All children at some time get a rash, dots or some kind of change in the skin. For example, there may be eczema, birthmarks or rashes due to infections. This image guide provides examples of common manifestations or ones that it may be important to keep track of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rashes are common and usually, they go away by themselves without you having to seek care.\u00a0The skin is a large organ\u00a0that can react to a lot.\u00a0Rashes can occur for many different reasons.\u00a0For example, they may be due to illness or be present from birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here you get a presentation of common rashes and rashes<\/strong> that are good to know.\u00a0In some diseases, a rash is a symptom of many, and so it is good to read more to understand your child’s inconvenience.\u00a0There are links to most of the examples.\u00a0Click on it and read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rashes for the same cause can look different on different children. They may also look different at different times for the same child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are often easier to spot on lighter skin than on darker ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What determines whether you should seek care is how the child feels otherwise. If the child, besides the rashes, also has a fever or is feeling bad in other ways, for example, is not as good as usual, you may need to seek care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Especially during the child’s first year of life, rashes<\/span> and skin changes are common.\u00a0It is usually harmless.\u00a0But if you are worried or have questions, you can contact bvc for help to find out what kind of rash the child has.\u00a0If you suspect that the child has an infectious disease, you should not visit bvc, but instead, contact a health care center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shingles\u00a0usually begin with burning pain in an area of \u200b\u200bthe skin.\u00a0After a few days, it becomes pink or a little red in the area where the child is in pain, and then blisters are formed which usually itch.\u00a0The pink or red hue is more evident in lighter skin than in darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The blisters usually take the form of a belt or belt on one side of the body. Sometimes the blisters settle on and around the eye. The eye can then become red, sensitive to light and feel irritated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can get shingles if you have had\u00a0chickenpox\u00a0before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the baby gets shingles on the face, seek care directly at an emergency room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If shingles are on other parts of the body, you do not need to seek care. However, if the blisters do not disappear within two weeks, if they become infected or if the child is very sore, you can seek care at a health care center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A fire sign already exists at birth and appears as a red spot in the skin and the size may vary. A fire tag is a collection of blood vessels in the skin and can sit anywhere on the body. Sometimes the brand may feel if you force it over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not known why a fire sign occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is often easier to look at lighter skin than darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fire sign does not infect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eczema\u00a0can look many different ways.\u00a0It is common for the skin to be very dry, knotty and red dots.\u00a0There may also be areas that are red or pink.\u00a0The red is better seen on lighter skin than on darker.\u00a0The red may not be visible on dark skin at all.\u00a0It is common for eczema itching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eczema can be found anywhere on the body.\u00a0In children up to one year, it is common with eczema on the cheeks, but some get eczema all over the body.\u00a0In children older than one year, it is much more common with eczema in the arm folds, kneecaps and on the hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eczema is not contagious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eczema is also called\u00a0flexural eczema and atopic eczema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the fifth illness, it usually starts with the child getting a rash on the cheeks.\u00a0After a few days, the rash can spread to other parts of the body, especially to the outside of the arms and legs.\u00a0The rash can form a flickering pattern.\u00a0Sometimes the rashes itch and they can also feel warm.\u00a0They usually disappear after about a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Birthmarks are brown spots on the skin.\u00a0They are sometimes referred to as liver spots or pigment spots.\u00a0They can be raised or level with the skin.\u00a0All people receive single or multiple birthmarks from a couple of years of age and thereafter throughout their upbringing.\u00a0Some have birthmarks when they are born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should seek care at a health care center if a birthmark changes shape, becomes a wound, or begins to bleed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hemangioma, also known as the stonemason, is a collection of blood vessels in or under the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are usually bright red but if they sit under the skin they can turn bluish. They can be smooth or raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They often become visible a few weeks after the baby is born and can then continue to increase in size during the first year.\u00a0A hemangioma can sit anywhere on the body.\u00a0They are harmless and disappear after a few years.