Viral herpes in children

Viral herpes in children generally presents with fever and general malaise. In general, viral herpes in children appears on the skin around the oral cavity and redness and slightly elevated blisters occur.

Viral herpes has always been a skin disease that is relatively easy for children. It usually occurs in children's lips and mouth.

Viral herpes in children can be divided into herpes simplex and herpes zoster.

Herpes simplex virus infection is a common viral infection during childhood. It can cause lesions in the skin, mouth, and cornea, as well as systemic infections and life threats. The prevalent age is 1 to 4 years old, and the incidence peaks in the second year after birth.

Herpes simplex virus infection, the children around the lips, gums and lips round herpes, rupture after the formation of ulcers, submandibular and cervical lymph nodes, headaches. Due to the local pain caused by herpes, children are often more irritated, reluctant to eat, but also have high fever (39 °C ~ 40 °C), 2 ~ 3 days heat retreat, about one week recovery. A small number of patients can also cause keratitis, showing red and swollen eyes in children, the emergence of small blisters, corneal damage can affect vision, and even blindness. There are herpes herpes eczema, herpes meningitis, and genital inflammation. Such as newborn baby herpes simplex virus infection, generally 5 to 9 days after birth began to fever, jaundice gradually increased, vomiting, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, cyanosis, severe respiratory failure and circulatory failure, at the same time there may be neurological symptoms such as convulsions. Due to poor liver function or thrombocytopenia, the skin may have purpura. The skin of these patients is free of herpes.

The disease, such as herpes, can be self-healing during the perioral period. The symptoms of neonatal infection are heavier, respiratory failure may occur, and complications such as death or mental retardation may be caused when herpes encephalitis is caused. Caused by keratitis can lead to blindness in children, children with reduced understanding of the outside world can also cause mental retardation in children. Pediatric children with eczema or scald, in particular, should avoid contact with children or adults suffering from herpetic stomatitis. If the mother has a foreign genital herpes disease, it should be caesarean section to prevent neonatal infection.

The treatment of herpes simplex virus infection should maintain the cleanliness of the mouth and skin. When there is dehydration and acidosis, it should be properly rehydration, symptomatic fever, short-term use of antibiotics. Antiviral treatment available herpes net, adenosine for herpes simplex virus encephalitis or early herpes virus infection in patients with significant effect, in recent years found that acyclovir more effective than adenosine.

The virus that causes shingles is the same size as the varicella virus and its antigenicity is the same. Therefore, this disease is also considered to be the first activity of the chickenpox virus (Chicken-poxor Varicella) that lurked in the sensory ganglia many years ago. To.

Herpes zoster infection often occurs suddenly with clustered blisters (red pimples, arranged in bands, along the side of the ganglia distribution area, arranged in bands; with severe pain, most patients have persistent pain, often The pain did not disappear after the rash had healed; the prodromal symptoms of the herpes zoster virus infection were pain along the nerve trunks for approximately three days, and they were associated with swelling and pain of the lymph nodes; the rash was a continuous band or patch and appeared along the nerves. In one to several knots and early stages of erythema, a group of central umbilical fossa-sized blisters are formed, gradually becoming bloody (Hernorrhagicbulls) and even pustules, and finally covered with necrotic moltings.

Herpes zoster infection is extremely rare in children under the age of fifteen, and most of the patients are over 45 years of age.

Viral herpes in children is a viral skin disease, and children are a special group with weaker immunity. Therefore, children should be nursed for viral herpes.

How should viral herpes be treated?

1. Pressure control: The control of stress can greatly help to ease the condition of viral herpes and reduce recurrence.

2. Hands and feet maintenance As far as possible, touch the water and detergent with your hands, keep your feet cool, and rub more cream. This will not only reduce the viral itching but also avoid the occurrence of chronic complications of eczema or fungal infections.

3. Low-metal diet: According to statistics, this method is highly effective for patients with viral herpes with metal allergy.

4. Avoid scratching: Scratching is often the main cause of the worsening of viral herpes and the occurrence of complications, so it is important to minimize scratching.

5. Topical steroid ointment: Under the condition of itchiness, it is very difficult to reduce itching of viral herpes by simple maintenance. At this time, topical steroid ointment is needed to reduce itching and control the condition.

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