Baby Hives
All About Baby Hives
Baby Hives, also known as urticaria or welts, are swollen areas on the skin. They can show up in different shapes and sizes, but are generally well defined, with a pale, central, raised area surrounded by a red border. Baby hives usually itch. Baby Hives can come and go over a period of minutes, hours and sometimes even weeks. They also can appear for only a few minutes and never return again.
Baby hives are a sign of an allergic reaction, and are usually harmless if they are the only symptom your child is having. Children with baby hives and more severe symptoms, such as wheezing, difficulty breathing or swallowing, or swelling in their mouth or throat, may have anaphylaxis – a serious allergic reaction. These children need immediate medical attention.
Baby Hives are a type of allergic or immune system reaction
Baby Hives are a type of allergic or immune system reaction that occurs when something triggers the release of chemicals, including histamine, from cells in a child’s body. It is important to remember that there are many more things in addition to food allergies that can cause baby hives in kids. These include medications, infections, exposure to the sun, and for some kids, even physically touching their skin repeatedly, like scratching, which is called dermographism.
A baby with baby hives may have additional symptoms depending on what is triggering the baby hives. For example, if a viral infection is causing the baby hives, then he may have a sore throat, runny nose, and/or a cough. Although some things, such as certain foods, commonly cause baby hives, keep in mind that almost anything can trigger baby hives.
To help figure out the cause of baby hives in your child, keep a diary of all of your baby’s medications and everything he has recently had to eat and drink.
Since baby hives are caused by the chemical histamine, it is logical that you would treat them with an antihistamine medication, such as diphenhydramine more commonly known as Benadryl. Of course, the best treatment for baby hives, whenever possible, is to remove and then avoid whatever is triggering your baby hives.
Common causes of baby hives can include:
· foods, especially peanuts, eggs, tree nuts, milk, shellfish, wheat, and soy
· medications, especially antibiotics like penicillin and sulfa drugs
· additives in foods or medications, such as the food dye tartrazine (Yellow No. 5)
· infections, especially viral infections
· insect bites and stings
· latex
· exercise
· stress
· exposure to heat, cold, or water
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Baby Rashes
Baby Rashes
Certain medications, viral illnesses and allergic reactions can cause an Baby Rashes in babies. Many other conditions common in infants, such as eczema, baby rashes, erythema toxicum, and heat rash, can resemble baby acne. Baby rashes develops during the weeks after birth. This is thought to be most likely due to hormones that passed from mother to infant during the last stage of pregnancy. Baby rashes can be aggravated by milk, formula, or spit-up coming in contact with the skin. Other irritants include rough fabrics or fabrics laundered in strong detergent. If your baby has baby rashes, don’t use soap, lotion or creams on the face because these can also be irritations.
Newborns are prone to baby rashes. Most baby rashes cause no harm and go away in time on their own.
Some examples of baby rashes that are commonly found in newborns are as follows:
• Pink pimples (“neonatal acne”) are often caused by exposure in the womb to maternal hormones.
• Erythema toxicum is another common newborn rash that looks like mosquito bites or hives.
• Dry, peeling skin is often due to a baby being born a little late. The underlying skin is perfectly normal, soft, and moist.
• Little white bumps on the nose and face (“milia”) are caused by blocked oil glands. When baby’s oil glands enlarge and open up in a few days or weeks, the white bumps disappear.
• Salmon patches (called a “stork bite” at the back of the neck or an “angel’s kiss” between the eyes) are simple nests of blood vessels that fade on their own after a few weeks or months.
• Jaundice is a yellow coloration to your baby’s skin and eyes. It is caused by an excess of bilirubin which is a breakdown product of red blood cells.
• Mongolian spots are very common in any part of the body of dark-skinned babies. They are flat, gray-blue in color and they look a lot like a bruise. They can be small or large. The spots are caused by some pigment that didn’t make it to the top layer when baby’s skin was being formed.
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Roseola
Roseola – Causes and Information
Roseola is a mild viral illness of sudden onset and short duration that most commonly affects young children. Roseola is most common in children 6 to 24 months of age. The average age is around 9 months. Less frequently, older children, teens, and adults may be infected.
Roseola was once called the sixth disease because it was the sixth disease young children typically developed and it lasted about six days. There is usually a rash associated with Roseola, but you will not see it at the onset. When the fever disappears, then the rash appears. The rash is mainly located on the neck and body, especially, the abdomen, trunk, and back, but it can also be on the arms and legs.
The rash appears as separate little raised dots (papules) or as a flat or macular rash. The skin is mildly red in color and temporarily blanches with pressure. The rash is not itchy or painful. It is not contagious. The rash lasts two to four days and does not return.
This illness is spread from person to person, most likely by transfer of oral secretions. Roseola is not very contagious. The incubation period between exposure to the virus and onset of symptoms is nine to ten days. Roseola is primarily caused by a virus called human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) and less commonly by human herpes virus 7 (HHV-7). The viruses belong to the family of herpes viruses, but they do not cause the cold sores or genital infections that herpes simplex viruses can cause.
Roseola often begins with a sudden high fever usually 103 F to 105 F. The fever may last two to three days, although it can last as long as 8 days. The rapid increase in temperature may be the first sign of Roseola and often occurs before you realize that your child has a fever. The fever ends as suddenly as it occurs.
After the fever ends, a rosy pink rash may appear mostly on the trunk or torso, neck, and arms. The rash is not itchy and may last one to two days. In rare cases, a sore throat, stomach ache, vomiting, and diarrhea may occur.
A child with Roseola may appear fussy or irritable and may have a decreased appetite, but most children behave almost normally. If you wish to treat the fever, acetaminophen products like Tylenol and others can be used to lower a fever. Aspirin should never be used for fever in children or adolescents.
