How to treat scarlet fever in children

Once a child develops scarlet fever, the symptoms usually develop very rapidly, and parents will become very worried at this time. In fact, this disease has gradually evolved into a common disease, and sometimes very serious complications will occur. Therefore, prognosis and care are actually very critical. In addition to taking drug treatment, you should also pay attention to strengthening physical exercise in daily life.

① Scarlet fever in children is a common and frequently occurring disease. Antimicrobial treatment is effective, but serious complications may sometimes occur. Therefore, attention should be paid to early symptoms and timely medical treatment to avoid delays in the disease.

② Post-recovery care and hygiene are more important, especially items that may be touched (including those of adults) should be thoroughly disinfected.

③. You should strengthen physical exercise and improve your physical fitness to reduce the occurrence of this disease.

General treatment and symptomatic treatment

During the fever period, you should rest in bed, strengthen care, keep the indoor air fresh, and give vitamins and nutritious and easily digestible food. People with high fever and headache can use antipyretic analgesics. If you have a sore throat, you can gargle with a compound boric acid solution, and if you have a cough, you can use expectorants and cough suppressants.

Antiviral therapy

For patients with severe conditions, antiviral treatments such as ribavirin and interferon can be used.

Treatment of complications

Patients with concurrent encephalitis should be treated according to the principles of Japanese encephalitis. Mild arthritis does not require treatment. Local pain can be treated with sedatives, local hot compresses or physical therapy. Patients with severe purpura bleeding tendency can be treated with glucocorticoids and, if necessary, transfusion of fresh blood and platelets.

(2) Serum specific antibody determination: The methods include hemagglutination inhibition test, complement fixation test, immunofluorescence test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, among which the hemagglutination inhibition test is the most commonly used because it is rapid, simple and reliable. Among specific antibodies, IgM appears the earliest but is shorter lasting. IgG antibodies increase 2 to 3 days after the rash appears, reach a peak in about 2 to 4 weeks, and then gradually decrease, but can still maintain a certain level for life.

Therefore, an increase in specific IgM or a 4-fold increase in the titer of IgG antibodies in double serum can be used to diagnose the acute stage of rubella. Rubella-specific secretory IgA antibodies can be detected in the nasopharynx and can aid in diagnosis. Rubella virus RNA is also detected by dot blot hybridization to diagnose rubella infection. And it lasts longer. The positive serum specific antibody IgM of the newborn can be used to diagnose congenital rubella.