\u00a0They don’t infect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should contact the child care center if the child is older than six weeks when hemangioma occurs, or if the child has six hemangiomas or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of autumn blisters, the baby usually has blisters that can sit in the mouth, lips, cheeks inside, tongue and palate.\u00a0There may be small wounds if the blisters break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes the child also gets blisters on the palms, soles of the feet, around the tailor around the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes the blisters may itch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Autumn blisters are a viral infection. Autumn blisters are also called hand-foot-mouth disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mollusks are harmless bumps on the skin.\u00a0They usually have the same color as their own skin or are a little pink.\u00a0They are two to five millimeters in size and have a small pit in the middle.\u00a0For the most part, they give no trouble.\u00a0Children usually get mollusks on the stomach, arms, face or neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can form anything from a single mollusk to a great many.\u00a0It usually takes a few months for a mollusk to disappear, but often the child gets new mollusks afterward.\u00a0Some children have their mollusks longer than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children who have mollusks can go to preschool, family daycare or school as usual and participate in activities such as gymnastics and swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Mongolian spot is a blue-colored skin area.\u00a0It is a kind of birthmark with which the child is born.\u00a0A Mongolian spot is smooth and you feel nothing when you iron it over.\u00a0It is quite common in children with dark skin but also occurs in children with light skin.\u00a0Mongol patches usually sit in the lower back and on the buttocks and fade the older the child becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do not need to seek care if your child has moles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\u00a0measles, the rash usually begins in the forehead and behind the ears, and then spreads to the rest of the body.\u00a0The rashes are first light red and then darken and flow together.\u00a0Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that causes the child to have a fever and rash.\u00a0Often the child is hungry, tired and unable to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Measles is very uncommon as most\u00a0children are vaccinated.\u00a0Measles is much more common abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rashes\u00a0are raised and pale red or have the same color as the skin and are often paler in the middle.\u00a0They can vary in size and shape, from small single centimeters to large contiguous areas.\u00a0They can quickly change both shape and location.\u00a0Nausea rash usually itches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Usually, the trouble goes by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children can get hives when they are cold or have any other infection. But hives are also common in children who feel perfectly well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the hives rash spreads quickly while the child also has difficulty breathing or vomiting, for example, it may be a sign of a serious allergic reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At pityriasis rosea, medallion disease, the baby often gets a single rash somewhere on the abdomen, chest, upper arms or thighs.\u00a0The rash is oval and a few centimeters long.\u00a0After one to two weeks, the child often has many less similar rashes in the same place.\u00a0The rash is pink and scales.\u00a0The scaling feels when you iron over the rash.\u00a0On darker skin, the rash sometimes becomes tanner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rash can itch, and then a weak cortisone cream from the pharmacy can help against the itching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rash remains for several weeks but then they disappear by themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of\u00a0ringworm, the child receives round or oval rashes.\u00a0The rash can itch but sometimes the child has no problems.\u00a0On lighter skin, the rash is usually red, on darker skin, it may look brownish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rashes<\/em> are often small knots and scales.\u00a0The scaling feels when you iron over the rash.\u00a0The size can vary from a few millimeters to several centimeters.\u00a0When the rash is larger, they can begin to heal in the middle and then get their typical ring shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you suspect that your child has ringworm, contact a health care center, as ringworm is infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of scarlet fever, the child has a fever and red rashes in the skin.\u00a0The rash starts in the armpits and groins and then spreads to the stomach and back.\u00a0They can spread to the arms and legs and eventually cover most of the body.\u00a0The rash is often easier to see on lighter skin than on darker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rashes are scarce.\u00a0They are knotty and when you stroke your hand over the skin they are reminiscent of fine sandpaper.\u00a0In the beginning, the child has a coating on his tongue.\u00a0After someday, the tongue instead becomes shiny red with swollen small raises.\u00a0It is usually called the strawberry tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you suspect that your child has scarlet fever, you should seek treatment at a health care center, as the child needs to be treated with antibiotics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So-called stork bites are red, flat marks that consist of a collection of small, superficial blood vessels.\u00a0They do not feel.\u00a0Stork bite exists when the baby is born.\u00a0They sit in the forehead, on the eyelids and\/or in the neck.\u00a0If they sit in the forehead, they disappear during the child’s first year of life.