What is rose candy rash

summary

Rose sugar rash is a more frequent skin disease, pathogenic factors are diverse, there will be desquamation, itching symptoms. Let's see what rose candy rash is.

What is rose candy rash

First of all: pityriasis rosea is a common skin disease, so it is called pityriasis rosea because its rash is rose red, slightly higher than the skin, some contained in the skin, different sizes, some like a small button size, some like a coin size, oval, covered with a layer of thin bran like skin, called bran like scales.

Secondly: pityriasis rosea occurs in spring and autumn, young and middle-aged people more, women slightly more than men, the onset of the first is in the trunk of a round light red spot, known as "mother spot". After that, small erythema gradually appeared in the trunk, which often spread to the neck and the proximal extremities, and generally did not occur in the face and legs. These symptoms are very obvious, the difficulty of being found is not very high.

Finally: the etiology of pityriasis rosea has not been clearly concluded. There are many hypotheses about infection (fungi, bacteria, viruses), allergy and so on. Many scholars suggest that the disease is probably caused by virus infection, but there is no exact evidence. The more authoritative view is: pityriasis rosea is a disease of immune system. It is a specific antibody produced in the body. The antibody and antigen work together to show skin pityriasis, desquamation, pruritus and other symptoms

matters needing attention

You can take a bath, but the water temperature is recommended to be lower when the inflammation is serious; milk is not a taboo thing; prognosis generally does not leave scars, but there may be pigment changes; at ordinary times, you should take preventive measures against colds to avoid adverse effects on the disease.