Symptoms and treatment of acute rash in infants and young children

When a baby has a rash, the mother is most worried. It’s really worrying to see small, pink spot-like rashes appearing on the baby’s skin, as well as symptoms of high fever. So how to care for acute rash in infants and young children? What are the effects of acute rash in young children? How to accurately diagnose acute rash in young children? How to care for acute rash in infants and young children? An emergency rash may be something that every baby will encounter, but for mothers, seeing their baby in such discomfort will inevitably cause them to feel worried and sad. So how to care for infants and young children with acute rash? 1. Pay attention to reducing the baby\’s fever in time: you can give the baby a warm bath or wipe the body. However, alcohol baths can easily irritate your baby\’s skin, so it is recommended that warm water baths be better. 2. Let the baby do less outdoor sports: You can try to let the baby rest in bed. The environment at home should be as quiet and dry as possible. Pay attention to maintaining the circulation and freshness of the air. When covering the baby with a quilt, do not cover the baby too thickly or too much to avoid Internal heat is difficult to eliminate. 3. Keep the skin clean: You can wipe the baby\’s body frequently and wipe off the sweat stains on the baby\’s body in time to prevent the baby from catching cold and prevent the baby with rash from getting infected. We should also try to prevent the baby from scratching his own skin, causing the skin to be scratched and causing infection, and mothers should not apply medicine to the baby indiscriminately. Causes of rash in young children. For the sudden high fever in their baby, mothers will think that the baby has a cold or a fever. They only know that their baby has a rash after sending them to the hospital for examination. What causes acute rash in young children? Human herpes virus type 6 infection The original agent of acute rash in young children is human herpes virus type 6 infection. The reason why babies can obtain lifelong immunity after suffering from acute rash is because the human body will develop corresponding immunity after being infected with the virus. In fact, the source of transmission of this virus is not only sick babies, but also immune carriers among parents and relatives. The virus can be spread through droplets. Acute rash in young children often occurs in babies between 6 and 18 months old. After the age of 3, there are very few sick babies, and it is more common in spring and autumn. Precautions for newborn care [Attached is a video tutorial on newborn care] There is no gender difference in this disease. The baby\’s low disease resistance is also one of the reasons for acute rash. Symptoms of rash in young children The incidence of rash in children has been increasing rapidly in recent years, and mothers are also worried about it. What should you do if your child suffers from acute rash but you don’t know it and ignore important treatment time? So what symptoms do children experience when they suffer from acute rash? Let\’s take a look. First of all, acute rash in young children will be divided into two stages. The first stage is during the incubation period of about 5-15 days: 1. The baby\’s body temperature suddenly reaches 40°C, and the high fever will last for 3-4 days. 2. The fever will subside after the baby takes antipyretic drugs, but the child will start to have fever again after the effect of the antipyretic drugs wears off. 3. When having a high fever, most patients will have symptoms of diarrhea, but few patients will have symptoms such as runny nose and cough. 4. Some babies may also have earache and swollen lymph nodes in the neck.etc. 5. A routine blood test in the hospital will show that the baby\’s white blood cells will decrease, while lymphocytes will increase. The second stage will be entered 4 days after the onset of illness: 1. The body temperature gradually returns to normal. 2. The baby will have small, pink spot-like rashes. 3. Most patients rarely experience complications. Diagnosis of acute rash in young children. If the baby has fever or high fever, mothers can take the child to the hospital for treatment. However, in the case of rash, because acute rash, rubella, and measles in young children are all very similar, it may be difficult for parents to treat them in a short time. Determine which disease your baby is suffering from. So how to diagnose acute rash in young children? In fact, in terms of morphology, children\’s acute rash, rubella, and measles are very similar, but the biggest difference is that children who have acute rash will develop a rash after high fever, while the other two types of rash will appear after the baby has a high fever. I already had a rash when I had a high fever. Measles: Most patients will have a clear history of exposure to measles. When suffering from measles, the patient\’s eyes, pharynx, and larynx will experience severe inflammation, and the fever will last for a long time in the initial stage. Rubella: The symptoms are very similar to those of acute eruptions in young children. However, for rubella patients, the fever is generally not high, and special maculopapular rashes appear earlier and are widely distributed, but often gather in one place. Relatively easy to identify. Dangers of rash in young children. A rash in a baby can be minor or serious. Mothers are always worried about what impact a rash will have on the baby. 1. If you have a viral infection, as long as the baby\’s viral infection is cured. The acute rash will improve, and you will no longer feel persistent itching or pus. For babies, the recovery speed from acute rash will be very fast, and they can return to normal quickly after the rash disappears, without having a big impact. 2. Usually the high fever of babies with acute rash will disappear automatically in about 3 days, and the rash will subside in about 6 days. After the baby recovers from the disease, he will be immune to the rash for life, and the baby\’s own immunity will also be enhanced.