How to treat urticaria in children?

Urticaria in children is an immune disease, a type of allergic dermatitis. Because children have poor resistance, eat randomly, and often do not pay attention to body hygiene, urticaria will worsen. Urticaria is divided into acute and chronic. Most children's urticaria is acute. For treatment, you can use Chinese patent medicine prescriptions and slowly regulate the body. You should also choose Chinese patent medicine for taking medicine. As a parent, do not easily give your child anti-allergic drugs, because they are rich in hormones and you need to consult a doctor before use.

What is urticaria in children

Infantile urticaria, commonly known as urticaria, is a common allergic skin disease and also a common skin disease in children. When the disease occurs, there will be wheals (groups) of varying sizes on the skin. When you touch them, you will find that they feel hard and itchy. The surface antigens of the urticaria can be seen in the pores. A slight scratch on the skin may result in a red mark slightly higher than the skin surface. This is caused by the cells and fluid in the blood vessels leaking out of the blood vessels.

The wheals of the affected child appear and disappear quickly, and leave no traces in childhood, but they are prone to recurrence, possibly several times a day. Urticaria in children can occur in any part of the body. When it involves the digestive tract, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea may occur. It can also cause symptoms such as edema, chest tightness, breathlessness, suffocation, and bronchial asthma. Parents should take their children to the hospital for treatment in time.

Effective treatment for urticaria in children

Urticaria in children can be divided into acute and chronic. Acute urticaria is relatively easy to treat, while the treatment time of chronic urticaria needs to be extended. When a child develops urticaria, the cause should be found out first, contact with allergens should be avoided, and the medications and foods that cause allergies should be discontinued. If the child is severely itchy, calamine lotion or other medicines can be applied externally to prevent the child from scratching the skin. Other methods can also be used to distract the child's attention so that he or she does not always pay attention to the itchy skin.

Prescription 1

Ingredients: 20 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 10 grams of Artemisia argyi, 10 dates, 15 grams of Cyperus rotundus, 20 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 10 grams of Ephedra sinica, 5 grams of Asarum, 20 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 20 grams of Tangerine peel, 25 grams of Seabuckthorn fruit, and 25 grams of Codonopsis pilosula.

Usage: This is the adult dose, reduce the dose for children. Take 3 times a day, each dose is about 200 ml.

Function: Nourishing blood, dispelling wind and relieving itching.

Indications: urticaria, papular urticaria, pruritus.

Prescription 2

Ingredients: Ephedra, Forsythia, Schizonepeta, Bombyx Batryticatus, Morus alba bark, Adzuki bean, and raw licorice.

Usage : All medicines are given in regular doses. Children usually use 1/3-1/2 of the adult dose. Ephedra is used raw and added last during decoction. Soak the whole medicine in water for 30 minutes and then boil for 30 minutes. Decoction each dose twice and mix the two decoctions. Take 1 dose daily, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Indications: papular urticaria.

Add or subtract: If the itching is severe due to wind excess and there are many wheals, add wind-removing drugs such as Saposhnikovia divaricata, Uncaria rhynchophylla, and Chantuo; if the dampness excess and the blisters are numerous and large, add Coix seed and Plantago seed to enhance the effect of removing dampness; if the heat excess and the rash is red, add Gardenia jasminoides and Scutellaria baicalensis to enhance the ability to clear heat; if the patient usually has blood deficiency, pale face and pale tongue, and weak and moist pulse, add Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, White Peony Root, and Salvia miltiorrhiza to make up for the deficiency; if the skin is scratched and secondary infection occurs, resulting in pus and erosion, then this prescription should remove Ephedra sinica and Bombyx batryticatus, and add Taraxacum mongolicum, Coix seed, Patrinia salviae miltiorrhiza, etc., focusing on clearing heat and detoxifying.

Prescription 3

Ingredients: 10-20 grams of Rhizoma Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 6-10 grams of Prunus Mume, 6-10 grams of Pheretima Saposhnikoviae, 6-10 grams of Cicada Shell, 3-6 grams of Cortex Moutan, and 3-10 grams of Licorice.

Function: Soothe wind and clear heat, cool blood and promote blood circulation, detoxify and dredge meridians, relieve rash and relieve itching.

Indications: Allergic skin diseases of the wind-heat type, with skin lesions such as papules, erythema or wheals, accompanied by mild fever, thirst, itching, etc., thin yellow tongue coating, and floating pulse.

Add or subtract: For those with blood deficiency, add Angelica sinensis; for those with qi deficiency, add Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus; for those with exterior symptoms, add Schizonepeta tenuifolia.

Non-proven prescription: 6 grams of Schizonepeta, 6 grams of Saposhnikovia, 9 grams of Sesame, 9 grams of Clematidis, 9 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 12 grams of Phellodendron chinense, decocted in water before taking.