Articles about "rash" 43
Diaper rash
Diaper
rash develops when urine is left too long on your baby’s skin and mixes with poop to form ammonia, which can further irritate her.
It usually appears as a red
rash around her . . .
Heat rash (prickly heat)
Babies often develop heat
rash when the weather is hot because their pores are so tiny sweat they can become blocked by sweat, preventing his inbuilt temperature regulation system from working . . .
Holding your baby in a baby bath
For small babies up to four or
five months, a specially designed plastic baby bath is ideal.Some baths fit
neatly over the sides of the main bath and can be filled from the main bath
faucet and dra . . .
Basic first aid
As a parent, it can be essential to know basic first aid.
Fever
Your child’s normal body temperature ranges from 97 to 100.4 degrees fahrenheit – anything over this range is regarded as being a fever.
This can be a sign that your child is fightin . . .
Vomiting
Vomiting is very common in babies and young children and can often happen when nothing is wrong. Babies normally spit up a tiny amount of milk from time to time, usually after a feed or while . . .
Milia and baby acne
If you’ve spent your pregnancy reading baby magazines you’ll likely expect your baby to come out with a peaches and cream complexion but in fact, it’s common for babies to have pimples and whi . . .
Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever is one of the less common infections of childhood and is also one of the five red
rash illnesses children can get (the others are measles, roseola, fifth disease and rubella . . .
Rubella (German measles)
Rubella is a mildly infectious illness caused by a virus, and although infectious, it doesn’t spread as easily as other childhood illnesses such as chicken pox or measles.
The virus . . .
Fifth disease
Fifth disease is most common in preschoolers and school-age children. It’s a viral illness characterized by very red cheeks and is known as the ‘fifth disease’ because it’s the fifth most comm . . .