Blisters on the child's legs

When summer comes, children often develop blisters on their legs. These blisters are translucent and contain liquid, and are sometimes accompanied by itching. Parents are very anxious and don't know what is going on. There are many reasons for this symptom, sometimes it is an allergic reaction caused by mosquito bites. Sometimes it is caused by a viral infection, such as chickenpox, and antiviral treatment is needed. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

In the spring when flowers bloom, many people, especially young children, will inexplicably develop small blisters on their calves, sometimes with water oozing out. However, due to their young age, it is sometimes difficult to tell whether the children are itchy. What is going on? Here is what a professional dermatologist explains:

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1. Blisters and itching on the calves are mostly considered to be insect bite dermatitis, severe skin allergies caused by mosquito bites, etc., which are usually related to returning to hometown or going out to play in the wild; some are also related to having small animals such as cats and dogs in your own home or your boss's home. .

2. Symptoms include bumps or blisters on the calves or ankles, or small blisters on the surface of the bumps, itching, which can appear on one side or on both calves; the onset is relatively urgent, and this type of scratching is prone to water seepage;

3. It is best not to break these blisters; if they break, it is better to leave them alone. For treatment, you can apply compound phellodendron liquid externally. If the itching is obvious, you can take antipruritic drugs such as loratadine tablets, which have a good effect.

4. Be careful not to apply hormone drugs such as Pi Yan Ping. For dermatological drugs, for blisters or those with exudation, it is generally recommended to use topical liquid medicine; for simple pimples or thickening, use ointments; insect bites and inflammation mostly have blisters, so liquid medicine is more suitable; although hormone drugs such as Pi Yan Ping can relieve itching, they will affect wound healing;

5. This type of insect bite dermatitis is a severe allergy that takes a long time to recover. Most cases will take more than a week to get better. In addition, the rash may increase on its own during this process. Of course, the increased skin lesions may not necessarily be caused by a new bite, but may be a subsequent allergic reaction to a previous bite.

6. After insect bite dermatitis occurs, generally, such obvious reactions will not occur again this year; the human body will temporarily have a certain resistance to such allergies; of course, this resistance generally exists for about three months to six months; that is to say, within about a year, even if you are bitten by mosquitoes again, the reaction will be relatively mild and will heal naturally without treatment;

7. Try not to scratch. If the skin is still severely itchy after the above treatment, you can get some Chinese medicine such as compound glycyrrhizic acid. There are a few people in the human body who are prone to itching. If they scratch repeatedly after being bitten by mosquitoes, the rash will slowly turn into hard solid bumps, and the itching will become more severe. This is called prurigo in medicine, which is more troublesome. Therefore, the key to treating this disease is to stop the itching.