Lymph nodes are vital for the person, in a body of their child there are about five hundred. In lymph nodes white blood cells which help an organism to combat an infection accumulate. Inflammation of lymph nodes at the child has to become for parents an immediate signal to action as this phenomenon demonstrates any violation from health, for common cold and to a leukosis.
It is required to you
- - antibiotics;
- - medicines according to the recipe of the doctor.
Instruction
1. First of all it is necessary to define the reason of inflammation of lymph nodes. For this purpose consultation of the doctor who will attentively examine the child will be required, will appoint various analyses and a chest X-ray. Consider that it is impossible to heat glands to the address to the doctor, it can lead to developing of suppuration or infection.
2. Quite often more thorough laboratory inspection is required, for this purpose the doctor by means of a special needle takes a part of tissue of the inflamed lymph node and sends to a research. This procedure short and painless as becomes with use of local anesthesia. By results of analyses the doctor appoints the corresponding treatment.
3. Quite often at the child lymph nodes in armpits inflame, it can be connected with wound of integuments in shoulders and hands. Most often cat's scratches which become gate for an infection are the reason of inflammation of gland. Process immediately a scratch iodine or brilliant green. Shortly the knot will decrease in sizes, and pain will stop.
4. If lymphadenitis at the kid began owing to an infection, antibiotics which should be accepted exclusively on doctor's orders and under his strict control will be effective (observe a dosage and do not self-medicate). Thanks to antibiotics, glands return to the mildest terms to the normal sizes, indicators of blood improve, the morbidity passes.
5. At inflammation to feed the child with a great effort with large portions, give gradually. The balanced and healthy food is very important for recovery. If necessary offer soft food (porridge and puree). Make sure that the child drinks enough liquid.