vesicular rashes

see also:

• dermatology
• bullous / blistering rashes

• vesicular rashes are those with small fluid filled superficial cutaneous vesicles

• Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
  • localised
  • more disseminated as in eczema herpeticum
• varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox/shingles)
• herpes zoster (shingles)
• pompholyx
• tinea
• dermatitis herpetiformis
  • especially nape of neck, elbows, near eyes and can also get red lesions on volar aspects of fingers
  • underlying coeliac disease
• partial thickness burns
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
• etc