Small children with acne may be chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth disease, infectious molluscum contagiosum and other manifestations of pimples caused by the disease, according to the cause of the topical medication, oral medication or surgical treatment.
1. chicken pox: children are common, lesions are red papules, similar to pimples, there can be fever, headache and other systemic symptoms, the course of the disease has a self-limiting, the main antiviral and symptomatic treatment is mainly, you can use acyclovir antiviral treatment, symptomatic treatment can be the use of glycerine lotion to stop itching.
2. Hand, foot and mouth disease: children are prevalent, characterized by pimples, papules and blisters on the hands, feet and mouth, mainly symptomatic supportive treatment, and the lesions can be treated with glycerite lotion to relieve itching. The seriousness of the disease can be accompanied by central nervous system damage, pulmonary edema, etc., need to be rescued in time.
3. Molluscum contagiosum: this disease mostly involves children and other immunocompromised people, the skin lesions are similar to pimples pimples, mainly to take warts clip removal surgery, can also be used laser, liquid nitrogen freezing and other physical methods of treatment.
If you’ve got a small child with acne, it is recommended that you take the child to the hospital to find out the cause and follow the doctor’s instructions, do not use your own medication.