How to treat simple pityriasis in children

Everyone is familiar with the skin disease pityriasis simplex. How to treat pityriasis simplex in children? This is of great concern to many parents, because many children now suffer from pityriasis simplex childhood. After getting the disease, children will experience varying degrees of skin itching, which makes the children very painful and affects their lives. Let us learn about the treatment methods below, hoping that it will be helpful to parents.

Pityriasis simplex is common in children. The symptoms are: the skin lesions are round or oval light red macules of varying sizes with unclear edges. After 1 to 2 weeks, the redness fades, leaving light spots. The surface is dry with a few small grayish-white scales. The diameter is 1 cm to several centimeters, with clear boundaries and slightly raised edges. There are usually 4 to 6 or more of them, symmetrically distributed on the face, and some are prone to occur on the neck, upper arms, back and even trunk.

Most children with this disease have no subjective symptoms, and a few have mild itching. The course of the disease is chronic and may not heal for several days or years, and then gradually disappear without leaving any trace.

【Countermeasures】

5% sulfur cream, hydrocortisone, etc. can be applied topically.

Additional intake: multiple vitamins and trace elements, etc.

In terms of treatment, in addition to local application of topical medications, we also emphasize correcting children's picky eating habits. After taking multiple vitamins and trace elements, all the children were cured.

【Cause】

The cause of this disease is unknown. It may be related to dry skin, strong sunlight exposure, or a manifestation of seborrheic dermatitis, or related to viral, fungal, or streptococcal infection. However, there is currently no definite evidence in the medical community to prove it. Some experts also believe that the disease is related to nutritional metabolism.

Most children's medical histories mentioned that they had a history of picky eating.

【prevention】

Since the cause of the disease is unknown, it can only be treated with general skin disease prevention methods.

[Age of high risk]

Ages 2 and up.

Causes of pityriasis simplex in children

The cause of pityriasis simplex is unknown. It may be related to dry skin, strong sunlight exposure, or a manifestation of seborrheic dermatitis, or it may be related to viral, fungal, or streptococcal infection. However, there is currently no definite evidence in the medical community to prove it. Some experts also believe that the disease is related to nutritional metabolism.

Symptoms of pityriasis simplex in children

The skin lesions are round or oval pink macules of varying sizes with unclear edges. After 1 to 2 weeks, the redness fades, leaving light spots. The surface is dry with a few small grayish-white scales. The diameter is 1 cm to several centimeters, with clear boundaries and slightly raised edges. There are usually 4 to 6 or more of them, symmetrically distributed on the face, and some are prone to occur on the neck, upper arms, back and even trunk.

How to treat pityriasis simplex in children? The treatment methods have been explained above. For children, treatment is very important, but the prevention of simple pityriasis in children is also very important in life. In particular, you must be careful not to let your child have a picky eater. A picky eater will cause the child's body to lack some trace elements, which is naturally bad for the body.