How to care for infantile hemangioma?

When a baby is young, any slight discomfort in the baby's body will worry the parents. So if the baby has a hemangioma, the parents will be even more nervous. Infant hemangioma is a very common skin disease. Because it grows on the outside of the skin, it may rupture and bleed if not paid attention to. Therefore, care for infant hemangioma is very important. Here we will introduce the care methods for infantile hemangioma.

Hemangioma is a common skin soft tissue tumor in children with a variety of clinical manifestations. Skin surface hemangiomas often appear in the neonatal period and may initially appear as white, pink, purple or bluish skin spots. Typical superficial hemangiomas often appear as bright red round protrusions. Hemangiomas are more common in the head and neck, followed by the trunk and limbs. Most cases are single tumors.

Although it is a benign lesion, it can cause serious consequences. Infant hemangioma seriously affects the appearance of many children. Some may also bleed due to trauma, friction, scratching, and cause bacterial infection. If an infantile hemangioma grows in a conspicuous part of the body such as the face, it may cause the child to become autistic and have low self-esteem as he grows up. Therefore, infantile hemangioma should not be underestimated.

Infantile hemangiomas can usually be removed surgically. The removal of lip and tongue hemangiomas should be done without affecting function. If the tumor is too large, it should be removed in stages to avoid affecting function and appearance. After resection, a sclerosant can be injected into the remaining tumor. The wound after tumor resection can be directly sutured or repaired with a local skin flap transfer. Large wounds require free skin grafting, and perforated defects require tissue transplantation. During surgery for racemose hemangioma, the artery that communicates with the tumor should be ligated and cut off first. Sometimes, due to extensive lesions, one or both external carotid arteries need to be ligated during surgery to reduce bleeding.

The article introduces some care methods for infantile hemangiomas, but treatment is also very important while caring for them. When the baby reaches the right time for treatment, surgical removal is recommended. Although hemangiomas are benign tumors of the soft tissue of the skin. However, all tumors have the potential to become cancerous, so it is better to treat them as early as possible.