Sometimes parents notice on the back of their child red spots, pimples and other rashes. With what they are connected, what it is and why the child has a itchy back - we will analyze in our article.
The most common types of eruptions
1. A rash on the back of a child can be caused by chicken pox or chickenpox (whose virus-causing agent belongs to the family of herpes viruses). On the child's body appear small bubbles, filled with a clear liquid. They burst quickly, and in their place crusts form. The disease manifests itself long enough. From the moment of infection to the first rash runs from 11 to 21 days. Within 5 days, the rash of these vesicles continues, and then crusts stay in place for a long time. In order to not carry microbes through these bubbles, it is necessary to grease them with a green and a dark solution of potassium permanganate. This treatment lasts until the crust disappears. In day it is necessary to process a skin of the child not less than 12 times.
It is worth remembering that chicken pox is very contagious. If a child goes to a kindergarten or school, the probability is high that the whole group will get sick, except for those who have had it before, since chicken pox is a one-time illness. Twice she is not ill.
2. Allergies on the back of a child. Allergic redness on the back and body of the child - a fairly common phenomenon. Such a reaction can occur both in food products, as well as in medicines, detergents and bedding (down, wool).
Most often the rash with allergies looks like a nettle burn, sometimes the child has spots on the face, back and groin. There may be a sensation of itching on the body.
In connection with the terrible ecology, there are complex forms of allergy, in which various edema and vascular lesions are observed. Therefore, if you know about your child's addiction to allergies, then be always on the alert.
3. Sweating on the back of the child. This is the innocuous rash of all possible. It looks like a small pinkish rash. Appears most often in infants because of overheating or insufficient hygiene of the baby.
When a charcuter is found on the body of a child, it is necessary to bathe well with soap and change into clean clothes. To prevent sweating in the future, you need to ensure that the child does not overheat, do not sweat, and if this happens, you should rinse the baby as soon as possible and change into dry clothes.
To worry about the sweating is not worth it, it is not dangerous and not contagious.
4. Scarlet fever in a child. Before the appearance of a small rash, the head may become ill for several days, the temperature and vomiting may appear, the tonsils become very red in the throat and severe pain appears. Previously, doctors said that scarlet fever can be recognized even in a dark room, just by following the baby's skin. The skin with scarlet fever becomes bright red, dry and rough.
Scarlet fever is transmitted not only when communicating with the patient, but also when using the objects with which he has been ill. If you become aware that someone is infected from the environment of the child, then be alert for the next 7-10 days, that's the time it takes to identify the disease.
Just like chickenpox, scarlet fever can be treated only once.
5. Vesiculopustulosis in the child. Small pustular pimples can appear both on the back, and on the arms, legs, even the head of a child. Pustular vesicles, bursting, can infect the nearest parts of the skin, spreading such
It is worth remembering that when vesiculopustule is forbidden to bathe the baby.
This entire list is only a small part of what can cause a rash on your back, so if you and your child start worrying about this phenomenon, be sure to consult with specialists.