Viral infection is an allergic reaction caused due to viruses- the organisms which attacks the cells of living body and harms them making the person sick for a longer time.
A virus is a small infectious agent mostly smaller than bacteria that pervades a body, reproduces its cell in the normal cells of the body and makes the person ill.
So viral infection is caused by the pathogenic viruses. These infection s may vary from mild to severe Viral infection on skin can be of many types like :
- HERPES SIMPLEX
- HERPES ZOSTER
- WARTS
- MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
There are more viral infections that cause rashes like- measles, chicken pox, rubella. These infections causes spots or sores on the surface of skin, while few of them like warts does not spread to other parts f the body.
- Rashes
- Fever
- Sweating
- Spots
- Mostly depending on the virus
- Coughing
- Sneezing
- Diarrhoea
- Headache and pain
- Dehydration