What medicine should I take for roseola in children?

During the baby's development period, various problems will be encountered, especially some babies with poor resistance, who may be affected by viruses and bacteria and then suffer from some serious diseases. What parents need to do at this time is to take the baby to see a doctor in time and actively cooperate, so that the baby will not be tortured by the disease. So the question is, what is the best medicine for children with eczema?

Roseola infantum is a self-limiting disease. Generally, it only requires good care of the baby. No special treatment or antibiotics are needed. Parents should try to avoid letting their babies take medicine and let them repair themselves, which will help enhance their immunity.

General treatment: Let the baby rest in bed, pay attention to isolation to avoid cross infection; let the baby drink plenty of water, give the baby easily digestible food, and appropriately supplement vitamins B and C, etc.

Symptomatic treatment: When the baby has a high fever, use physical cooling, and appropriately apply infant antipyretics containing "paracetamol" or "ibuprofen", such as Pediatric Motrin, Tylenol, and Benadryl. Once the baby has convulsions, give him sodium phenobarbital or chloral hydrate, and give him appropriate fluid replacement. Febrile convulsions generally have no sequelae and will not cause any fundamental damage to the baby, so mothers do not need to be too nervous.

Reminder: Parents should make sure their baby drinks plenty of water and keep the indoor air circulating. Once the baby has a fever, take timely measures to reduce the temperature.

Etiology and epidemiology

The pathogen is human herpes virus type 6, the virus particles are spherical with a diameter of 200nm. Its nucleocapsid is a three-dimensional symmetrical icosahedron composed of 163 shell particles, with a core composed of double-stranded DNA inside and a lipoprotein envelope outside the nucleocapsid. Asymptomatic adult patients are the source of infection for this disease, which is transmitted through respiratory droplets. The fetus can obtain antibodies from the mother through the placenta. The antibody positivity rate is 25% at 4 months after birth, 76% at 11 months, 90% at 5 years old, and 98% at 17 years old. This disease is more common in children aged 6 to 18 months, and is rare after 3 years old. It occurs more frequently in the spring and autumn rainy seasons, with no gender difference.