Viral Rashes in Babies

Is your baby’s skin turning red? The redness might be due to the appearance of viral rashes; the chances of occurrence of viral rashes are even more if the reddening of your baby’s skin is accompanied by breathing problems and fever. Infants often suffer from viral rashes; such rashes are more common among infants having older siblings who go to schools and the infants visiting day cares. In majority of the cases, viral rashes start clearing up within 3 to 4 days; however, you should not wait for that long to find out whether the rashes subside or not. Visit the doctor as soon as you find the rashes appearing on your baby’s skin.

Viral rashes might have different appearances. The rashes can be flat, lacy, bumpy or raised areas and might occur in any part of the baby’s body; the most commonly affected regions include hands, mouth, face, trunk and legs. An infant having viral rashes might also develop blisters, cracked skin, flaking, or open sores. There are instances when the skin of a baby having viral rashes does not turn red; instead they become flesh colored or pink. If the viral rashes are triggered by molluscum contagiosum, they might also look like pimples.

Not all Viral rashes will result in severe itching. The rashes caused by molluscum contagiosum or fifth disease, however might be itchy in nature. The other viral rash varieties mostly do not cause any itching sensation, but can result in severe discomfort and pain. There are certain viral rashes that are accompanied with fever; the fever might occur before the rashes appear or when the rashes are present. A viral infection known as roseola or sixth disease results in alarmingly high fever in babies. A baby with viral rash may also develop symptoms of respiratory infections; for instance: sore throat, watery eyes, runny nose etc.

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