Oral medications are useful for the treatment of scarlet fever in children, such as penicillin, ceftriaxone sodium, and anti-allergic drugs.
1. Penicillin: Penicillin is commonly used in the treatment of scarlet fever. Penicillin can be used for drug prophylaxis, intramuscular injection or oral administration. However, children may be allergic to penicillin, so you need to make sure that children are allergic to penicillin before using it.
2. Ceftriaxone Sodium: Ceftriaxone Sodium is an antibiotic drug that has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects on bacteria and is very effective in treating various infectious diseases. Scarlet fever is mainly a streptococcal infection, oral intake of this cephalosporin can be very good inhibition of this bacteria, thus preventing the aggravation of the disease.
3. Anti-allergic drugs: children with scarlet fever will be itchy if the rash breaks out, so they can take anti-allergic drugs such as loratadine orally to stop the itching.
Children with scarlet fever can choose the above three kinds of drugs under the guidance of the doctor according to the situation. Until cured, parents should take care of their children carefully and avoid scratching the rash caused by scarlet fever. If children’s condition is serious, they need to increase the dosage of medication under doctor’s guidance, and should not increase the medication by themselves.