What medicine is effective for children with urticaria

Everyone should be familiar with the skin disease urticaria. Generally speaking, adults are more likely to suffer from the disease, but children may also suffer from urticaria. Because children do not understand this disease, they scratch their skin when it itches, which can easily break the skin and cause infection by bacteria, leading to other diseases. Children's urticaria can be treated with medication. Here we will introduce what medicines are effective for children's urticaria.

drug :

1. Loratadine syrup

It is mainly used to relieve symptoms related to allergic rhinitis, and is also suitable for relieving chronic urticaria and itchy skin diseases.

Directions: Children aged 2-12 years: Weight > 30 kg: Take once a day, 2 teaspoons (10 ml) each time. Body weight ≤ 30 kg: 1 teaspoon (5 ml), once a day.

2. Levocetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets

It is mainly used to relieve allergic symptoms of allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis (including eye allergic symptoms), urticaria, etc.

Dosage: Children aged 2-6 years old, take half a tablet once a day.

3. Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets

Suitable for seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis, urticaria and skin itching caused by allergens.

Dosage: Oral: Adults or children over 12 years old, 10 mg once a day or as directed by a doctor. If adverse reactions occur, the dosage can be changed to 5 mg in the morning and evening. For children aged 6-11 years, the recommended starting dose is 5 mg or 10 mg once a day, depending on the severity of symptoms. For children aged 2-5 years, the recommended starting dose is 2.5 mg once a day; the maximum dose can be increased to 5 mg once a day, or 2.5 mg once every 12 hours.

If you don’t trust western medicine, you can also choose traditional Chinese medicine ephedra, Dictamni bark, Kochia scoparia, Coptis chinensis, and Spinach for treatment. They can clear away heat and wind, remove dampness and relieve itching, and can completely cure the disease without recurrence. During treatment, be sure to drink plenty of boiled water to keep your bowel movements smooth. These medicines can be purchased at pharmacies. They are economical, convenient and effective.

Treatment Guidelines :

1. Find and eliminate allergens

Treat the disorder causing urticaria. Autoimmune urticaria is difficult to treat, but giving intravenous immune globulin or plasma dialysis can relieve symptoms.

2. Apply anti-itch lotion topically

Such as calamine lotion (with menthol added) or zinc oxide lotion.

3. Medication

(1) Oral antihistamines. Commonly used first-generation antihistamines include chlorpheniramine maleate tablets, promethazine hydrochloride, diphenhydramine, doxepin, ketotifen, etc.; second-generation H1 receptor antagonists have the advantages of good efficacy and no obvious central nervous system inhibitory effect. They can be used for children over 2 years old. Second-generation antihistamines include cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine, levocetirizine, desloratadine, fexofenadine, acrivastine, ebastine, epinastine, mizolastine, olopatadine, etc. Take orally once daily. Calcium supplements and vitamin C can reduce the permeability of capillaries and help relieve symptoms. The combination of H2 receptor antagonists (such as cimetidine and ranitidine) and H1 receptor antagonists can treat acute urticaria with obvious abdominal pain. Cyproheptadine can be used to treat chronic or cold urticaria.

(2) For stubborn cases, oral prednisone tablets or intravenous hydrocortisone may be used as appropriate, but it is not a routine medication.

Different drugs have significantly different minimum age limits and dosages, and should be used in accordance with the drug instructions. In children who do not respond to treatment, a combination of first-generation (for evening use) and second-generation (for daytime use) antihistamines can be used, but care should be taken to avoid the use of sedating antihistamines in school-age children.