What is a maculopapular rash?

Makulopapular rash is the condition of the skin characterized by the presence of macula and papules on the skin. When a person's skin depicts a maculopapular rash, it is usually red and covered with many small bumps, unlike sanding paper occasionally. Makulopapular rash can have any of the many causes, but most often occurs as a symptom of scarlet fever, measles, thermal rashes and some hemorrhagic fever. This appearance can also attract an allergic reaction to amoxicillin antibiotics.

The two elements present in each maculopapular rash are macules and papules. Macules are areas of skin color, which are usually less than about half an inch (one cm) in diameter. They are neither increased nor depressed nor can they take almost any color. Macules themselves can have different causes, including certain skin diseases, but also including conditions such as hyperpigmentation that are by no means pathological.

papules are small, round heights of the skin that nepepear contain any liquidwell. They also differ in color from pink or red, purple or even brown. Like Macules, they usually occur as a symptom of skin diseases. The thermal rash is one of these diseases and occurs primarily in the hot tropical climate due to the clogging of sweat glands and subsequent bacterial infection. The thermal rash is usually present only in localized areas and is most common in infants and young children, because their sweat glands are less developed than in adults.

Makulopapular rashes that combine both of the above elements are most often part of a serious or acute state. These include measles and in addition to the rash it is characterized by a high fever, sometimes reaches 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees C). The measles rash develops for some time and can change colors from red to brown before it eventually disappears.

scarlet fever partially characterizedFrom the maculopapular rash flower, starting with one to two days after the fever. Three to four days later disappears and the skin of the affected areas peeling off, a process that sometimes lasts for weeks. Other diseases characterized by fever also cause maculopapular rash. One of the more serious of them is Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever. The beginning of the symptoms in this case is very fast, with rashes developing about five days later. Marburg haemorrhagic fever ends with the death of almost a quarter of all of their victims.