How long does it take for a pus pimple on the stomach to disappear?
The duration of pimples on the abdomen depends on the cause. In the case of harmless causes, the symptoms usually last only a few days. In the case of mite, flea or bedbug infestation, the healing process can last a few weeks and in some cases months, or even reoccur. A flea that is not caught can survive for 1.5 years in the affected person – like a kind of pet.
Pimples on the belly of the child
In children, pimples on the stomach are often caused by heat or childhood illnesses. The heat pimples develop when the sweat glands are blocked when the child sweats a lot. This happens more often in small children because their skin pores are not yet fully developed.
In (too) warm clothing, high humidity and high temperatures, these heat spots occur preferentially. They often cause severe itching. This must be treated adequately, otherwise the scratching can cause permanent skin damage. The differential diagnosis must be made between heat spots and the red spots on the abdomen that appear after a three-day fever in infants. The three-day fever should be treated differently from the pus pimple on the abdomen.
Pimples on the belly during pregnancy
During pregnancy, pimples on the abdomen can occur due to a change in hormones. An exanthema with puritic urticarial papules and plaques (PUPP) can develop. This skin change is characterized by reddish, itchy pimples on the abdomen.
These can also spread to other parts of the body and manifest themselves there. As a rule, the skin symptoms heal completely after pregnancy. Some authors suspect that the pimples are caused by immune defensive reactions of fetal cells.
In addition, there may be immensely itchy, reddish nodules on the abdomen. This skin condition is known as pregnancy prurigo. The pregnancy pemphigoid must be differentiated by differential diagnosis.
This blistering disease was formerly called herpes gestationis because the skin symptoms are herpetiform (= grouped). The criterion for differentiation are blisters that occur in groups. The differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment must be discussed with a gynecologist. Further important details about the disease PUPP “puritic urticarial papules and plaques” can be found under PUPP Syndrome
