1 year old infants and children will develop insect bite dermatitis after being bitten by mosquitoes, and the symptoms can be relieved by general treatment, topical medication, oral medication and so on.
1. General treatment: Parents should avoid taking the child to places with more mosquitoes, such as grass, woods and lakes, keep the indoor environment hygienic and do a good job of preventing mosquitoes, and also avoid scratching the child, avoid using hot water or herbs and other localized scalding, to prevent localized infections from occurring.
2. medication: parents can give children under the guidance of the doctor external use of peppermint glycerite lotion and other astringent, antipruritic treatment; lesions at the redness and swelling is serious, can follow the doctor’s instructions, as appropriate, external use of hydrocortisone butyrate cream, fluticasone propionate cream and other anti-inflammatory treatment.
For children aged 1 year and above with severe itchy insect bite dermatitis, parents can be given antihistamines such as cetirizine drops under the guidance of a doctor to stop the itch.
For infants and children aged 1 year, prevention of insect bite dermatitis is more important than treatment. Parents are advised to bring their insect bite dermatitis patients to regular hospitals in a timely manner, due to the young age of the children, some of the topical drugs or oral medications lack of appropriate clinical data, parents under the guidance of a doctor to standardize the treatment, do not self-medication.