Microsporia in children - how can you get it?
Microsporia is the most common fungal disease, especially common in children. This disease affects either the skin, or hair, in rare cases, the nail plate. For 100 thousand people, microscopy is affected by 50-60. According to statistics, the disease is often picked up by boys, probably because of their increased activity.
Science distinguishes between two types of microsporia - zooanthroponous and anthroponous.
The causative agents of the first of these "live" in the hair and horny layer of the epidermis of sick children. They are not always transmitted from person to person. Infected more often from animals. Infection of children occurs when contact with sick cats or dogs, objects that have been infected with hair or scales.
Therefore, the prevention of microsporia in children consists primarily in respecting the rules of hygiene and caring for pets. In addition, that your child needs to learn the rule of always washing his hands, whether after a walk or after he stroked his beloved cat, explain to him that you can not use someone else's brush or comb, wear other people's things.
Anthroponous microsporia is a rare disease. Its cause is the transmission of infectious fungi in contact with a sick person or things that are in its use.
The incubation period lasts from two weeks to three months. Then the child has a fever, and the lymph nodes increase. On the skin there are obvious reddening, scaling and other unpleasant things.
Microsporia of smooth skin in children
At newborns and children of early age, inflammatory phenomena are especially pronounced. The place where the fungus has germinated, becomes inflamed and becomes a red spot with clear boundaries. Gradually increasing, covered with small bubbles, crusts. The hearth or foci take the form of a ring. With smooth skin microscopy, they affect the face, neck, forearms, shoulders. It feels mild itching.
Microsporia of the scalp
Infection of the hair cover with microsporia occurs mainly in children from 5 to 12 years. If this part of the head is damaged, the hair in the affected areas is cut off at a distance of 5 mm from the root. You can also see a spray similar to flour in such places or the base of the hair will be covered with a crust, a cuff. If you pass the tests, they will clearly see the presence of the inflammatory process.
How to cure microsporia in a child?
Diagnosis and treatment of microsporia in children is performed by a dermatologist. Treatment takes an average of 3 to 6 weeks. Microsporia in children involves quarantine. The sick child should be immediately isolated from others. The items that the baby uses, store separately and immediately disinfect them. Arrange general house cleaning, wash all the bedspreads, wipe all surfaces and floor with a solution of laundry soap and soda. If you have more children, do not let them play with the sick until he recovers.
In the treatment of microsporia it is necessary:
- Depending on the extent of the lesion, apply local or general antifungal therapy: ointments, creams and emulsions.
- Without ingestion of antifungal drugs, it is almost impossible to cure the disease.
- If the reaction is pronounced and there is inflammation, it is necessary to use combined preparations that contain an antifungal and hormonal component.
- To achieve a therapeutic effect, alternate applications with ointments, iodine treatment.
- Give such drugs only for the doctor's prescription.
Prevention of microspores is carried out at the state level, arranging regular examinations of children in children's institutions to identify the infected. Parents need to limit the contact of children with stray animals, monitor the observance of personal hygiene.