One and a half year old baby has blisters in his mouth

Many children are prone to getting angry and oral diseases in autumn and spring, such as oral ulcers and blisters on the mouth. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children more water and reduce the decline in their body's resistance through proper exercise and physical movement. If they encounter problems with colds and fevers, they also need to pay special attention and not continue to go untreated.

One and a half year old baby has blisters on his lips

Some people often develop blisters on the labial mucosa (the red part) of the lips and the skin around the mouth in late autumn and early winter. We call it "cold herpes." This is an oral disease caused by the herpes simplex virus.

The virus can survive in saliva or on the skin and is spread through droplets, saliva, and contact with herpes fluid. The area around the lips is prone to this disease.

When the body's resistance is weakened, such as when there is fever, indigestion, cold, or premenstrual period in women, the disease may recur. Strong sunlight exposure, local mechanical damage, and emotional factors can also lead to recurrence. The patients are both young and old.

Before the onset of the disease, there is often local itching, redness and burning pain on the red part of the lips or at the junction of the red edge of the lips and the skin. Subsequently, two, three or more clusters of transparent blisters, the size of a pinpoint or a millet grain, appear at the itchy area. The itching continues after the blisters appear. After a few hours, the small blisters begin to rupture and then erode or fuse into a larger bulla. There is clear fluid in the blisters. The bullae soon burst and form yellow or bloody scabs.

After about 1 week or 10 days, the scab will fall off and the wound will heal naturally. However, the scab is often broken when washing the face, resulting in secondary infection and even the appearance of small pustules at the lesions, which then form scabs again and prolong the healing time. No scars are left after healing, but there may be pigmentation. Generally there are no systemic symptoms. The damaged area can relapse within months, weeks or even days under the influence of inducing stimuli.

(1) Systemic treatment. ① Use antiviral drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as acyclovir, ribavirin, interferon, etc., or take oral Chinese medicine Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Isatis root granules, etc. ② For those with severe and frequent relapses, immunomodulators should also be used, such as thymosin, transfer factor, levamisole, etc. ③For severe conditions, such as combined submandibular lymphadenitis and elevated body temperature, supportive therapy should be used, including bed rest, application of antipyretic drugs such as analgesics, drinking plenty of water, timely supplementation of vitamin B, vitamin C, etc., and eating semi-liquid diet or soft food.

(2) Local treatment ① Keep your mouth clean. You can rinse your mouth with chlorhexidine solution or compound borax solution. ② When the disease occurs, apply 3% iodine tincture to the herpes area, or apply erythromycin ointment topically to reduce inflammation and relieve pain and promote healing. ③ In case of secondary infection, local wet compresses such as normal saline, 3% boric acid solution or chlorhexidine solution can be used. ④ Local irradiation therapy with helium-neon laser has a certain effect on patients in the early stages of the disease.