Baby's chronic urticaria

Urticaria is one of the more common diseases in clinical practice. Allergic urticaria is generally the most common. Nowadays, urticaria is also more common in children, and the disease often recurs, which makes parents very anxious. The best way to prevent urticaria is to find the cause and stay away from it. This article analyzes in detail the causes of chronic urticaria in children and introduces precautions for urticaria. Let’s take a look if you are interested.

There are many causes of chronic urticaria in children, and the causes vary among children of different ages. For example, most infants get it from breast milk or additives such as milk. Most preschool children suffer from chronic urticaria due to allergic constitution and immune dysfunction caused by genetics. Allergic reactions caused by certain drugs can also cause chronic urticaria in children. The common reasons are as follows:

1. Dietary problems: seafood, such as shrimp, crab, and certain protein foods such as eggs, milk, etc.

2. Inhalants that can easily cause allergies, such as various pollens, smoke, etc.

3. Certain antibiotics, such as penicillin.

4. Certain physical and chemical factors, such as light, heat, wind, etc.

5. Animal irritation, such as bedbugs and mites.

6. The stimulation of certain plants, such as nettle and kudzu.

Children with chronic urticaria are usually treated with chlorpheniramine, vitamin C, and antipruritic topical medications. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the following aspects in life:

1. Avoid growing long nails and avoid scratching the affected area frequently to prevent itching.

2. Try not to take a bath with too hot water.

3. For heat urticaria, avoid strenuous exercise and reduce sweating.

4. Parents of pediatric patients should pay close attention to changes in the condition.

Urticaria, a skin disease, is not contagious, so parents can interact with their children to prevent them from having negative emotions. Children with chronic urticaria should pay attention to a light diet in their daily life, try to eat less high-protein foods such as fish and shrimp, choose comfortable cotton clothes that are less irritating to the skin, avoid children's contact with pollen-like substances, avoid growing flowers and plants at home, and avoid activities under trees, in the grass, etc. If there are symptoms of recurrence, parents should also take the children for follow-up visits in time.