If suddenly a microsporia is found in a child, then you need to learn as much as possible about this disease, or better, do it in advance and avoid it. So, microsporia in a child has one main danger: it is very contagious. This is a fungal disease, it affects the skin, sometimes nails.
Microsporia in a child is caused by microsporum that has fallen on the skin. Usually a person becomes infected from another person with microsporia, or after contact with sick pets. But cases of transmission of the disease through the use of common objects have also been established.
The main clinical symptoms
In most cases, it is impossible to immediately notice this disease, since the microsporia in a child has a latent period that can last 2 weeks - 3 months. Then, on the smooth surface of the skin, spots of the correct form (oval or round) appear, they are covered with pity-like scales. As a rule, the affected areas do not merge with each other.
In the case when the scalp is affected, all hair at the level of 5-8 mm from the root is cut off, the skin may turn red. Outwardly, there is a feeling that the child’s hair is as if powdered with flour. Sometimes the bases of the hairs are surrounded by a crust called a cuff.
Typically, tests show that there is inflammation in the body, but not much. Great discomfort is caused by the fact that the microsporia in the child causes a terrible itch. In some cases, common symptoms of malaise occur, such as fever, allergic rashes, swollen lymph nodes.
How to treat microsporia in children?
Immediately it is worthwhile to prepare for the fact that the microsporia in a child is treated for a sufficiently long time: 5-6 weeks. As the most effective means, experts prescribe a 5% solution of iodine, they should lubricate the infected foci several times a day. And so for a week. Then Wilkinson's ointment is applied .
In the evenings, it is recommended to rub ointments into the skin that contain salicylic acid, sulfur and tar for 2-3 weeks. In individual cases, if necessary, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics. It is also advisable to regularly shave the baby's hair and wash his hair daily with baby soap for a week.
If microsporia is found in children, quarantine should be assigned immediately and patients should be urgently isolated from others, all their items of use must be stored separately from others and constantly disinfected. After treatment, it is also necessary to disinfect the room where the sick child was.
As a preventive measure, it is advisable to explain in advance to your child that after any contact with street or other people's animals, you need to wash your hands thoroughly. And also tell him that you can’t use someone else’s handkerchiefs, don’t wear someone else’s clothes and do not use your own comb. All this will help protect the child from such an unpleasant fungal disease as microsporia.