How to treat children with hives at home

How long does it take for a child to have hives?

How long does it take for children to have urticaria to stop is a concern of many mothers. Hives are quite common, they can last from a few hours to a few days but can also go up to several months in a row. Although urticaria is not contagious, but because they appear on the skin and can spread quite quickly in the skin, it makes children feel uncomfortable, itchy and irritable.

Image of a child with urticaria. (Illustration)

There are many different causes of hives in children, such as insect bites, allergies to proteins in food, exposure to allergens (cat fur, pollen, dust in the air), temperature changes. degree, child is sick or allergic to drugs…

How to treat hives at home for children

To treat urticaria at home for children, mothers can apply some of the following ways:

– Perform cold compress: The application of heat is evaluated to have a positive effect on urticaria in children. If you see signs of hives, you can use a soft cotton towel wrapped with ice or use ice packs containing cool water and apply to the itchy areas. This cold compress can be maintained for 10 minutes each time and repeated several times a day if necessary.

The fastest removal of risk factors: Usually, children can have hives for some reason. If parents see a child showing signs of urticaria, the first thing to do is to localize the group of risk factors such as pollen allergy, insect bites, direct exposure to the sun, and the use of topical medications. stimulant drugs…

– Limit the use of soaps and cosmetics: Your baby’s skin with hives is very sensitive and needs special care. Therefore, when using soaps, cosmetics can make the skin more irritated. It is better to give priority to the baby to bathe with clean water, gently massage quickly, avoiding the case of excessive rubbing that causes the hives to hurt.

Children with urticaria always feel itchy and uncomfortable. (Illustration)

– Make sure the child’s body is always airy and cool: Parents should keep the room temperature at a cool level, with windows always open to allow air to circulate. In addition, the baby also needs to be changed into loose, airy clothes to ensure air circulation.

– Use aloe vera (aloe vera): This leaf is quite effective in cases of urticaria. The rich source of vitamin E in this food will help reduce discomfort and itching. The natural anti-inflammatory properties of aloe vera also help in this case.

Therefore, using aloe vera is also considered as a folk remedy for children’s urticaria. Note, before using aloe vera to help solve the child’s urticaria, you should test it on a small area first to see if the baby is allergic or not.

– Using medicine to treat urticaria in children: Many cases of children with hives do not go away on their own, but need to use home interventions. If after 24-48 hours this condition does not improve or worsens, parents need to take the baby to see a specialist doctor for timely examination.

Parents should not arbitrarily go to the pharmacy and buy medicine because if using the wrong medicine, it can make the urticaria difficult to control, take longer to heal, and affect the health and resistance of the child.

There are many ways to treat urticaria at home for children. (Artwork)

Children with urticaria bath leaves what?

The leaves from folklore are said to be safe and bring high convenience, which can help reduce the symptoms of urticaria. However, it is necessary to apply daily and be persistent to be effective:

– Use betel leaves: Use betel leaves and wash, boil with about 2-3 liters of water on low heat, cook until the water boils. Use this mixture to bathe your baby, you can use the crushed residue and rub it gently on the affected baby’s skin.

– Use green tea leaves to bathe children: Green tea leaves are washed with dilute salt, rinsed with clean water. Then, take green tea leaves and boil with 2 liters of water, a few grains of salt for about 10 minutes. When the water has boiled, let it cool and dilute the baby’s bath.

– Use perilla leaves to bathe your baby: Do the same with green tea leaves, wash perilla leaves and boil with 2-3 liters of water. Next, pour water into the basin, add a little water until the water is warm, then bathe or soak on the sick child’s skin.

– Use star fruit leaves: Use about 200g sour star star leaves, wash, rub or crush, put in a pot with 2 liters of water, bring to a boil. Use cooled water to wipe the young person.

Bathing children with star fruit leaves can reduce itching caused by urticaria. (Illustration)

Attention: After bathing with water, the child must rinse his or her body with boiled water to cool again, then gently wipe the remaining water on the baby’s skin with a clean towel. Note, do not wipe too hard, just pat gently to dry the skin.

Children with urticaria should avoid what?

– Peanut: Stored protein in the composition of peanuts can be the cause of allergies and hives in children.

– Beef and cow’s milk: Contains casein and serum proteins that are prone to allergic reactions.

– Seafood: As the food group that causes many people to experience the most sensitive allergies, some foods including fish, shrimp, crabs, squid… When you have a seafood allergy, you not only have hives, itchy outside, but they also contain the cause of allergies inside the digestive tract, causing systemic reactions and easily causing anaphylaxis, extremely dangerous.

– Hot spicy food: To reduce urticaria, parents should limit their children’s eating hot spicy foods such as chili, ginger, pepper, too spicy food. In addition, mothers should also reduce the amount of sugar and salt in the diet

– Abstain from contact with hot water and wind when the weather changes.