\u00a0They can remain in the neck for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do not need to seek care if your child has a stork bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In pig cups, the first sign is often a dot, a crust or a wound from which it comes from a fluid.\u00a0The rash often becomes larger or spreads to the skin around and sometimes to other places on the body.\u00a0It is most common to get pig poop on the face, for example around the mouth, nose wings or behind an ear.\u00a0But it can also start somewhere else on the body, such as the fingers, arms or upper body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swine fever infects easily and children who go to preschool or family daycare should be at home until the wounds look completely dry, and thus are healed.\u00a0Children who attend school should not participate in activities such as gymnastics, swimming or cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should seek care at a health care center if you suspect that your child has swine and at the same time have a fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pig cups are also called impetigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about\u00a0pig cups and what you can do yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children can get\u00a0toxic rashes, also called hormone dots or hormone splitting.\u00a0They are most common in newborns.\u00a0The skin is reddish and the red can come and go during the day.\u00a0It can be seen for periods and move.\u00a0The child also gets small red dots, which are a little yellow at the top.\u00a0They look like little pimples.\u00a0When you stroke your hand it feels messy.\u00a0The red does not appear as clearly on darker skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rash usually occurs when the child is one to four days old.\u00a0The rash is mainly found on the stomach and chest.\u00a0Sometimes the child also gets a rash on his arms, thighs, and face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the name, they have nothing to do with toxic or hormones. The rash is harmless and disappears by itself within a few days to weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Latin, the rash is called erythema toxicum neonatorum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Virus dots and virus rashes are different names for rashes that occur from viral infections in the body.\u00a0Viral dots can look in many different ways but are often symmetrically scattered throughout the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An example of virus dots is eliminated by three-day fever.\u00a0In the case of three-day fever, children can have a rash on the stomach, which then spreads on the body.\u00a0The rash is not felt.\u00a0They often come after the child has had a high fever for a few days.\u00a0The fever usually disappears at about the same time as the rash arrives.\u00a0The rashes are bright red and may be more difficult to see on darker skin than on lighter ones.\u00a0The rash does not itch and disappears in a few days, sometimes faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the case of chickenpox, the baby usually gets red rashes on the upper body, which then spreads to the face, arms and legs.\u00a0After a day, the rash develops into fluid-filled bladders that often itch.\u00a0The blisters are often found in the scalp and abdomen as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The blisters burst gradually, leaving small crusts that eventually fall off.\u00a0It is often possible to see both red dots, blisters, and scabs at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chickenpox gets infected and the child needs to be home from preschool or school until they are fever-free and feel good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since chickenpox is contagious, you should not go to a health clinic, but instead, call if you need advice.\u00a0You can call the medical center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warts\u00a0are most common on hands or feet.\u00a0Foot warts are slightly raised, have a hard edge and are a little softer in the middle.\u00a0Sometimes there are small black dots in the wart.\u00a0Hand warts are slightly more outstanding than foot warts and can look like tiny cauliflower heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hand and foot warts are harmless and do not need to be treated.\u00a0They disappear by themselves.\u00a0If the child would like to get rid of his warts, you can treat with prescription drugs from the pharmacy.\u00a0It usually takes a long time to get rid of warts even if you treat them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All children at some time get a rash, dots or some kind of change in the skin. 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When should I seek care?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Shingles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hemangioma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Eczema<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Fifth illness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Birthmark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hemangioma, strawberry mark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Autumn Blisters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mollusks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mongolian spot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Measles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pityriasis rosea, medallion disease<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ringworm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Scarlet fever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stork bites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pig Cups – impetigo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Toxic rash<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Roseola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chicken-pox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Warts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n