Bacterial infections in children need antibiotics to inhibit or kill bacteria on the one hand, and symptomatic management of discomfort caused by bacterial infections on the other.
1. Antibiotics: Antibiotics are the key drugs for treating bacterial infections. Doctors will combine the site and type of infection with the results of drug sensitivity test to choose the appropriate antibiotics, and the antibiotics commonly used in children include Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, Cefaclor and so on.
2. Symptomatic treatment: symptoms caused by infection are diverse, such as fever can be cooled down by applying ice packs and other physical means, and if necessary, acetaminophen and other antipyretics can be used; diarrhea can be adjusted through a light diet, and probiotics, such as bifidobacteria, can be used if necessary; sore throat can be rested more and more water, and can be used to gargle with borax solution, and so on.
There are many types of bacterial infections, with different pathogens and sites of infection having different symptoms. Children suspected of bacterial infections should be brought to the hospital as soon as possible, under the guidance of the doctor for anti-infective treatment and symptomatic treatment, do not blindly self-medication, in order to avoid delaying the treatment or cause serious adverse reactions.