Baby rash is not a cold. Symptoms are similar but can be divided into six categories

Once with the child’s treasure mother knows that the baby grows to half a year old, with the disappearance of innate antibodies, the body’s resistance will gradually decline, coupled with the infection of viruses and bacteria, resulting in the baby is particularly prone to illness, among which, the most common is a cold and fever phenomenon.

However, exceptions are often made and experience is not always right.

Some babies are sick for the first time, the symptoms are often not a fever, but suffer from “children’s rash” and other diseases, this possibility is great, to cause the attention of new parents.

Susan had such an experience. When her daughter was half a year old, she suddenly had a high fever at night, which even reached 39℃. She thought it was caused by a cold, and had to be sent to the hospital overnight for treatment for fear of adverse consequences.

The doctor diagnosed it as “infant rash”, prescribed some medicine, and told the mother and daughter to go home to rest. Yang Yang was confused and felt that the conclusion was a little hasty.

As expected, three days after taking the medicine, her daughter’s high fever receded unconsciously and her body temperature returned to normal soon. A red rash appeared on her face and skin. Several days later, all the red rash disappeared, which made Susan secretly glad.

Many babies in a fever, easy to be mistaken for a cold by parents, on the Internet, many treasure mother have shared this situation.

According to “parenting encyclopedia” introduced, in about half a year old baby, if there is no previous history of fever, once the body temperature appears high fever reaction, the doctor will first make the judgment of “baby rash”, rather than think it is a cold, which is scientific.

What are the characteristics of “infant rash”? How can ability distinguish with cold?

The condition, also known as Baby Rose rash, gets its name from the red spots that appear on the skin. If the baby suffers from “infant rash”, the first symptoms of fever will appear, and a cold is very similar, but carefully observed, you will find the difference with the common cold.

The obvious characteristics of the two are as follows:

1, more than 6-24 months, with 6-12 months is the most common. 2. The fever is sudden and new. 3, the temperature rises suddenly, some can reach 38-40℃. 4, fever symptoms are more obvious, but there will not be a cold unique cough, runny nose phenomenon. 5. The duration is usually 3-4 days, after which the body temperature returns to normal in 24 hours. 6, after the fever, the face, front chest and back appear red rash, generally in 2-3 days automatically subsided, neither leaving traces, nor infectious.

Because of the onset, the baby’s body temperature is very high, often make parents anxious. But this disease seems to be threatening, in fact is not terrible, it does not need to use special treatment, so it is a real “paper tiger”, as long as the right medicine, will soon be cured, for parents, this is more like a psychological test.

Therefore, it is necessary for parents to master the characteristics and rules of the onset of “infant rash”, avoid panic psychology after illness, so that they can calmly and rationally face.

What should parents do if their baby has a “baby rash”?

Take your time and deal with it calmly

Parents should not panic or rush to the doctor after discovering that their baby is ill, which will delay treatment. Even if you are sent to the doctor, you should have a check-up first. After confirming that you have a “baby rash”, the doctor will probably advise you to watch the temperature drop and wait for the rash to appear. There is nothing else.

Take your temperature and record it

A family with a baby, it is best to always have a thermometer, once the baby is sick, can take the temperature at any time.

You can measure it every 1-2 hours, and then record the measured time, temperature and drug administration in detail. With a clear list, you will not miss the time for the next measurement. You can not only directly observe the temperature changes, but also let the doctor know the relevant information at a glance.

Decisive action, correct cooling

Once you know your baby’s temperature, you can take the right steps to cool down. Experienced parents understand that in the case of fever, as long as it does not exceed 38.5℃, physical cooling is generally adopted. Once it exceeds this “threshold”, it is necessary to use antipyretic medicine to cool down according to the doctor’s advice.

However, 38.5℃ is not invariable, some babies will appear convulsive phenomenon because of high fever, it needs to take antipyretic medicine in advance, in order to avoid convulsive phenomenon again.

Commonly used physical cooling methods are: on the forehead to paste antipyretic paste, reduce quilt, reduce room temperature, wash warm water bath.

Here, two things must be reminded: when the baby has a fever, do not take the “cover” method, which may lead to dehydration of the body, and thus appear another danger.

At the same time, antipyretic paste can not really reduce fever, it is just a way of physical cooling, can not be used to replace the role of antipyretic medicine, for inexperienced parents need to remember.

Drink plenty of hot water and keep your diet light

After the baby is sick, due to the effect of stomach and intestines, appetite is relatively poor. During this period, do not eat greasy food, it is better to drink light gruel, if the child does not want to eat, do not force.

At the same time, drink more water appropriately to speed up the body’s metabolism, which can not only prevent dehydration, but also reduce the body fever and cool down as soon as possible, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Some babies do not like to drink water, this habit is not good, we should try to let him change.