Hives most often affect children between the ages of six months to 4 - 5 years. In view of the possible reaction of the baby's body to a particular allergen, parents need to know about the methods of treatment and providing the child with first aid in case of aggravation of the body. Since the allergy of this type can easily go into a chronic stage, treatment can be delayed for many years. On how to cure urticaria in a child and alleviate her symptoms, we'll talk further.
How to treat urticaria in children?
The first thing that parents should do when a child develops urticaria is to eliminate the cause that triggered an allergic reaction. Call it can:
- food, drinks;
- medicines;
- insect bites;
- infection;
- parasites;
- disorders of the autoimmune system;
- prolonged physical exposure to heat or cold.
Acute urticaria
Excluding the re-entry or exposure to an allergen, if possible, it is necessary to eliminate the symptomatic manifestations of hives. In particular, you should remove the itch, so that the child does not comb the affected areas before blistering, and also reduce swelling and eliminate redness. To do this, the child should be given an anti-allergenic agent in a strictly recommended dose.
There are to date and ointments from urticaria, which greatly facilitate the condition of the child. However, they should be used only on the advice of a specialist, after the cause of the allergy has been clarified. Otherwise, there is a risk of aggravation of the condition, since the ointments contain hormonal substances.
If it is reliably known that the cause of urticaria is the product that the child used for food, you can make a cleansing enema.
In more severe forms of acute urticaria, for example, with Quincke's edema, treatment involves injecting adrenaline. It is injected under the skin in a concentration of 0.1 to 1 ml. It is also necessary urgently to call the child first aid.
Chronic urticaria
Treatment of chronic urticaria involves determining the cause of an allergic reaction. If the constant exacerbations and eruptions are caused by the presence of worms or disease of the internal organs, the emphasis of treatment is shifted to them with concomitant measures to alleviate and eliminate the symptoms of hives.
How to treat hives with folk remedies?
Treatment of hives in the lungs is possible at home.
To remove the itching and swelling of the skin, you can use compresses from:
- chamomile or marigold;
- water and vinegar at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon of vinegar on a glass of water.
Also, children are made from infusions of various herbs that soothe the skin.
- For the trays suitable herbs, such as celandine, chamomile or mint. Any of them in an amount of 5 tbsp. spoons pour a liter of steep boiling water and allow to infuse for 6 hours. After that, the broth is added to the tubs for 1 glass.
- A complex decoction of herbal baths is prepared from celandine, valerian, St. John's wort, chamomile and sage. All herbs are mixed, and the finished mixture for the subsequent bathing is taken at the rate of 5 tbsp. spoonfuls per liter of water. After that, the right amount of a mixture of herbs is poured with a liter of cold water and brought to the boiling point on the fire. For half an hour the broth is insisted, then filtered and added to the bathroom.
- With folk remedies one should be cautious, as they can give an additional allergic reaction and aggravate the child's condition.
Diet for urticaria in children
Depending on the form of urticaria and the cause that caused it, doctors can prescribe to the child a diet that excludes the presence of the following products:
- immediate sources of allergy;
- citrus fruits;
- smoked products;
- marinades;
- chocolate;
- eggs;
- strawberries;
- spices and so on.
What to feed a child with hives?
The menu for the patient with urticaria of the child should be hypoallergenic. It can be used:
- Vegetables, except for cultures of red color;
- porridge, cooked on water;
- rabbit and turkey meat;
- vegetable and butter;
- hypoallergenic confectionery (liver, drying, bread);
- dairy products without dyes and fruit additives.