• Your child has signs of infection, such as:
  • Increased pain, swelling, warmth, or redness around the rash.
  • Red streaks leading from the rash.
  • Pus draining from the rash.
  • A fever.
• Your child's rash gets worse and your child starts to feel bad, with fever, stiff neck, nausea and vomiting, or other problems.
• Your child has new blisters or bruises, or the rash spreads and looks like a sunburn.
• Your child has shortness of breath.
• Your child has joint aches or body aches with the rash.

• The rash does not clear up after 2 to 3 weeks of home treatment.
• You think the rash is a reaction to a medicine your child is using.

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