What to do if children have vesicular herpes?

When some children develop herpes, the most important symptom is blisters on the skin, so it is called vesicular herpes in children. When blisters appear on the skin, children may experience symptoms such as itching and pain. At this time, children should be prevented from scratching the herpes with their hands. If they feel itchy and uncomfortable, the easiest way is to apply ointment, which can relieve the symptoms. There are also the following solutions.

What to do if children have vesicular herpes?

1. General treatment

Get enough rest, eat easily digestible food, and stay hydrated. Strengthen care, keep skin clean and prevent secondary bacterial infection. Clothes, bedding, towels, dressings, etc. that have come into contact with herpes fluid should be disinfected promptly and not shared with healthy people. Patients with herpetic gingivostomatitis should keep their mouths clean and gargle with 1:1000 benzalkonium bromide solution. Patients with genital herpes should avoid sexual intercourse during treatment.

2. Symptomatic treatment

For itchy skin without ulceration, calamine lotion can be applied, and antibiotic ointment can be applied after the herpes ruptures. Patients with obvious pain from herpes zoster should be given analgesics such as indomethacin, and vitamin B1 and B12 can be taken orally or intramuscularly. In case of secondary infection, 0.5% neomycin cream or mupirocin ointment can be used externally.

3. Antiviral treatment

Nucleoside drugs are currently considered to be the most effective drugs against HSV. Acyclovir, valacyclovir or famciclovir can be taken orally. Acyclovir ointment, penciclovir cream, etc. can be applied externally to the skin lesions.

What to do if your baby has herpes

Although herpes is relatively common, when a child is sick, not only does the child suffer, but it also always worries the parents. Many parents appear to be worried, which adds a certain psychological burden to their children. Therefore, parents need to know how to treat herpes in their children.

Herpes simplex

Herpes simplex is an acute herpetic skin disease caused by the herpes simplex virus. The most common clinical case is localized herpes simplex. The local area begins to feel burning, itching and tension, followed by the appearance of erythema. Clusters of small blisters appear on the erythema or normal skin. The blister fluid is clear and transparent, and later becomes turbid. After being abraded, erosion, exudation and scabs appear, and secondary suppurative infection may also occur. The disease can heal itself within 1-2 weeks. Temporary pigmentation spots may remain after healing. The rash often occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membranes, such as the lips, around the mouth, and near the nostrils.

How to treat herpes in children?

Because children have low body resistance and weak defense function, viruses and bacteria often invade the body, causing some symptoms. The treatment is mainly based on antibiotics, and antiviral oral liquid or Isatis root granules can be taken; in addition, multiple vitamins such as vitamin C and vitamin B complex can be taken, and local chloramphenicol glycerin or shuanghuanglian aerosol spray can be used.

The possibility of recurrence of the disease cannot be ruled out. Children's recurrent attacks are related to some habits in daily life, and they should try to avoid foods and activities that are known to cause ulcer attacks. Relapse is more likely when the body's immunity is low. In daily life, you can pay attention to a proper diet, adequate sleep, increased exercise, and improved immunity. It is also recommended to supplement children with more vitamin C, because vitamin C itself can prevent these diseases.

However, since the child's physical functions are not yet fully developed, it is recommended that the child's parents treat the child with traditional Chinese medicine, because traditional Chinese medicine has fewer side effects than Western medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that herpes is mostly caused by insufficient vital energy, internal accumulation of dampness and heat, which block the skin, resulting in qi stagnation and blood stasis, and meridian dysfunction, which then manifests itself through the liver and gallbladder meridians.

Therefore, children can take oral antiviral medicines, isatis root granules, etc., decoctions often use honeysuckle, forsythia, isatis root, mint, gypsum, bamboo leaves, raw rehmannia, etc. Effective ready-made medicines can include compound isatis leaf mixture, pediatric bezoar powder, etc., and direct spraying of double-grain throat powder is also effective. The powdered powder can directly act on the local lesion to directly achieve the purpose of anti-inflammatory and analgesic.