Small tortoiseshell, perhaps, the frequent phenomenon at children's age which is followed by rash and an unpleasant itch. As the reason for that different allergens, however to make sure that at your kid really a small tortoiseshell, it is necessary to know its characteristic symptoms can serve.
If on skin of the child there were any suspicious blisters, and rash on different parts of a body causes the naggers, you should not be frightened as, most likely, you deal with an ordinary small tortoiseshell.
Statistically, a small tortoiseshell suddenly "pleases" with the emergence every fourth child. This in fact allergic disease most of which often can be met at children is younger than three years. At the correct and timely treatment the urticaria is not dangerous, it is painless and quickly.
As a small tortoiseshell at children looks
To make sure that your child had this allergic reaction look whether he has following symptoms: - the rash located on different parts of the body; - various forms and sizes of a rash; - color of rash light pink or bright red; - the rash is followed by an itch; - after pressing on blisters light specks are formed; - with combing the blisters instantly increase, merging between themselves and becoming covered by a bloody crust; - rash develops and passes in literal sense suddenly, without leaving marks. Rashes are usually localized in skin folds, on lips and sites where the clothes of the child adjoin to skin most of all. As a rule, a small tortoiseshell on one place disappears later a couple of hours or at most in two days unexpectedly to appear on other area of skin.
Small tortoiseshell at kids: causes
Urticaria is response of an organism to any active allergen, at the same time in a children's organism a large number of a histamine is developed owing to what vessels become thinner, and liquid goes to integuments. From there are also watery blisters and puffiness. Causes of this sort of allergic reaction are individual. As allergen medicamentous medicines, food, external irritants, stings of insects and perfumery can serve. A small tortoiseshell arises right after contact of the child with an irritant. To reveal and then and to remove the cause, it is only necessary to remember, than the kid was engaged and what ate. It is possible that your child was subject to strong cold or it was bitten by an insect. Anyway you should not postpone treatment, such reaction of an organism can provoke appearance of a serious disease in the future.