Rashes on the abdomen are an unpleasant symptom that can be present in many diseases. You cannot make a diagnosis yourself. Self-medication often leads to serious complications.
Allergy
This is an autoimmune disease that many face. Rashes on the abdomen can occur when eating certain foods, using synthetic clothing, or taking certain medications. It often happens that an allergic reaction does not occur immediately, but with prolonged exposure to an allergen on the body. Speaking in medical language, the pathological process is associated with increased sensitivity of the immune system to certain substances.
The most common is food allergy. Often you can notice rashes on the abdomen in a child after consuming a certain product for the first time. An allergic reaction can develop on citrus fruits, nuts, chocolate, bright fruits and vegetables. The clinical picture can be quite diverse. Unpleasant symptoms in most cases develop within two to three hours after a meal. Rashes appear on the back and stomach, less often on the hands and face. A characteristic sign of allergy is itching.
People who suffer from allergies should always have antihistamines in their home medicine cabinet such as Diazolin, Tavegil, Supradin, etc.
A seemingly innocuous food allergy can lead to serious complications in the absence of appropriate treatment. The most dangerous condition is anaphylactic shock, associated with the formation of a large amount of histamine in the blood. If, in addition to rashes on the patient’s body, blood pressure decreases, swelling of the limbs and face develops, it is necessary to immediately call an ambulance.
Hormonal disbalance
Rashes on the abdomen may be associated with a change in hormonal levels. More often, such symptoms are observed in the fairer sex. Hormones in the body of a healthy person must be in a certain balance. If the level of certain substances begins to change, this can lead to serious consequences. In both women and men, hormonal imbalance can lead to infertility. And one of the first signs of pathology is often a rash on the stomach or back.
How to understand that the rash is associated with hormones? An accurate diagnosis can be made by a specialist. However, such a rash has its own characteristic signs. Hormonal imbalance leads to increased production of skin secretion. Rashes are simple pimples (comedones).
It is possible to restore the hormonal background with the help of replacement therapy. Thus, it is possible to restore the production of skin secretion. The resulting rash is eliminated with the help of antiseptics, anti-inflammatory ointments.
Hyperhidrosis
The disease is associated with increased perspiration, independent of physical factors. Normally, sweat takes part in the thermoregulation of the body. The secret begins to be developed during physical activity, during excitement or against the background of an elevated body temperature (with illness). If increased sweating is observed for no apparent reason, they talk about the development of hyperhidrosis.
The disease does not always develop on its own. Pathological increased sweating can accompany a number of neuropsychiatric diseases. Primary hyperhidrosis can develop in men and women in adolescence, during puberty. Against the background of increased sweating, rashes on the skin of the abdomen or back are often observed.
Only a comprehensive approach will help cure hyperhidrosis. The patient is prescribed drugs that affect the sympathetic nervous system. Good results show sedatives on an herbal basis. Patients with chronic hyperhidrosis are shown spa treatment.
Venereal diseases
This group includes sexually transmitted infections. Rashes on the abdomen in an adult can appear against a background of syphilis. This is a disease that has a long undulating course. Infection affects the entire body - mucous membranes and skin, cardiovascular and nervous system. The causative agent is a pale spirochete. The optimal conditions for the propagation of pathogenic microflora are lymph nodes. The patient is contagious at any time during the illness.
Red rashes on the abdomen can appear almost immediately after infection. Against the background of infection, the patient's body temperature rises, symptoms of general intoxication of the body appear. Syphilis is dangerous for its complications. If treatment is not started in a timely manner, all organs and systems are gradually affected, which leads to disability and even death of the patient.
The method of treatment of syphilis is selected individually. In the acute period of the disease, as a rule, antibacterial agents of the penicillin series are used. In case of allergy to this group of medicines, tetracyclines or cephalosporins can be prescribed.
Dermatitis
Under this name, a large number of inflammatory skin diseases are combined. Dermatitis is classified depending on the nature of the lesion and localization. Rashes and itching on the abdomen often develop due to contact dermatitis. Inflammation of the skin is a response to a certain irritant.
An exact diagnosis can be made by a dermatologist after a short examination of the patient. Be sure to perform histological studies of the sample of affected skin. The main principle of therapy is the identification and elimination of an irritant that leads to inflammation of the epidermis.
