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Deprive a child's face: symptoms of infection
The main signs of infection are:· The appearance of pink spots on the face, abdomen, on the hair; · The skin in the affected areas peels; · In rare cases, the lymph nodes may enlarge and hurt. Considering the fact that lichen, as well as other types of fungal diseases, is a contagious pathology, parents need to limit their child's contact with other children. A family consists of several children - contact with an infected person is completely excluded. Before treating lichen on a child's face on your own, visit a doctor and take a set of tests, undergo an examination. Spots can also be the cause of other inflammatory processes in the child's body - problems in the gastrointestinal tract, in the skeletal system, an allergic reaction.
Deprive the child's face: treatment
If a baby is infected, measures must be taken to prevent the proliferation of fungal microspores.
- All baby hygiene items - comb, towel, as well as baby's clothes and toys - should be treated with special products.
- Baby bathe daily, applying special decoctions of herbs.
- After the water procedure, use external means prescribed by the attending physician.
- A number of effective antifungal drugs for ingestion and externally have been created to combat the lichen.
- Tablets have increased toxicity, harm the liver, kidneys, so the specialist prescribes a comprehensive treatment with the use of sorbents, hepatoprotectors, etc.
- To cure a fungal infection at home is possible only in combination with drugs.
- If you start the process, deprive the child of the face may go into a chronic stage and it will be more difficult to fight the disease.
Lichen is highly contagious, so be carefulfor the child, do not allow contact with animals whose health you are not sure of. Banal hygiene, hand washing, cleaning toys, hygiene items will not give the baby a chance to catch a very unpleasant disease. It is also useful to know: