Hives in children is manifested in the skin with red spots and sometimes itching or pruritus.
The rash is named after the nettle, an herb that, when touched, produces in the child’s skin and irritating characteristics red spots.
Also on the child’s skin may also appear a small, itchy, raised, white, surrounded by a red inflamed area.
The inflammation affects especially the arms, legs and chest, but may appear anywhere in the body.
The most distressing symptom is pruritus (itching), which, however, not always present.
Symptoms last a few hours, and then they could reappear after 24-72 hours.
Here is a list of some of the most common trigger for hives in children:
The Skin Friction
From the tip of a pen, that touches the skin, in contact with furniture, towels, blankets, bracelet, strap watch.
A Stimulus too Intense
Prolonged exposure to heat from a radiator or a stove, a hot bath, sweat, food too spicy, intense physical exertion or strong emotion can appear on the child’s skin after 2-10 minutes, red dots surrounded by a reddened area, which, however, will disappear within an hour.
The Cold
There is the so-called cold hives, “which is caused by contact with water, air and cold objects.
The lower the temperature, the greater the reaction, which appears after a few seconds or minutes, which normally affects only the exposed area.
Food Additives
They are a major cause of hives in children, particularly chronic.
Some foods, like milk, fish, meat, eggs, beans or nuts, can cause hives.
Drugs
Penicillin, but aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs, become more permeable intestinal wall and can therefore support the development of hives.
Aspirin, one of the most used drugs in the world, contains aspirin.
Infections
Caused by both bacterial and viral, fungal, such as candida albicans, have among their manifestations of hives.
Psychological Factors
Scholars agree saying that the hives may be caused by psychological factors, but surely, stress and strong emotions can make the child more sensitive to irritants that cause hives.
In some cases, the hives are of hereditary origin.
Hives in Children: Diagnosis of Hives
Although the diagnosis of hives is very easy to understand their causes is one of the most difficult problems to solve, especially when the hives in children is not a passing episode, but it remains for time.
However, understanding its causes is necessary not only to establish a treatment, but above all, to prevent its occurrence: avoiding exposure to the causes of hives, you reduce your chances of having this disorder.
It may be necessary to take the child to an emergency if the crisis of hives is accompanied by other symptoms, i.e., if the child has trouble breathing and swallowing.
Pending medical intervention, you can suck a piece of ice.
It is also advisable to contact the doctor if:
- Hives appear suddenly after the child has taken medication or it crushed an insect.
- The child is wrong.
- The child has a fever.
- Pain and swelling in the extremities.
- The problem does not improve after a few days.
- Hives episodes are recurrent and cannot be identified the cause.
How Long Do Viral Hives Last in Children?
In most cases, the hives resolved quickly without recourse to specific treatments.
Anyway, it is important to note the circumstances in which hives occurs, to guide the doctor in his diagnosis.
You must visit the doctor when the rash on the child appears in more than one occasion.
Pictures of Hives in Children
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