and there is no itching. Scarlet fever rashes vary in size, from fine crumbs to flaky and dense without gaps; Chickenpox begins as a red rash the size of a grain of rice, followed by herpes, which are as large as peas, round or oval-shaped, and itchy.

Distribution of rashes.

Measles first on the back of the ears and neck, then on the forehead, then on the trunk and limbs, and on the hands and feet. Rubella consists of the face and trunk, and there is no rash on the hands and feet; The rash in young children consists of the neck, face, trunk, limbs, hands and feet, and there is no rash; Scarlet fever affects the neck, face, trunk, and limbs, and the whole body is difficult to distinguish health**, but there are pale circles around the lips; Chickenpox is distributed centripetally from the head, face, trunk, and limbs.

Hand, foot and mouth rash.

Herpes from hand, foot and mouth disease can also be easily confused with other small rashes. Generally, the herpes of hand, foot and mouth disease is only the size of a grain of rice at first, about 1 to 2 mm, bright red, usually appears in special parts such as palms, feet, oral mucosa and perianal area, if it takes a long time to become a vesicular rash, the rash will be transparent, there is water in it, but the rash will not become larger.