Can I take a bath if I have roseola infantum?

Roseola infantum is a common disease. Babies suffering from roseola infantum usually have fever symptoms. After the fever subsides, rashes will appear on the body. However, babies should not take a bath when they have a rash. Babies usually have a low fever when they have a rash. If they take a bath, it will easily cause the baby to catch a cold and the fever will worsen. If you must take a bath, the water temperature should not be too high.

Can children with roseola take a bath?

It is not recommended to bathe children with roseola infantum during the rash period. Children usually have a low fever when they have a rash. If you are not careful when bathing, they may easily catch a cold and the condition may be aggravated. There is no problem with bathing at other times, but be careful not to use too hot water for bathing. The baby's skin is delicate. Too hot water is not good for the baby's skin and will aggravate the symptoms of fever. Properly bathing a baby with fever with warm water can also effectively reduce the fever.

In addition, it is recommended to control the bathing time to about 15 minutes. After bathing the child, dry him/her quickly and pay special attention to avoiding wind, otherwise it is easy to attract new evils and cause recurrence of the disease.

Other precautions for infantile rash

1. Let the child rest. The ward should be quiet, the air should be fresh, and the quilt should not be too thick or too many.

2. Keep the skin clean and hygienic, and wipe off the sweat on the child's body frequently to prevent him from catching a cold.

3. Let your child drink more boiled water or fruit juice to facilitate sweating and urination, and promote the excretion of toxins.

4. Eat liquid or semi-liquid diet.

5. When the body temperature exceeds 39°C, you can wipe the child's body with warm water or 50% alcohol to prevent convulsions caused by high fever.

6. In order to prevent complications, especially for children with allergies, it is best not to eat fish, shrimp, eggs and other allergenic foods, so as not to aggravate the itching of the rash and be detrimental to the child's rash care.

7. If the child is very restless and noisy during the rash, you can give him some chlorpheniramine.

8. If your child has diarrhea, it is recommended to control his diet and give him oral probiotics.

9. Roseola infantum is not measles, so there is no need to avoid wind, but the child should also be kept away from the wind because the child has not fully recovered when the rash appears and may easily catch a cold again.

10. Once the child's fever rash subsides, all treatments should be stopped immediately and no medications should be taken. This is because roseola infantum can heal on its own. There is no need to use any topical medications for the child's rash. The child should wait and see how the rash changes and disappears.