How To Identify Diaper Rash

SLIGHT DIAPER RASH:

• Faint to definite pinkness over a small area
• May be a single raised bump (papule)
• May be slight dryness

MILD DIAPER RASH:

• Faint to definite pinkness over a small area
• Definite redness over a very small area
• Scattered raised bumps (papules)
• Moderate dryness/scaling

MODERATE DIAPER RASH:

• Definite redness in a larger area
• Very intense redness in a very small area
• Single to several areas of papules (raised bumps) with 0-5 raised, fluid containing bumps (pustules)
• May have slight peeling. May have swelling (edema)

You should contact your pediatrician if your baby is experiencing moderate or severe diaper rash.

MODERATE TO SEVERE

• Intense redness over a larger area
• Peeling, raised bumps (papules)
• Several fluid-containing bumps (pustlues).

You should contact your pediatrician if your baby is experiencing moderate or severe diaper rash.

SEVERE DIAPER RASH:

• Very intense redness over a larger area
• Severe peeling Severe swelling (edema)
• Some loss of the outer layer of skin and bleeding
• May have large, connected areas of raised bumps (papules)
• Numerous raised, fluid containing bumps (pustules)

You should contact your pediatrician if your baby is experiencing moderate or severe diaper rash.

More information:

• What is Diaper Rash?
• How to Treat Diaper Rash
• Preventing Diaper Rash