What medicine can cure scarlet fever quickly?

Scarlet fever commonly presents with symptoms of fever and sore throat, which are often easily mistaken for other diseases. Penicillin is generally used clinically, but other drugs can also be used for patients who are allergic to penicillin. It is mainly necessary to judge based on inspection and not blindly. No matter what medicine you take, it will take two weeks to see the effect. After two weeks, if it has not healed, you need to change the medication.

Early treatment: Penicillin is the first choice

In the early stages of scarlet fever, penicillin is the first choice for pathogen treatment. Children should receive 20,000-40,000 U/kg body weight, divided into 2-4 doses, by intramuscular injection or intravenous drip. After treatment with penicillin, 80% of children will have subsided fever within 24 hours. It takes an average of 1.1 days for throat swab culture to turn negative, and pharyngitis and rash to disappear in 4 days. Children with common type can use it for 5 consecutive days. Follow the doctor's instructions and continue taking the medication for 1 week until the symptoms completely disappear and the redness and swelling of the throat subsides before stopping the medication.

This can shorten the course of the disease and reduce complications

For those who are allergic to penicillin, erythromycin can be used at a dose of 20-40 mg/(kg·d), taken orally in 3 or 4 divided doses. Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (complex sulfamethoxazole) can also be used. Chloramphenicol, lincomycin or cephalosporin can also be used. The medication should be determined by the doctor.

Symptomatic treatment for complications

If the child develops septic shock, blood volume should be actively replenished, acidosis should be corrected, and vasoactive drugs should be given. Children with concurrent rheumatic diseases can be given anti-rheumatic treatment. The aspirin dosage for children is 0.1/(kg·d), taken orally in 3 or 4 doses. After the symptoms are controlled, the dosage can be halved. Active anti-rheumatic treatment can prevent the occurrence of heart valve disease. Children who develop nephritis can be treated according to the internal medicine methods for treating nephritis.

1. Evil invades the lung defense

Treatment method: pungent, cool, clear, detoxifying and relieving sore throat.

Prescription: Jieji Touzhan Decoction with modifications. Honeysuckle, Forsythia, Burdock, Chrysanthemum, Mint, Nepeta, Belamcanda, Duckweed, Cicada Shell. For severe sore throat, add Sophora flavescens and Platycodon grandiflorum; for rash, add Lithospermum officinale and Folium Isatidis.

2. Evil enters the Qi camp

Treatment method: Clear Qi and cool the body, purge fire and detoxify.

Prescription: Qingwen Baiduyin with modifications. Gypsum (pre-boiled), Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Scrophulariae, Rhizoma Coptis, Radix Glycyrrhizae. If the fever persists, add Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Bupleuri. If you are restless and irritable, add Gardenia and Bamboo Leaf. If you are thirsty and want to drink, add Pollen and Rhizoma Phragmites.

3. Post-rash genital injury

Treatment method: nourish yin, clear away heat, promote fluid production and moisten the throat.

Prescription: Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus decoction with modifications. Adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, Dendrobium officinale, Pollen, White Peony Root, Licorice root. If low-grade fever persists, add Cortex Moutan and Radix Rehmanniae; if thirst is severe, add Rhizoma Phragmites and Scrophularia ningpoensis.