Abdominal Pain

Measles (preventable by vaccine)

• Lesions all over
• Red
• Conjunctivitis
• High fevers
• Diarrhoea
• SICK

Roseola Infantum (Baby measles)

• HHV – 6&8 virus
• A fever that lasts longer than 48hours
• Light rash mostly on the trunk
• Well in 5 days

Erythema Infections

• Slapped cheek Syndrome

Parvo B19 Virus

• High fevers
• Very red cheeks
• Lacey rash on body & limbs
• NB – dangerous for pregnant moms

German Measles (Rubella)

• Hot
• Sore
• Miserable
• Descending rash face – feet
• NB – dangerous for pregnant moms

Hand, Foot & Mouth disease

• Coxsackievirus (A6 / A16)
• Fever
• Ulcers & sores on the tongue and mouth
• Blistering rash on the hands and feet
• Muscle aches

ECHO virus

• Boston
• Sore tummy
• Rash on the neck and limbs

Chicken Pox (Varicella) (preventable by vaccine)

• 7 – 10 days incubation
• Cropping (new rounds) of soft walled blisters all over body (including in the mouth and under hair)
• Can be contracted from someone with active Shingles too
• Treatable with antivirals to shorten/lessen illness
• Contagious and infectious until all blisters have scabbed

Newborns

• A red scaly rash with early “cradle cap” in the eyebrows and mainly on face, scalp, arms and chest is seborroeic dermatitis or baby eczema and can be a marker of pending allergies or just a reaction to “my new world”.  Moisturizing usually suffices.

Older kiddies

• Eczema or allergic dermatitis often involves the creases – elbows, behind knees and can be atopic/allergic. Is generally itchy.
• Hives or urticaria are classic rapidly appearing and disappearing raised red wheels. If accompanied by a cough or other respiratory symptoms, then urgent medical attention needs to be sort.  It can be triggered by food, contact items, cold/hot, exercise and more.
• Papular urticaria is an allergic reaction to an insect bite.  It is often confused with Chicken Pox as the red welts form a hard blister and come up in clusters.

Newborns

• A red scaly rash with early “cradle cap” in the eyebrows and mainly on face, scalp, arms and chest is seborroeic dermatitis or baby eczema and can be a marker of pending allergies or just a reaction to “my new world”.  Moisturizing usually suffices.

Older kiddies

• Eczema or allergic dermatitis often involves the creases – elbows, behind knees and can be atopic/allergic. Is generally itchy.
• Hives or urticaria are classic rapidly appearing and disappearing raised red wheels. If accompanied by a cough or other respiratory symptoms, then urgent medical attention needs to be sort.  It can be triggered by food, contact items, cold/hot, exercise and more.
• Papular urticaria is an allergic reaction to an insect bite.  It is often confused with Chicken Pox as the red welts form a hard blister and come up in clusters.