How to treat ringworm on a child's face

Children have weak immunity and their skin is particularly tender. They can easily get skin diseases if they are not careful. Especially when the adults who take care of the baby suffer from fungal infections, it is especially easy to infect the children. Therefore, we will find that many children have ringworm on their faces. How to treat ringworm on children's faces! Because of the special characteristics of children's bodies, we must choose the right method when treating.

1. Local treatment: It is the first choice. Commonly used imidazole drugs include 1% bifonazole, 2% miconazole, 1-3% clotrimazole, 2% ketoconazole, 1% econazole, 2% sertaconazole, etc.; allylamine drugs include 1% naftifine, 1% terbinafine or 1% butenafine preparations; others include 2.5% amorolfine, 1% ciclopirox olamine, 2% liranafthate, etc. Different dosage forms are selected according to different clinical types. It is applied externally 1-2 times a day for 4-6 weeks. For keratotic tinea pedis and tinea manuum, a keratolytic agent such as urea, salicylic acid or lactic acid preparations may be added.

2. Systemic treatment: For patients with keratotic tinea pedis or severe interdigital tinea pedis, those with poor compliance with topical medications, and those who require oral medications, oral antifungal drugs can be used for treatment if there are no contraindications. Itraconazole 200 mg, twice a day, for 1 week; 5 mg/kg.d for children. Terbinafine 250 mg/d, course of treatment 2 weeks; children weighing 40 kg, 250 mg per day. Fluconazole 150-200 mg/time, once a week for 4-6 weeks; 6 mg/kg.w for children.

3. Combination therapy: In order to improve the efficacy and reduce the recurrence rate, different types of antifungal drugs can be used in combination, either local and local or local and systemic combined treatment.

How to treat ringworm on a child’s face? The above is the specific plan. It can be seen that the best method is to choose drug therapy, and to insist on taking the medicine. When choosing medicine, you should choose medicine with less irritation. In addition, you should pay attention to keeping the baby's skin dry and clean on a daily basis, and sometimes you should also give your child more vitamin-rich foods.