Psoriasis
This chronic non-contagious disease, as a rule, affects the skin. However, nails and joints may also suffer. Today, experts cannot name the exact reasons for the development of the pathological process. The most probable is the hereditary and neurogenic nature of the disease. Many experts consider psoriasis a multifactorial disease.
Clinical manifestations of the pathological process begin with the appearance in single parts of the body of single papules. At the beginning of the disease, red rashes appear on the abdomen. Over time, they become covered with scales. Immediately rashes may be a bit. Over time, their number gradually increases.
Psoriasis requires long-term complex therapy. The patient is prescribed a hypoallergenic diet, sedatives (tincture of valerian, motherwort), antihistamines (Tavegil, Suprastin). Externally, drugs are used to speed up the process of repairing the damaged epidermis - ichthyol, naphthalan ointment.
Eczema
This inflammatory skin disease is characterized by a prolonged course. The pathological process often takes a chronic form, has an allergic origin. Most often, rashes appear in open areas of the epidermis (on the face, hands), but inflammation can also occur on the stomach and back. Hormonal disorders in the body, the state of immunodeficiency can provoke the development of the disease. In children, eczema often develops against a background of diathesis.
After making an accurate diagnosis, it is important to reduce the influence of a provoking factor - an allergen, nervous overload. Drug therapy is performed using sedatives and antihistamines. As in the case of psoriasis, the restoration of affected tissues with the help of anti-inflammatory ointments is carried out. Good results are shown by physiotherapeutic methods of treatment - magnetotherapy, ozone therapy, laser treatment. After the relief of acute inflammation, the patient is shown therapeutic mud and ultraviolet radiation.
Scabies
A parasitic skin disease provokes a scabies mite. In children and the elderly, the disease is detected more often than in adult patients leading an active lifestyle. The source of infection is always a sick person. However, getting the parasite on the skin does not mean that you have to face unpleasant symptoms. Of great importance is the state of the patient's immune system.
You can get scabies in public places - through doorknobs, banknotes, telephones, railings of stairs. The tick can be found on animals for a short time. Therefore, such an infection is not excluded.
Symptoms of the disease appear in the first days after infection. Parents may notice rashes on the abdomen of the child at the entry sites of the parasite. Itching is characteristic, which intensifies at night. For the treatment of scabies, the benzyl benzoate emulsion is used. It is necessary to process the entire skin, and not just the entry points of the parasites.
Chickenpox
If there are rashes on the abdomen and chest, it is possible that we had to deal with a common infectious disease of viral etiology - chickenpox. The pathological process is accompanied by the appearance on the body of a bubble rash against the background of symptoms of general intoxication of the body. The disease provokes a microorganism from the herpes virus family. The infection is easily transmitted by airborne droplets. Often, unpleasant symptoms affect children who attend preschool. In groups, the infection spreads rapidly. After the transfer of chickenpox, lifelong immunity is maintained.
The incubation period of the disease lasts up to three weeks. The younger the patient, the easier it is to transmit the infection. Children may experience minor rashes throughout the body. In rare cases, body temperature rises to subfebrile indicators. In adults, as a rule, there are symptoms of general intoxication of the body.
Chickenpox is treated on an outpatient basis. Pustules should be treated with an antiseptic to avoid secondary infection. Patients with immune deficiency are additionally prescribed antiviral drugs (Acyclovir, Vidarabin).
Measles
One of the symptoms of an acute viral disease is the appearance of a red rash throughout the body. The infection enters the body by airborne droplets. The source of infection is a sick person. The incubation period can last up to ten days. People are very susceptible to this kind of infection. However, after transferring the disease to it, stable immunity is maintained.
In the first days of infection, the patient develops symptoms of general intoxication (headache, fever), then a rash appears. If the rashes on the abdomen itch, this may indicate the attachment of a secondary infection.
Measles is treated at home. Therapy is aimed at eliminating unpleasant symptoms and preventing complications. The rash is treated with an antiseptic (Miramistin, Chlorhexidine, Hydrogen Peroxide).
Summarize
Rashes on the abdomen can appear with various pathological processes. The doctor will make an accurate diagnosis. It is not worth delaying the appeal for help if the rash accompanies a deterioration in overall well-being.