What ointment should I use for my baby's boils?

There are many types of skin diseases that can form on the surface of the skin. Among them, boils are a very torturous skin disease because after a boil appears, a red pus-filled mass will quickly form around the skin, and the area where the boil appears will also cause extreme pain and itching. Adults will not be able to bear boils, let alone children. Therefore, when children get boils, they can use some quick-relieving ointments.

What are the causes of boils in children?

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen. Recurrent furunculosis in the anogenital area may be secondary to anaerobic infection. 5% are sterile and caused by a foreign body reaction, such as a ruptured cyst. It is more common in teenagers. Susceptibility factors include long-term carriage of S. aureus, diabetes, obesity, poor hygiene habits, and immunodeficiency status.

There are three reasons why children often get boils in the summer:

First, the temperature rises in summer, children's metabolism increases, metabolites increase, sebaceous glands secrete vigorously, and pores are easily clogged. Staphylococcus aureus will take advantage of the situation and grow and multiply in large numbers in the hair follicles and sebaceous glands, causing a purulent infection. Sweat is rich in protein and fatty acids, which is a good culture medium for bacterial growth. Therefore, if you do not wash or change clothes in time after sweating, or wear non-permeable synthetic clothes, it may irritate the skin and cause infection.

Second, young children sleep less, have decreased appetite, and become irritable in the summer, which can lead to a decrease in their resistance. This also promotes bacterial reproduction and can easily lead to skin infections.

Third, young children consume a lot of sugary drinks or fruits in summer. This will increase blood sugar, affect the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria, and easily lead to infection, especially in diabetic patients.

How to treat boils in children

1. Squeeze Huoxiang Zhengqi water into children's bath gel or shampoo, and bathe and wash children's hair. Put Huoxiang Zhengqi water in the bath every day to avoid prickly heat and inflammation of hair follicles;

2. Before going to bed at night, apply children's iodine to the boil area, then apply ichthyol ointment on the surface of the boil, and bandage it with medical gauze. The gauze does not need to be applied too late to prevent children from feeling too stuffy and pulling it with their hands. The most important thing is that ichthyol ointment contains paraffin, which is toxic. It must be used at night to prevent children from rubbing their eyes or touching their mouths after touching it during the day. Ichthyol ointment is used for disinfection, preservation and swelling reduction. In fact, I feel that it is more like promoting the rapid suppuration of boils and effectively preserving them. Some small boils may disappear as soon as they are absorbed, while large boils may take about three days to become festered after application. Once they become festered, they will form a scab in about three days. Some boils that have been there for a long time will become festered after just one day of application.

3. Before the boil becomes festered, apply Bactroban on the surface of the boil during the day; you can also disinfect it regularly with iodine during the day. Because children sweat a lot when playing during the day, their hair follicles are easily infected. Using Bactroban and iodine tincture during the day can effectively prevent the hair follicles from being infected again.

4. After the boil becomes festered, ichthyol ointment should still be used at night, and iodine should be used for disinfection during the day. If the child is in kindergarten, you can ask the kindergarten teacher to apply iodine to him regularly, especially after sweating profusely.

5. In this way, the boils will gradually disappear, but you still need to continue using Huoxiang Zhengqi Water to avoid getting prickly heat.