Red spots on baby’s belly

In babies and small children, red spots on the abdomen and other parts of the body often occur in connection with typical childhood diseases. These can be viral or bacterial infectious diseases. Classical chickenpox can occur at a very early age if, for example, it is transmitted by a sick sibling who is of school age.

The infection spreads from the abdomen to the trunk and also to the face. The characteristic itching also occurs. Rubella can also cause the red spots on the abdomen.

In addition to fever and enlarged lymph nodes, they also manifest themselves with a skin rash. This often starts at the ears and spreads from there over the entire body. Red spots of varying size and itchiness appear.

Measles show a similar symptomatology. They can occur in babies from six months of age. The disease initially manifests itself as fever, cough and also a cold.

In addition to these flu-like symptoms, a skin rash develops in the further course of the disease. The numerous spots merge into each other over time and thus form a large red-colored appearance. The difference to chickenpox is that the spots of measles do not itch.

Red spots on the belly of the child/infant

Red spots on the abdomen in children and infants can have many different causes. On the one hand, they can be caused by an allergy, e.g. an antibiotic allergy (see: Allergy due to amoxicillin). It is pioneering if the rash is related to the time of taking the medication.

Frequently, red spots on the abdomen can also occur due to intolerance of cosmetics or detergents. Here the spots often disappear after changing products. A dry, reddened rash with skin tears can be an indication of neurodermatitis (a chronic inflammatory skin disease).

Red patches on the abdomen can also occur in the context of various infectious diseases, which are mostly viral. Children often have other symptoms, depending on the disease, often fever, fatigue, etc. and the rash appears relatively suddenly at the beginning or during the course of the disease.

The form of the rash is sometimes very typical for the respective disease and is decisive for the diagnosis of the disease. Chickenpox (varicella) is accompanied by slight fever and pain in the limbs, usually on the trunk and head. The blisters are lens-sized, itchy, knotty blisters.

These heal after a few days without scarring. The disease is diagnosed by the doctor by means of a visual diagnosis (see: rash of chickenpox). Also with measles, the appearance of an initial reddening of the palate is typical.

This is followed by a skin rash, which often starts behind the ear and spreads over the whole body and thus also the abdomen. Here, too, the rash recedes of its own accord after a few days (see: Skin rash due to measles). With rubella, the rash typically begins on the face and spreads to the trunk (abdomen, chest and back) and extremities. However, these are individual patches (see: rubella rash). It is often accompanied by fever, swelling of the lymph nodes and headache or aching limbs.