Lyme disease is a common infection caused by a bacterium carried by a specific deer tick. Once bitten by an infected tick, there is a risk that the individual will develop the symptoms of Lyme disease, including rash, fever, body aches, and sometimes more severe symptoms involving the nervous...
Nasal allergies (hay fever) or eczema (allergic skin rash) A family history of asthma or allergies Frequent respiratory infections Low birth weight Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke before or after birth African-American or Puerto Rican descent Being raised in a low-income environment Childhood As...
CASE REPORT A 10.5 year old girl presented with a nine weeks' history of fever, red eyes, loss of appetite, malaise, florid widespread rash, weakness, and lymphadenopathy. She attended a district general hospital and was diagnosed to have a mycoplasma chest infection and treated with antibiotics...
Infected person usually feels sick and runs a fever; they have a loss of appetite, headache, cough, and sore throat. The rash appears a day or two after the other symptoms begin. After the rash appears, it takes a day or two for the spots to go through all of its stages. These ...
When the rash appears, the fever subsides. Some children may never develop the rash. • Irritability. • Drowsiness. • Loss of appetite. CAUSES It is caused by one of two types of the herpes virus. (They are not the type of herpes virus that causes cold sores.) The fever begins...
What it looks like: A pink rash on torso and neck usually following three to five days of a sudden, relatively high fever that's often greater than 103 degrees Fahrenheit. May spread to the arms, legs, and face. Child may be irritable and have diarrhea or vomiting. Most common in...
even death, and generally begins with nonspecific symptoms such as high fever, runny nose, and cough. Following these symptoms, patients develop a rash that spreads from the face to the feet. Symptoms generally start one to two weeks after exposure, and the symptoms last for less than a week...
A child may have a fever, headache or sore throat and seem lethargic or irritable. But the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth that confirm its victory are a skin rash and mouth sores. In a child showing all symptoms, you would notice red spots on palms and soles, and perhaps on knees,...
Rubella, also called German measles, is a mild virus that usually causes no serious problems. However, it can harm the fetus if a pregnant woman becomes infected. The symptoms are a low fever and rash that spreads from the face to the rest of the body. A standard childhood vaccine called...
The fever then will drop and they develop a rash, including red spots with tiny heads. These spots spread to the legs and arms; and they last for 12 to14 hours. Then they will be over. It is popularly seen in kids under 3. Similar to other fevers, parents can use some drugs to ...