What is an acute rash?

Acute rash in children, called "breast rash" and "pruritus" in Chinese medicine, is a common eruptive fever in infants under one year old. The clinical feature is fever for 3 ~ 4 days, followed by fever and rash, or fever and rash. Because it is a fever, it is called "burning rash", and it will be fine as soon as you get sick. This disease can be caused by viruses or infections and spread through the respiratory tract. It is an acute respiratory infectious disease.

Although acute rash in children is a self-limiting disease, it can heal itself without treatment. However, the sudden onset and sudden increase of body temperature, mostly 39℃ ~ 40℃, and high fever for 3 ~ 5 days often make parents nervous. Children with high fever are depressed, have poor appetite and even cause convulsions; When the fever drops slightly, the child's appetite and spirit can return to normal.

Symptoms of upper respiratory tract runny nose and cough are not obvious, and some children may have symptoms such as diarrhea or vomiting. Lymph node enlargement can be seen behind the ear, and the rash is maculopapular, similar to measles and rubella, which can occur in all parts of the body, mostly in the neck, chest and back, but the rash is rare, appearing in batches, appearing in 24 hours, and fading in 2 ~ 3 days, and it is rare to get immunity once and twice.

Extended data

Characteristics of acute rash in children:

1, sudden high fever, the child's body temperature can rise to 40℃ or higher within a few hours, and after 3~4 days of continuous high fever, the body temperature can suddenly drop.

2. At the same time or later when the body temperature drops, the children's skin quickly appears reddish spots and papules, most of which are scattered and visible all over the body, and less on the face and distal limbs. After 1~2 days, the maculopapular rash quickly subsided without pigmentation and desquamation.

People's Network-Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Children's Acute Rash (Health Care Park)