Pimples and boils in the child— symptoms, diagnosis, what to do




A pimple looks like a sore swelling and may appear on any area of the skin. The boils are usually larger in size and painful. Inside the boil is a pus, it is usually localized in the center of inflammation. When pressure is applied on pimples and boils is highlighted in pale yellow substance. And regular pimples, and boils causes of microbial infection, they can appear at any age. Most often, the pimples and small boils are without a trace. However, if your kid boils occur constantly and in large quantities, it can be a sign of latent diseases, such as diabetes.

Symptoms

Acne small painless formation of the red color, usually with white or yellow bubble in the center. Boils - painful, inflamed formation, usually with redness and white or yellow head in the center, and in some cases increased coming to the boil lymph nodes.

Diagnosis

Usually the boils and pimples are fairly distinctive look, but sometimes look like splinters, inflamed cuts and scratches. In some cases swell slightly next to the place of occurrence of the boil lymph nodes. For example, if the boil on the hand, it is possible that swollen axillary node and with the appearance of boils on the scalp inflamed lymph nodes located behind the ears. What to do?

The pimples usually disappear by themselves without any intervention.Enough daily to clean skin thoroughly. Pimples and boils best not to squeeze as this can lead to spread of infection to other areas of the skin and scarring.

After the abscess breaks, just erase exuded pus with a clean swab moistened with antiseptic solution or cooled boiled water. If the affected area beginning to podmochat, put on him a bandage of lint-free material. If the boil jumped up on the painful location, such as on the buttocks, apply a thick cotton swab and stick it with plaster.

In some cases, large boils is opened, so the pus came out. Sometimes abscesses inflamed so much that you have to resort to antibiotics. Fortunately, this rarely happens. In any case, the best way of treatment will be determined by a specialist.

Contact your doctor if: 1. the child jumped large or painful boil;

2. boils are constantly appearing;

3. children have a lot of pimples.

Source: natural-medicine.ru

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