How to Treat Pediatric Herpes Fever

Pediatric herpes fever need to clarify the cause of the disease, the treatment is mainly to general treatment combined with medication is more effective. Pediatric herpes is caused by herpes virus infection, in clinical herpes simplex and herpes zoster, usually small children are most commonly herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster is less common. Symptoms include reddening of the skin around the herpes with fever and itching. The following treatments are available for fever caused by herpes: 1. General treatment: pediatric herpes fever, need to let the child drink more water to promote the body’s metabolism, in addition to the diet needs to be light, do not eat spicy and stimulating food, to avoid aggravating the condition. 2. medication: if pediatric herpes fever is caused by viral infection, you can use antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, acyclovir, etc.; if the combination of bacterial infection, you need to take the relevant antibiotics, such as amoxicillin clavulanate potassium. In addition to the use of the above drugs, if the fever exceeds 38.5 ℃, you need to consider the use of ibuprofen or acetaminophen and other fever-reducing drugs for treatment, the above drugs are recommended to be taken under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be used on their own.