Red dots on skin actually are the rashes appearing on face or back of body. Being a kind of dermal disease it affects the spontaneous color and texture of skin that embarrasses the vulnerable ones psychologically. The red rashes can be identified as dry red itchy skin. It may cause severe burning sensation as well in critical conditions. Emergence of red dots on specific part of skin is supposed to be related either with hereditary condition or some external factors.
Appearance of Red Dots/Spots
Though red spots are itchy condition of skin known commonly as rashes, it can be recognized in following forms.
Are the red dots harmful?
If you are immensely consternated of
its being noxious in effect, recover yourself. It is not harmful even in the
least. But its appearance of course is taken as a sign of some noxious disease,
which you should be aware of.
Common Conditions of Red Dots
Now let’s have a look at the
conditions causing skin to look like red dots or red spots.
Acne Vulgaris– Being red or brownish in color the acne marks also are identified as red dots especially on
facial skin. The sluggish or proximally healed acnes (macules) of facial
pimples are the skin-condition and its appearance is termed as red dots. Such
type of appearance over the facial skin is temporary and ceases to exist with
the passage of time. If someone wants to get rid such spots (red dots) then
sun-exposure is the best remedy he/she should adhere to.
Birthmarks (aka
hemangioma) – The blemishes on newly-born babies also are called as red dots. Distinguishable from
other dermal diseases it is a temporary skin condition as with the growth of
baby it disappears from skin naturally. Birthmarks’ appearance is associated
with blood vessels are spontaneous to occur during the birth.
Hematoma – It is a kind of lesions to be caused due to clotting of blood
under the skin as blood spot. Also known as purpura or petechiae such condition
is the sign of infection caused under the skin and visible as red dots. Such
condition is required to be inspected by the doctors as it can be a symptom of
some diseases as well, like leukemia, lupus or cirrhosis.
Dermatofibromas – It also is a kind of injury caused over the skin in the
form of red dots. The tissues collected accidentally due to injurious impact
are affected with discoloration and are identified as red spots as well. Torso
and legs are the regions susceptible to such condition. The red dots occurring
due to such condition happens to cause itching.
Pyogenic Granulomas – Such condition causes the blood vessels to get punctured
and form thereby some spots over skin identified as red dots:
- Food Allergy.
- Anxiety.
- Allergies.
- Bacterial or viral infection.
- Fungal infection (ringworm).
- Reaction to vaccination.
- Skin diseases such as eczema or acne.
- Exposure to sun (sunburn).
- Friction due to chafing of the skin.
- Boil.
- Cellulitis.
- Insect bite.
- Hives.
- Seborrheic dermatitis.
- Cradle Cap.
- Warts.
- Ringworm.
- Syphilis.
- Jock itch.
- Tinea versicolor.
- Impetigo.
- Scabies.
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Erythema annulare centrifugum (EAC).
Going through the conditions you can
take the red spots or red dots on skin to be the effect either of
injurious impact or diseases affecting the human body. Treating the actual
cause is the only solution of red dots appearing on skin.