What to do if a child has a hemangioma on his face

Hemangioma is a congenital disease that is more common in infants or children. Hemangioma is a disease that is somewhat hereditary. Generally, there are slightly more male patients with hemangioma than female patients. This disease is also somewhat hereditary. Hemangioma has a great impact on children's health. Therefore, children must go to the hospital for treatment in time after they develop hemangiomas. So what exactly is hemangioma?

According to survey statistics, the average incidence rate of neonatal hemangioma is about 0.8%. About 16,000 newborns in my country suffer from hemangioma every year, and the ratio of male to female is about 1:3.

Hemangiomas often occur on the head, face, and neck, which seriously affect the baby's appearance and cause parents to be extremely worried. However, there is no need to worry too much. Generally speaking, the disease can be cured with early treatment. However, special attention should be paid to some more dangerous infantile hemangiomas, such as those that grow in the eyes, throat, or extremities.

In addition, in addition to hemangiomas on children's faces, there are other clinical classifications of infantile hemangiomas, such as strawberry hemangiomas, cavernous hemangiomas, port-wine stains, capillary hemangiomas, etc. Moreover, it may be in any part. Of course, some of them are harmless except for affecting people's appearance, but some must be paid attention to and should be treated early to prevent them from worsening and avoid endangering life and health.

Through the above article, everyone should understand what hemangioma is. Hemangioma is somewhat hereditary, but this disease can be detected during prenatal examination. Therefore, pregnant women must do prenatal checkups regularly so that they can effectively find out if there are any problems with the fetus and take measures accordingly.