5 months of infants were bitten by mosquitoes to consider the possibility of insect bite dermatitis, can be improved through general treatment, topical drug therapy, oral medication and other ways to improve the symptoms.
1. General treatment: Parents are advised to do a good job of mosquito prevention and mosquito repellent work to avoid the child from being bitten again, and at the same time to avoid the child scratching the local area, keep the local dry and clean.
2. Topical medication: Parents can use glycerin lotion for children, or glucocorticoid creams such as Denadyl under the guidance of a doctor.
3. Oral medication: most antihistamines have no clinical safety data for children under 6 months of age, so parents need to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to give children 5 months of age oral antipruritic drugs. If the child’s systemic symptoms are severe, erythema, papules, accompanied by fever and other symptoms, under the guidance of the doctor can be appropriate systematic application of glucocorticosteroid drugs such as prednisone.
If the local appearance of pustules, pus and other symptoms of secondary bacterial infection, local application of fusidic acid cream and other antibiotic ointment, oral cefaclor and other sensitive antibiotic treatment.
Insect bite dermatitis is a self-limiting disease, if the child’s symptoms do not improve for a long time, or the itching is serious and causes the child to be irritable, or other systemic symptoms, it is recommended that parents bring their children to regular hospitals in a timely manner, standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor. All of the above drugs should be used in strict accordance with medical advice.