How to treat pediatric suppurative parotitis

Pediatric suppurative parotitis is usually caused by viral infections, treatment is based on antiviral therapy and symptomatic treatment, but there are cases of combined bacterial or mycoplasma infections and other pathogens, the specific treatment plan is as follows: a. For the treatment of pathogenic bacteria, give antiviral treatment, you can take oral antiviral solution or ribavirin granules, etc., and in severe cases, give the application of antiviral drugs for intravenous infusion, commonly used ribavirin injection or adenosine injection. In severe cases, intravenous infusion of antiviral drugs should be given. Ribavirin injection or adenosine injection are commonly used. If combined with bacterial infection, cephalosporin or penicillin antibiotics can be given. If combined with mycoplasma infection, can be given the application of macrolide antibiotics for treatment, commonly used azithromycin or erythromycin, given orally in mild cases, and consider the application of intravenous infusion treatment in severe cases. The most important thing to remember is the fact that the children with suppurative parotitis are usually accompanied by fever, and they are given oral or intravenous antipyretic drugs for treatment of high fever, and they are given physical cooling for low fever, such as drinking plenty of water, applying antipyretic patches, or wiping with lukewarm water, etc. Meanwhile, during the period of the disease, they must drink plenty of water, and feed the water diligently, so as to help the disease to recover.