How are oral hemangiomas treated in children?

Oral hemangioma in children is a common benign tumor among children. It usually disappears on its own within 1.5 to 2 years, but it can also take 3 to 5 years to completely disappear. When parents encounter similar problems, they will definitely take their children for treatment as soon as possible, but they should not rush to seek medical treatment. This depends on whether you can correctly understand the disease. In addition, many children's diseases need to be discovered by parents so that they do not worsen.

Hemangioma clinically manifests as a relatively rare benign tumor and is usually treated with a comprehensive approach. Most hemangiomas in their early stages, such as port-wine stains, capillary hemangiomas, and cavernous hemangiomas, can be dynamically observed. That is, go to the hospital for follow-up by a pediatric surgeon every 3-6 months to observe changes in size, color, and thickness to decide whether the hemangioma can be waited for to resolve on its own. This is generally suitable for children under 2 years old with hemangiomas. Laser treatment is generally suitable for port-wine stains.

Hemangioma is the most common benign tumor in children, with an incidence rate of about 3% to 8%. Due to my country's large population base, children with hemangiomas are very common, and most of them are female babies, with a male to female ratio of about 1:3 to 5. It can appear in various parts of the human body and is characterized by rapid growth, especially in the first year after birth.

Although hemangioma is a benign tumor, it destroys surrounding tissues, causing cosmetic defects in children and leading to functional impairment. In severe cases, ulceration, bleeding, infection, etc. may occur, and may even be life-threatening. The diagnosis of most hemangiomas is not difficult, but their treatment has not yet been fully resolved. About 2/3 of hemangiomas can be detected after birth, so the correct diagnosis and treatment should start in the neonatal period.

Since hemangioma is not a true tumor, its natural process goes through three stages: growth, stagnation, and regression. Most hemangiomas enter the involution phase 8 to 12 months after birth, characterized by decreased tension and fading of the hemangioma, the appearance of a white stripe in the middle of the hemangioma, gradual expansion of the pale area, and gradual shrinkage of the tumor before slowly disappearing.

If your child has oral hemangioma, don't worry too much, because it is not a very serious disease. There have been cases in the past where the age of starting to disappear was 6 to 16 months after birth, and the average age of complete disappearance was 22 months. After complete disappearance, the child is no different from ordinary people and there is no trace. Therefore, most infant oral hemangiomas will disappear naturally, so do not rush to treat them.