Infectious diseases with a rash in children
- Chickenpox. Her pathogen is the herpes virus. The disease begins with the appearance of rashes, which are easy to take for insect bites, the temperature rises. A few days later, the number of rashes increases. But after a week, most blisters are covered with crust.
- Measles. This virus disease at the initial stage resembles a respiratory infection. The child raises his temperature, lays his nose, his eyes turn red. Children complain of weakness, perspiration in the throat. But the fever passes quickly enough. Approximately on the 4th day, the oral mucosa becomes red and becomes spotty. This is considered a hallmark of measles. Then there is a small pink rash all over the body, which merges into the spots, and again the temperature rises. After a while, the rashes gradually go away.
- Rubella. This disease is usually carried by children easily and does not require specific treatment. A fine pinkish rash begins to cover the face, and then passes to the body, but already by the fourth day it is coming down. Also, with rubella, lymph nodes can greatly increase.
- Scarlet fever. The disease is bacterial in nature. Its pathogen is streptococcus. It starts with a headache, inflammation of the lymph nodes, redness of the throat. Then a red rash with a rough surface joins these symptoms. It lasts for 1-2 weeks, leaving a flaking of the skin.
Acute infectious diseases in children
- Flu. The virus spreads by a drip. First, the temperature rises, there is weakness, weakness, dry cough. This period lasts no more than a week. In children, the flu can be accompanied by abdominal pain, croup. There is a risk of developing influenza pneumonia, which can lead to death.
- Rhinovirus infection. The virus in children causes symptoms of bronchitis and exacerbation of bronchial asthma.
- Adenovirus. There are several tens of serotypes of this virus. Adenovirus can cause a number of respiratory diseases. It is characterized by conjunctivitis in combination with pharyngitis. It can also provoke pneumonia, bronchiolitis.
Infectious skin diseases in children
- Pimple of newborns. The source of this infectious disease is often a person from a close environment who has chronic skin or purulent inflammatory diseases. The ailment begins with a high temperature and the appearance of vesicles with purulent contents.
- Ritter's disease. Severe form of pemphigus, which affects a significant part of the body crumbs. Requires immediate treatment under the supervision of a doctor, since if the ailment strikes the baby of the first weeks of life, then a fatal outcome is possible.
Summer infectious diseases in children
Leaders among diseases that occur in the summer are enteric infections in children.
- Rotavirus. Infection affects the small intestine. Transmitted through unwashed hands, unboiled water. Its signs are vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, general intoxication of the body.
- Dysentery. The causative agent (Shigella) enters the body through dirty hands, infected food, water and affects the sigmoid colon. The child's appetite is gone, chills and temperature, diarrhea.
- Salmonellosis. This disease can be infected through infected products of animal origin, for example, eggs, meat, milk. The disease begins acutely. The child has nausea, greenish frothy stool up to 10 times a day, chills.
