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What Causes Red Blotches All Over The Body?

Hi, my son is 15 months old and for the last few days, he's been getting red blotches randomly on different parts of his body, but most frequently his face and they will look like a mosquito bite. He goes to daycare and he recently had a change in teachers, from what I understand they aren't giving him anything different to eat and nothing has changed at home. I have an appointment with his pediatrician, but I'm really worried because I don't know what this is. He doesn't seem to notice it or even be bothered by it.
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Hello.

Thank you for asking at HCM.

In a young child with red blotches randomly on different parts of body, most commonly on face, I would first think of food allergy. It is very common and it usually presents at this age in this fashion.

However, I would also like to ask you a few questions like - does he itch? does any of his family members have any allergic disease? did he have fever when the complaints started? does he have any other complaint apart from skin lesions?

However, there are other causes like infection, skin diseases, etc also. But personally I would suggest you to observe his diet closely and try to correlate it with symptoms. Allergy testing could also be done to identify the food.

Hope this will be helpful to you.

Wish your son the best of the health.

Regards.
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What Causes Red Blotches All Over The Body?

Hello. Thank you for asking at HCM. In a young child with red blotches randomly on different parts of body, most commonly on face, I would first think of food allergy. It is very common and it usually presents at this age in this fashion. However, I would also like to ask you a few questions like - does he itch? does any of his family members have any allergic disease? did he have fever when the complaints started? does he have any other complaint apart from skin lesions? However, there are other causes like infection, skin diseases, etc also. But personally I would suggest you to observe his diet closely and try to correlate it with symptoms. Allergy testing could also be done to identify the food. Hope this will be helpful to you. Wish your son the best of the health. Regards.