Any rash on the body is an occasion to seek medical advice.

For most patients, such an unpleasant symptom as a rash on the body does not become an excuse for seeking medical advice from a doctor. Many people forget that this can manifest not only allergic diseases, but also infections that can be dangerous to others, as well as diseases of internal organs.

The most common causes of rash

Most often, especially in adult patients, a rash on the body of a different shape and color becomes a manifestation of allergy. It must be remembered that not only medicinal substances and food products can cause this condition, but also environmental factors (wind, sun, high and low air temperature, high humidity). If a red rash on the body itches, then a painful itch can significantly complicate the patient's well-being - the sleep is disturbed, irritability appears.

In childhood, a rash may be a manifestation of an allergic reaction, but most often skin rashes in children indicate an infectious disease. And the appearance of this symptom is not always accompanied by an increase in temperature, but the child becomes a source of infection for others. That is why timely medical consultation will help to establish the diagnosis in time and, accordingly, to prescribe the necessary treatment, which is important for the patient, and also to protect his environment from infection.

It must be remembered that some diseases in which there is a rash on the body are dangerous to people only at certain periods of life (for example, rubella is most harmful to pregnant women who have not previously contracted this infectious infectious disease). Eruptions on the body can occur when infected with fungi and viruses, as well as in bacterial infections, and only an experienced physician on the location and appearance of the elements of the rash can make a preliminary diagnosis.

Very rarely, a rash on the body appears in places of friction or pressure of garments - these elements very quickly arise and go by themselves when replacing an uncomfortable wardrobe element.

Self-treatment for rashes - harm or benefit?

If a rash on the body appeared in a person of any age for the first time, then a doctor's consultation is mandatory. After all, self-initiated treatment can lead to the "erasure" of the most characteristic and vivid symptoms, while the body will be given unnecessary medication, and it is likely with the development of side effects. Take medication yourself if there is a rash on the body, can only those patients who are accurately diagnosed with an allergic disease, and patients indicate a previous contact with potential allergens.

In those cases, if the manifestations of an allergy are not similar to the usual symptoms or if there is no relief in six to twelve hours with an acute allergic reaction, then it is senseless to continue taking the prescribed medication earlier or increase its dosage alone - the risk of developing side reactions increases several times. In this case, you should immediately seek medical help. It is possible that the patient had contact with the carrier of the infection or the patient, and a clinic of one or another infectious disease develops, one of the symptoms of which is a rash on the body.

The opinion that the rash, which is accompanied by a rise in temperature, is the appearance of an infectious disease, often turns out to be erroneous - in some patients hyperthermia manifests a banal allergy. That is why it is better if the doctor prescribes the diagnosis and prescribes the appropriate treatment - in this case the risk of error decreases.