How to treat acute urticaria in children

Urticaria is a serious skin disease that we suffer from. This disease is very harmful to the human body. Once you suffer from this disease, it will cause problems to the human body. The skin will become red and swollen, and the patient will feel very itchy, which is very unfavorable for treatment. Therefore, people seem particularly helpless when facing this disease, especially children. Let’s take a look at the introduction of how to treat acute urticaria in children.

1. Internal medication

Antihistamines are important drugs for treating patients with various types of urticaria and can control symptoms in most patients. Although antihistamines cannot directly confront or neutralize histamine and cannot prevent the release of histamine, they can compete with histamine and quickly inhibit the formation of wheals. Antihistamines have various side effects, so it is best to choose those with fewer side effects. Workers working at heights, drivers and other workers should use them with caution, as accidents may occur due to drowsiness. Long-term use of an antihistamine can easily lead to drug resistance, so you can switch to another one. Or apply alternately or in combination. Children have greater drug resistance than adults, so the relative dosage is also larger.

Calcium supplements can be used for acute urticaria. Steroid hormones are used for severe acute urticaria and serum urticaria, and small doses can be used for pressure urticaria and complement-activated urticaria. It is especially necessary to use it in case of urticaria complicated by anaphylactic shock.

2. Topical medication

Calamine lotion or zinc oxide lotion can achieve temporary therapeutic effects. Those with erosion and ulcers in the oral mucosa can use normal saline to clean or gargle with Dobe solution, and apply 2% gentian violet solution externally. If the conjunctiva is inflamed, it can be rinsed with normal saline, and chloramphenicol eye drops and cortisone eye drops can be applied. Genital damage can be rinsed with 1/4000 potassium permanganate solution, and chloramphenicol ointment, or chloramphenicol and dexamethasone ointment can be applied externally.

Acute urticaria in children is a relatively difficult disease to treat. This disease must be treated as soon as possible because once a large-scale outbreak occurs, it is likely to cause irreversible damage to the skin. Therefore, when people find that they have acute urticaria in children, they must be prepared for active treatment.