What is the reason for the red spots around the baby's belly button?

Clinically, there are many causes of red spots around the baby's belly button, most of which occur in babies between 5 months and 3 years old. As parents, we are very worried because many small red spots can cause itching or pain, which directly affects the baby's health. Now let's analyze in detail what are the causes of red spots on the baby's belly button.

1) Rash with fever

Measles is a rash with a fever. It is a serious illness for children. There are several other similar rash diseases.

The rash of measles is very complex in shape. It is red at first, sometimes purple, and gradually turns brown. This kind of rash can also appear in roseola infantum and rubella. We will talk about how to distinguish these diseases later. Scarlet fever is also a rash-causing disease and, like measles, can be a terrible disease for infants.

The rash of measles is complex in shape, while the rash of scarlet fever is simple and small. A considerable amount of healthy skin can be seen between the measles rashes, but the scarlet fever rashes are so concentrated that at first glance, no healthy skin can be seen, making it feel as if the rashes were painted with red ink.

(ii) Measles

It has been present for 2-3 days before the rash appears38. The fever is around C. When you just feel the fever is subsiding, a rash appears and the fever rises again. This is measles.

Children with measles will develop symptoms such as runny nose and cough from the time of the first fever, which is a severe catarrhal condition (inflammation of the surface of the mucous membrane). If the time of infection is not known, it is difficult to diagnose before the rash appears (the incubation period is about 11 days).

If small white spots (Fecko's spots) appear on the cheek mucosa 2 or 3 days after the onset of spontaneous fever, this is an important basis for the doctor's diagnosis.

The measles rash starts from the neck below the ear and spreads to the whole body. When the rash appears, there are often bloodshot eyes and runny nose, which makes people feel that the child's face is not clean.

3) German Measles

German measles does not have the fever that precedes measles, but other symptoms are similar to those of mild measles. Swollen lymph nodes all over the body are a characteristic of German measles.

4) Roseola infantum

Roseola infantum is a disease that can easily be mistaken for measles. However, roseola infantum does not have the catarrhal symptoms of measles. After the rash appears, the fever subsides, and it only occurs in children under 1 and a half years old. Based on these points, it is easy to distinguish it from measles.

In fact, if there are red spots on the baby's belly button and the baby can talk, as parents, we should first ask whether there are problems such as pain or itching. At the same time, pay attention to the changes in the red spots. If they are in patches, it is generally possible to have a direct relationship with allergies. If they are in blood vessels, it is generally possible to be caused by hemangioma. In short, no matter what kind of red spots, parents are advised to seek medical attention in time.