The word "deprive" frightens off many people. Lishay is associated with a disease that spreads among people and is transmitted to people from animals. Sometimes this is true with deprivation, but not with pink lichen.
Children have pink lichen
Most often, pink lichen can be picked up with a decrease in immunity or with prolonged hypothermia. Pink lichen is contagious, it can not be passed on to a child who is in the same room as a sick person. Everything will depend on the immunity of the child, if he has weak, then even a slight touch or fleeting contact will lead to the appearance of pink lichen.
Pink lichen
This skin disease is of an allegro-infectious nature. The causes of this disease have not been fully explored yet. Scientists believe that pink lichen causes a virus, it enters the body of the child, with weakened immunity. Causes may be frequent hypothermia, as well as diseases in the cold season. The disease is transmitted through the patient's personal belongings (bast, towel, comb and so on) and household items.
Symptoms of pink lichen
The temperature rises, lymphonoduses increase, acute malaise. On the skin appear the formation, located symmetrically, pinkish-yellow or light red color. These formations protrude a few millimeters above the surface of the skin.
Usually the diameter of the spots is 2 cm. In the middle of the spot the skin is slightly wrinkled, on the sides of the spots it peels off. A pinkish-red corolla is visible along the perimeter. This rash spreads over the skin for 3 weeks, then it gradually disappears and there are either white or pink spots. After that, the traces of the rash will disappear without a trace.
In the beginning, before the pink lichen appears on the child's body, a "mother plaque" is formed - a large spot in diameter reaching 3 centimeters, the surface is colored with a bright pink color and covered with otrigious scales. Often on the chest of children there is lichen, it slowly descends to the inguinal folds, extends to the neck, shoulders, hips. Sometimes, lichen appears on the face. When the disease appears, there is a temperature and itching. After 5 weeks, pink spots turn pale and disappear.
Not typical forms of lichen
These include the manifestation of deprivation in the form of a point, draining or bubble rash, there is still ring-shaped lichen Vindal. A small amount of rashes, but each spot in diameter reaches 8 centimeters. This form proceeds chronically and is on the body of the child for more than one year.
Treatment of pink lichen
Treatment does not give quick results. Even with proper treatment, the disease will not last more than 8 weeks. It will pass on its own, but over a long period. Approximately the same amount of time is treated by shingles.
Diet with pink deprive, products are excluded:
- Everything is sharp;
- Products that cause allergies;
- Tea;
- Coffee;
- Nuts;
- Chocolate;
- Fruits are red;
- Eggs;
- Citrus.
To pink lichen did not go into chronic eczema, you can not wash the child with soap and a washcloth. You can wash it only under the shower. The skin is badly affected by wearing synthetic underwear and sunburn.
Drugs in the treatment of pink lichen
Most often an antihistamine medication that relieves itching, for example, suprastin, is prescribed. To increase the strength and protect the body, the sick child is given immunomodulators and vitamins. Vitamins benefit the immune system. For external use, use zinc-water mixture and corticosteroid creams. Also, the infected skin is smeared with sea buckthorn oil.
When the disease spreads throughout the body and when the disease is acute, antibiotics of wide impact are used. Self-treatment does not give results, and the rash can develop into a chronic. And then the treatment will be complicated several times. When recovered, everything comes back to normal and there are no repeated relapses. The biggest thing that can be, pink lichen can reappear with a strong decrease in immunity.