What are the symptoms of viral dermatitis in children?

Children's skin is always very delicate and their resistance is obviously lower, so they will always have some skin diseases, especially dermatitis, which is very common. However, there are many types of dermatitis. When some children develop viral dermatitis, many parents do not know what the symptoms of this skin disease are. Let me introduce to you the symptoms of this dermatitis, hoping to provide you with some reference value.

Most viral dermatitis symptoms include fever, repeated seizures, varying degrees of impaired consciousness, and increased blood pressure. Viral dermatitis convulsions are mostly generalized, but they may also be focal, and in severe cases, they may present as a persistent state of convulsion. Children may have varying degrees of changes in consciousness, including drowsiness, lethargy, coma, deep coma, and even decorticate state. If irregular breathing rhythm or unequal pupils occur, the possibility of high-pressure complication viral mesothelioma should be considered. If the skin lesions mainly affect the base of the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe limbic system, the patient will mainly show mental and emotional abnormalities, such as mania, hallucinations, aphasia, and orientation, calculation and memory disorders. With or without fever. Various viral dermatitis can cause such manifestations, but those caused by herpes simplex virus are the most serious. Inclusion bodies containing viral antigen particles are easily seen in the nerve cells of this viral dermatitis, which is sometimes called inclusion body viral dermatitis. It is often accompanied by convulsions and coma, and has a high mortality rate.

Some lesions mainly affect the motor area of ​​the frontal cortex. The main clinical manifestation of viral dermatitis is repeated seizures, with or without fever. Most of them are general or focal tonic-clonic or clonic seizures, and a few are myoclonic or tonic seizures. Viral dermatitis may persist.

Others include those with hemiplegia, monoplegia, quadriplegia or various involuntary movements as the main manifestations. Many patients may have multiple types of symptoms mentioned above at the same time. Positive pathological signs appear when the lesion involves the pyramidal tract.

Viral dermatitis usually lasts 2-3 weeks. Most of them recovered completely, but a few were left with sequelae such as epilepsy, limb paralysis, and mental retardation. If you have viral dermatitis, you must seek treatment early.

When a child develops viral dermatitis, he must be treated promptly. After reading the above introduction, I believe you have a clearer understanding of this disease. This disease is quite harmful. If it is not treated in time, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, it is best to take your child to a professional hospital for treatment in time.