Furuncle - an acute purulent inflammation of a hair follicle, it looks as a painful bright red hillock with purulent pustuly, gradually increasing in sizes. The single body furuncle does not constitute special danger. If it jumped out on a face, it can turn into a serious illness, life-threatening the child. Therefore, even the single furuncle demands the correct therapeutic approach from children.
Instruction
1. Treatment of a furuncle is appointed depending on a disease stage. Right at the beginning, when inflammatory process is localized within a hair sack, are limited to conservative treatment. First of all, this strict observance of hygiene of skin, clarification of a zone around a furuncle of 1% iodic alcohol or similar disinfecting substances. Local compresses with alcohol-containing solutions, rivanoly, bandages with Vishnevsky's ointment or tar ointment are appointed. Under such bandages the furuncles ripen quicker and are opened. The furuncle obkalyvaniye is sometimes made by solution of antibiotics if there is a risk of spread of an infection. Besides, physiotherapy is appointed.
2. If purulent process already went beyond a hair follicle, that is abscess began, therapy will be a bit different. The Abstsediruyushchy furuncle treat in the surgical way. Operation consists in a section and removal is purulent - a necrotic core and the surrounding struck cellulose. After these manipulations the sterile bandage is applied to a wound, it is changed daily before healing. After such operation, at children the general treatment antibiotics is often applied. Also the therapy directed to strengthening of the immune system of the child is recommended.
3. Sometimes, after treatment of one furuncle, on other site of skin there is one more, or even a little. This disease is called furunkulez. In this case the complex therapy including processing of each separate inflammation is necessary. The course of antibacterial therapy is at the same time appointed. Furunkulezy homeopathic therapy, laser therapy, ultra-violet radiation of blood can render some help to patients.
4. Parents have to know that the furuncle can never be squeezed out, especially, when it is localized on a face or a hair part of the head. The child in this case should be shown immediately to the doctor-surgeon for performing competent treatment.