Skin rashes are common in childhood. Often, a toddler rash with no other symptoms will be nothing major to worry about, but if your child develops other symptoms such as fever or chills, signs of infection, or difficulty breathing, seek medical help. Also, if your child has a chronic rash...
have different answers depending on what illness your child may have. In general, viral illnesses are contagious starting the day before the rash and fever begin. Contagion ends when the fever breaks for 24 hours (and no Tylenol has been given to hide the fever), even though the rash will...
How to Treat and Prevent Diaper Rash By Holly C. Corbett Diaper Bags Babies need a lot of stuff, and parents only have two hands. Diaper bags come in clutch when you’ve got to cart around an armful of essentials, but there’s no need for you to sacrifice on style. We’ve hand-...
A 17-month-old boy with intermittent fever, coryza, cough, diarrhea, decreased urine output, and rash of1 week's duration is brought to the emergency department. The father reports that the rash began as a single lesion on the forehead then spread to other areas. The ...
Children with overactive sweat glands could have hyperhidrosis, or abnormal, excessive sweating. They may sweat excessively all over their body or just on certain parts, like their underarms, palms, or face. (However, hyperhidrosis usually happens during the day, not at night.) Certain med...
If your toddler has redness of the face in combination with difficulties breathing, a large body rash or swelling of the tongue, mouth or throat, seek immediate medical attention since these are all signs of a severe allergic reaction. Any time you give your toddler an over-the-counter medica...
(I’ve since already calmed down a bit about our rash statement although Brian hasn’t). We flew to Bend, Or, a few weeks ago and had a pretty terrible airport and plane experience. It’s not like the plane malfunctioned but it was just bad. It took us an hour and a half to ...