White pustules on newborn

After birth, newborns will have some white pustules on their bodies, which will make parents worry whether they have skin diseases. In fact, the pustules on newborns are not skin diseases, but you should also be careful about pustular sores. This disease may occur in people of different ages, and not only in newborns, but also in many children.

Jinjin, a 5-year-old who is in the middle class of kindergarten this year, began to develop red spots around her mouth on Saturday, which turned into small papules the next day and then quickly turned into pustules. Coincidentally, 2-year-old Ding Ding had a few pimples on his cheeks. His parents treated it as eczema and applied medicine for several days but the pimples did not go away. The child couldn't stand the itching so much that he scratched all the abscesses, and blisters and suppuration formed wherever the light yellow pus went. After a careful examination, the dermatologist told Ding Ding’s mother that the child had “impulsive eczema”.

According to doctors, impetigo is the most common skin disease among children and infants in summer and autumn. It is mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus or a mixed infection of the two, and is prone to occur in exposed areas such as the face, neck and limbs. The course of the disease is variable, sometimes lasting for weeks or months. At first, there may be only a few small pustules on the face. Since the pus contains pathogenic bacteria, the child can easily spread the bacteria throughout the body or spread it to other children through scratching.

Impetigo is mainly treated with drugs and can also be supplemented with diet therapy

Impetigo is mainly treated with topical medications, and oral medications may be considered as a supplement for a few severe cases. If the pustules have not broken, you can apply calamine lotion externally. If the pustules are large, the blister fluid should be extracted. If the pustules have broken, you can use potassium permanganate wet compresses of appropriate concentrations, and then apply antibiotic ointment externally. For internal drug treatment, sensitive antibiotics should be used in a timely manner, and attention should be paid to water and electrolyte balance.

The prevention of impetigo is to keep the skin clean and hygienic, take more baths, change clothes frequently, avoid contact transmission, and arrange diet, sleep and activities properly. When sick, people should be isolated and the clothes they have worn should be disinfected, especially in childcare institutions. Objects that have been touched by the patient should be boiled and disinfected. For children suffering from impetigo, they should take frequent baths and cut their nails frequently, and apply ointments such as gentian violet, chloramphenicol, and neomycin to the impetigo. Avoid the abuse of hormone ointments such as "Fu-Less" to prevent the spread of skin lesions and worsen the condition.

In addition to drug treatment, diet therapy can also be used to alleviate the condition during the illness. According to experts, porridge made with yam as the main ingredient has a good effect in assisting the treatment of impetigo in children. Parents may wish to give it a try.

Chinese Yam Lentil Porridge

Recipe ingredients: 20 grams of yam, 10 grams of lentils, 15 grams of coix seed, 6 grams of siler, 5 grams of golden cicada, 10 grams of light bamboo, 10 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of schizonepeta, and 50 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method: Boil the above Chinese medicine in water twice, take 300 ml of the concentrated juice and cook it with glutinous rice to make porridge.

Health Tips: This diet therapy should be consumed 1 to 2 times a day. This diet therapy is suitable for diseases such as impetigo.

Chinese yam and chicken porridge

Recipe ingredients: 20 grams of yam, 20 grams of coix seed, 1 large frog, 50 grams of polished rice, and 25 grams of rock sugar.

Preparation method: Peel the frog, remove the head, feet and internal organs, and chop them into pieces; add yam, coix seed and glutinous rice to cook porridge; add rock sugar when it is cooked.