Different types of Rashes in babies and children .

Most of infections in the childhood and infancy is presented by rashes of different types , shapes , sizes and characters . From these rashes are :

1-Macules :

Macules are pink flat areas which blanch on pressure  , it presents in many types of infections as Measles , Mumps , Rubella , Scarlet fever , Infection mononucleosis , Typhoid fever , Erythema infectiosum , Enteroviral infections and Kawasaki disease . It also present in many of the Rheumatic disorders as Rheumatoid arthritis , Systemic lupus erythematosis and dermatmyositis . We can find macules also in the rashes resulting from intake of drugs , sweat rash and urticarial rash .

2-papules :

Unlike macules papules are different in being raised lesions but it also blanches on pressure . Usually the macules and the papules are different to be differentiated clinically or by the mother as most of
infections in children and babies are presented by both the macules and the papules so it called maculo-papular rash type . Here are some pictures for the maculopapular rash to get adapted with .

3-Vesicles :

Vesicles are raised lesions which contain fluid , we see thid type of rashes in many infectious and non-infectious diseases . Such as Chickenpox , Herpes Zoster , Herpes simplex virus and hand foot and mouth disease . Also in non-infectious diseases such as Impetigo and popular urticarial .

4-pustules :

Pustules are raised lesions which contains pus due to infection coming upon vesicles , so we usually find vesicular and pustular lesions in the same patient and in the same types on infections . We can see pustules in Impetigo and scalded skin syndrome .

Many mothers and fathers can be able to differentiate between the various types of these infections , But the management in most of the cases needs physician or specialist referral as some of the cases may have serious complications .