Other names: rash, exanthema, eczema

Rash on the skin rash or technically called efflorescence, rash on the mucous membranes is called enanthema. The rash may be throughout the body, or is localized only in certain areas. Rash sometimes doctors call only rash at multiple locations on the body caused suddenly counted into it thus pimples that are sown e.g. only the chest or psoriasis which is a chronic disease.

The rash may take various forms, from small red spots protruding above the surface over pimplesto bumps and blisters. These efflorescence can be densely grouped into different shape (linear, circular configuration, mapovité, serpentine, etc.), Or on the skin occur completely randomly and individually. Later, they become either flakes, scabs, cracks, abrasions or ulcers. After healing of ulcers on the skin may leave a scar.

Some rashes are formed only by bleeding from small blood vessels, which shines under the skin. They are called petechiae, or purpura.

Involvement of the entire body

Dangerous is a general redness of the body (ie. Erythroderma), which has been the rapid expansion of a red-place or merging several reddened areas. It is an inflammatory process induced by various skin infections, eczema, psoriasis, allergic or toxic reactions to the medication like. Expanded (and therefore complicated) to the whole body. Patient risk losing ion and protein balance, and must be supervised in the hospital.

Most rashes is only local and less serious nature. They may be from the sun, insect bites, mites and other parasites, such as after injury. Razor. Such a rash soon disappear by themselves and need not be treated in any way. To soothe the skin after sunburn or burns can be used eg. Milk or spray with panthenol. Against spider mites, which suffers mainly gardeners recommend repellents or tea tree oil and preventively in places where most tight clothing.

Series of eruptions can be infectious origin (is mostly fever), particularly in children with previously encountered with chickenpox, exantémovým against other diseases are in fact children from an early age, vaccinated, and measles and rubella, or almost belongs to the past. When a weakened immune system can not, however, neither of these diseases completely ruled out. These diseases threaten humans mainly its complications (pneumonia, meningitis, etc.). Smallpox can certainly get, this insidious disease has been the world due to vaccination eradicated.

chickenpox

Chickenpox is characterized by a rash of pimples to form vesicles which are sown successively in several waves, therefore the entire body (except the palms and soles), we can see the different stages of lesions that recalls the image of the starry sky. Blisters (vesicles) containing clear liquid,so they look like dewdrops. Compared to other rash disease they are even in her hair. The sooner pox among children take place, the better, because they have lighter periods. It is not a serious disease, but in people with weaker immune systems may be more complicated, because these children are vaccinated against them as well. Vaccine exists but is reserved for patients with congenital immune disorders and children with cancer. In otherwise healthy child it is better to lose smallpox and thereby strengthen their immunity versatile. Incubation period, which also helps to identify smallpox is 10-23 days. When pimples rozškrábání into it can get a secondary infection (staphylococcus or streptococcal impetigo).

Shingles

It also depends on the location where the rash appears. For example, with shingles (herpes zoster), the rash appears only on the fuselage, usually on the chest, but may occasionally occur in the lumbar support or neck. Between the ribs forms a nearly continuous band accumulation blisters typically only on one side of the body. Shingles is uncomfortable for her pain.

Scabies

Scabies disease (people with lower hygienic standard) localizes typically in areas with the finest skin (between the fingers, hands, armpits and genitals). In places where the skin zapařuje (armpits, groin, between the fingers, under the breasts and overhanging abdominal obese, genitals, buttocks, etc.) Emerge liked yeast and fungal diseases.

Other diseases with rash

Other skin diseases are plenty – eg. Psoriasis (psoriasis), ichthyosis (keratinization disorder of the skin), lichen (lichen planus), various dermatitis (eg. Seborrheic dermatitis), purpura,scleroderma, pemphigoid, pemphigus (severe blisters), urticaria (mostly is a manifestation of allergy e.g. to drugs) and eczema, allergic (atopic), microbial and contact allergy (for metals, chemicals, etc.). Basically all skin diseases manifest themselves some rash not to mention the diseases of other organs, which must also be reflected rash (cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus,carcinoid syndrome, etc.).

Lot of drugs, particularly antibiotics, causes allergic reactions in the form of rashes.

Therapy

Each disease is treated their specific way. Generalize is perhaps just that first chooses a different treatment than treatment with corticosteroids, which is reserved only for cases where nothing else has worked. Inflammatory rashes are suitable for cold compresses. Drying warm compresses operates congested skin, reduces itching and oozing diminishes. We must distinguish the various dosage forms – ointments, creams, powders, solutions, emulsions and the like. For each disease fits something else, talk to would prefer your practitioner or dermatologist. If you are suspicious oozing rash, with a visit to the doctor, do not hesitate!

A common problem with skin rashes, itching, which can alleviate such. Fenistil or antihistamines.