- Rashes around the baby's pelvis can be regular diaper rash, or caused by a fungus, in which case you will need a specialty treatment. If the rash is pink or red, flaky and dry and made up of flat lesions, it is common diaper rash you can treat with clean baths and baby lotion. If the rash is red and shiny and moist or even wet instead of dry and flaky, the rash is caused by fungus. Treat with a zinc-based rash ointment. Go to the pediatrician if the rash does not go away.
- Ticks and bedbugs can cause rashes, and tiny mites can cause scabies. Tick bite rashes can vary in appearance, but come along with symptoms such as high fever, vomiting, muscle pain, headache, lethargy and chills. A scabies rash has raised gray or white lines, and is typically found on the hands and wrists. Rashes caused by bedbugs have flat, itchy bumps and do not need to be treated by a doctor. Rashes and bumps caused by other bugs should be seen by a doctor.
- A staph-related rash is red with blister bumps that turn yellowish over time and can release puss. It is caused by bacteria and must be treated with antibiotic ointment. Staph infection rashes left untreated can turn into the MRSA virus. When it turns into the MRSA virus, the rash becomes larger, deeper and can turn black. MRSA is a potentially fatal infection and must be immediately treated by a doctor.
- Measles rashes begin as tiny red dots that grow over time and cover the whole body. Chicken pox begins as itchy red spots all over the body that are not raised and eventually develop white blisters. Roseola most often infects children under 2 years old. A high fever is accompanied by a pink rash that appears all over the body.
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