Many parents become worried when they see their child developing red rashes similar to mosquito bites and are unsure what illness the child might have or how to handle the situation. In fact, there are several conditions that can cause children to develop red, mosquito-bite-like rashes all over their bodies. Each cause has a different approach to treatment.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a condition that commonly occurs during the summer and autumn, coinciding with other skin conditions and skin lesions in the form of blisters, so it is necessary to differentiate it from diseases caused by Herpes simplex virus infection or chickenpox and shingles.