What to do if your baby has viral herpes

If a baby develops viral herpes, he or she should be treated promptly. There are many treatment methods, such as local medication. Some antiviral drugs can be used, such as Botox, Acyclovir, etc. It can also be treated with oral medications, such as interferon inducers, etc. In addition to good treatment, we must emphasize nutrition, pay attention to preventing skin infections, pay attention to diet and health, etc.

What to do if your baby has viral herpes

1. Herpes simplex

1. Topical medication

Antiviral agents: 40% herpes-free dimethyl sulfoxide solution, acyclovir, phthalamide, and herpes-free, etc.

Antibacterial and antipruritic agents: camphor, gentian violet, calamine lotion, etc. Antibiotics for infection prevention

2. Internal use

Antiviral agents: acyclovir, cytarabine, interferon, interferon inducers, etc.

Immune preparations: levamisole, transfer factor, etc.

2. Herpes zoster

1. Systemic medication

Analgesics: craniostat, acetaminophen, carbamazepine, amitriptyline, doxepin, imipramine, amide, phenytoin sodium, cyproheptadine, telden, etc.

Antiviral agents: morpholinoguanidine, cytarabine, acyclovir, etc.

Immune preparations: transfer factor, placental globulin, immunoglobulin G immune serum, etc.

2. For external use

Analgesics: 1% dyclonine, 5% benzocaine, 1% phosphoacetic acid, bleb, etc.

However, long-term medication can have toxic side effects, causing the patient to develop drug resistance and affecting the liver and kidneys. Therefore, you must be cautious when choosing a treatment method. It is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment.

What to eat for herpes virus

Patients with viral herpes should eat a light, easy-to-digest diet and avoid spicy, fried, and deep-fried foods as well as seafood. Such as: beef, mutton, pork, fish, onion, ginger, garlic, coriander, banana, etc.

Usually, you should also pay attention to keeping the local area clean, avoid scratching or abrasion of the local area, and prevent secondary infection. It can be cured by combining regular clinical and adequate treatment.

The following points should be noted in the diet of patients with herpes virus:

1. Be careful when eating fatty and greasy foods. Fatty meat, maltose, milk and sweet foods are mostly greasy and fatty, which can easily cause the damp-heat toxins of the disease to be trapped inside the body and cause the disease to linger.

2. Be cautious when eating sour and astringent foods; sour and astringent foods include peas, water chestnuts, pomegranates, taro, spinach, etc.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by emotional distress, liver qi stagnation, long-term stagnation turning into fire, and the invasion of toxic evil. Therefore, treatment should focus on promoting qi and blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The sour, astringent and bitter foods mentioned above can easily cause blood circulation obstruction, retention of toxins and aggravate pain.

3. Avoid spicy and hot foods; spicy and hot foods such as ginger, pepper, mutton, beef and fried foods can easily increase fire and heat after eating.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by the accumulation of dampness, heat and fire toxins in the skin, so patients with this disease should avoid eating the above-mentioned spicy and hot foods.