How to treat neonatal hemangioma

Neonatal hemangiomas mainly grow in some extremely important organs and grow very fast. They may have a certain incubation period at the beginning, but grow very fast in the later stage, which directly affects their lives. Below we will explain how to treat neonatal hemangiomas.

If infantile hemangiomas grow rapidly, or involve important organs, or are accompanied by thrombocytopenia or bleeding tendency, prednisone can be taken. The dosage and usage of the above drugs must be followed according to the doctor's advice.

Treatment of hemangiomas should take into account factors such as the type of hemangioma, its location, and the patient's age. Current treatments include surgical resection, radiotherapy, cryotherapy, laser therapy, sclerotherapy injection, etc., and comprehensive therapy is generally used. Temporary observation may be considered for hemangiomas in infants and young children. In a few cases, the hemangiomas may disappear on their own. If they grow rapidly, they should be surgically removed in a timely manner. The effectiveness of radiotherapy is still uncertain and it may cause cancer, so it is rarely used nowadays.

The endothelial cells of the blood vessel walls of infants or children are still in an embryonic state and are more sensitive to hormone treatment. For rapidly growing cavernous hemangiomas in infants and young children, you can try injecting prednisolone into the tumor cavity, or taking prednisone orally, which can sometimes stop the growth of the tumor or significantly shrink it. Hemangiomas in adults are not sensitive to hormones. Cavernous hemangioma can be treated with 3% sodium morrhuate or other vascular sclerosing agents injected into the tumor cavity, which will cause fibrosis and closure of the tumor cavity, resulting in the shrinkage or disappearance of the tumor. During the injection, it is advisable to temporarily compress the surrounding tissues to block blood flow. The injection should be given once every 1 to 2 weeks. The injection dose depends on the size of the tumor. Generally, no more than 5 ml of sodium morrhuate is used at one time. If the therapeutic effect is not good, surgical resection or cryogenic treatment can be used. Argon ion laser irradiation can be tried for facial capillary hemangiomas. Laser or cryotherapy has a certain effect on submucosal cavernous hemangiomas, but is not effective for port-wine stain hemangiomas.

The above is the treatment method for newborn hemangioma. You must choose carefully when using the medicine, because newborns are in a developmental state. In order not to hinder their brain development and provide their brain with a better development space, you must choose medicine that does not affect their development.