Ten serious rashes

external

• Parents

  • Skin signs on examination

• Children

  • Meningococcal septicaemia
  • Primary vasculitis
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis
  • Necrotising fasciitis
  • Pemphigus vulgaris
  • Herpes zoster

• Description

  • " It is critical to identify purpura- a sign of infection
  • vasculitis
  • or platelet disorder. Examine the oral and eyelid mucosa as well as the nail beds. "