What causes red spots on children's bodies?

Skin diseases are very common diseases. There are many types of such diseases. If you have a skin disease, you must receive timely treatment, which will greatly help alleviate the condition. The common method of treating skin diseases is medication. Medication is very effective in alleviating the disease and does not cause any harm to the patient's body. So what are the red spots on children's bodies? This is something that many parents are not clear about. Let's introduce it in detail below.

What causes red spots on children's bodies?

Infectious rash

If the baby is infected by a virus or bacteria, he or she will often have a fever and develop a rash. Common rashes include roseola and red scab.

Food and drug allergies

If your baby is allergic to food or medicine, he or she may also develop a rash.

If parents find a rash on their body, they should see a doctor first to determine the cause and prescribe the right medicine, because using the wrong medicine will cause the symptoms to worsen and will be detrimental to treatment. Dr. Na Mingzhu further stated that babies aged 0-1 years old may occasionally develop rashes, and these rashes may represent different skin diseases. Parents must not be smart and apply medicine on their own to treat the diseases. Common skin symptoms in babies are as follows.

Heat rash

Babies are more prone to prickly heat. The main reasons are that their sweat glands are still immature and their metabolism is fast. If they wear stuffy clothes and sweat a lot at this time, the sweat glands will easily be blocked, leading to prickly heat, which is also a type of heat rash. Prickly heat is a needle-sized red rash that feels itchy and often appears on the baby's forehead, neck, back and other areas prone to sweating.

treat

In a hot and stuffy environment, avoid dressing your baby too many clothes, and remember to change your baby's clothes frequently even if he sweats. If the symptoms are mild, keep the baby's body dry, so that the rash on the baby's body will naturally subside, or you can use a small amount of prickly heat powder or prickly heat water; if the symptoms are severe, use prickly heat water to relieve the symptoms.

Allergic dermatitis

The most common congenital allergic dermatitis is atopic dermatitis. Symptoms of this dermatitis occur on the cheeks, neck, elbows, wrists, and flexed knees. Babies will feel itchy, and this disease may persist into childhood. If parents have allergies, such as respiratory tract allergies, skin allergies, and asthma, the probability of their babies having allergies will also be higher. When a baby develops a rash, often cries for no reason, has anorexia, and is in a bad mood, parents may suspect that the baby has an allergy and should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

treat

Avoid allergens: It is best for such babies to avoid allergens. In terms of diet, consider switching to low-allergenic milk powder (completely hydrolyzed protein formula) and delay the addition of complementary foods (after six months). In terms of food ingredients, seafood, wheat flour, and milk should also be delayed as much as possible. In terms of daily life, limit the number of baths to once a day, and try to keep the baby's body dry. After bathing, apply a thin layer of lotion to the baby. In terms of the environment, avoid possible allergens in the environment, such as dust mites. You may try dust mite-proof bedding, air purifiers, and dehumidifiers to improve the quality of the environment.

After understanding what causes red spots on children's bodies, parents should take their children for a physical examination immediately when their children experience this condition. This way, they will have some understanding of the child's specific condition. To improve the red spots on children's bodies, it is necessary to follow the doctor's recommended methods to avoid causing other damage to the child's body.