Excessive biting or sucking on food and objects. A teething rash most often appears around a baby’s lips, chin, and cheeks. However, don’t be surprised if you also find evidence of a teething rash on your baby’s chest, hands, and feet. What Causes Teething Rash? The main culprit b...
I have a red lacy vein like rash under the skin and I cannot feel the rash upon touching it. It started on my chest went up my neck and across the cheeks and nose.Small White Headed Dots on ArmLance (Michigan) I have a small dotted rash on my arm that appears every time I touch...
Intensely itchy blisters, which may also occur on the palms, soles, scalp, and mucous membranes, as well as in the diaper area History and physical examination Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) Confluent erythema on cheeks (slapped-cheek appearance) Sometimes fever, malaise...
Seven to 10 days later, children may develop a sometimes-itchy rash on their cheeks that can also appear on the arms, back, chest, legs, and buttocks, and may come and go for several weeks. Adults tend to experience joint pain during this second phase, which can manifest in the feet,...
A distinctive sign of lupus is a red rash across the cheeks and nose. The rash may be sensitive to sunlight (photosensitivity). There are many other symptoms, but lupus indicators aren’t the same for any two people. It’s important to have any rash across your face examined by your ...
(turn white) if press on it. This sandpaper-like rash typically is noted on the neck, forehead, and chest and then may spread to the arms and back. The rash doesn’t usually cover the face but the child may have flushed cheeks, while the area around their mouth stays pale. The rash...
Atopic dermatitis, often called eczema, is a common disorder of childhood that produces red itchy, weeping rashes on the inner aspects of the elbows and in the back of the knees as well as the cheeks, neck, wrists, and ankles. It is commonly found in patients who also have asthma and/...
A strep infection causes scarlet fever, which may appear after the throat infection. It is a common infection and starts with a fever and possibly sore throat, followed by a rash that begins on the chest and spreads to the rest of the body. Antibiotics are recommended to eradicate the bacte...
Scarlet fever has some other symptoms associated with it such as a pale looking area around the mouth and flushed cheeks, a white coating (white strawberry tongue) or subsequently a very red coating (red strawberry tongue) with red dots on the surface of the tongue, and darkening of the ski...
"Cradle cap" in babies is a condition that doctors call seborrheic eczema or seborrheic dermatitis. It appears as oily, scaly patches on the scalp. In contrast, atopic dermatitis is more often found on the cheeks, though it can also affect the scalp. Also unlike eczema, cradle cap typically...