Is infantile hemangioma serious

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As soon as the child was born, his head turned red. Later, it became bigger and bigger. Now, touching it is higher than the skin. The whole red block looks like a strawberry shape, and the red color won't fade when pressed down. The doctor said it's hemangioma. After treatment for a period of time, it's finally cured. Today, I'd like to share with you whether the baby's hemangioma is serious.

Is infantile hemangioma serious

Harm 1: Strawberry capillary hemangioma will slowly expand with the development of the disease, and higher than normal skin, although no pain. It may also deteriorate and develop subcutaneously, leading to complications.

Harm 2: the pathogenesis of mixed hemangioma is similar to strawberry capillary hemangioma, but it will seriously damage normal skin tissue, resulting in eyes, mouth, nose, ears, etc. covered by hemangioma, its irregular shape, easy to damage. In addition, the growing hemangioma can lead to respiratory, visual, auditory and other disorders.

Harm 3: harm to visual system and auditory system. Periorbital hemangioma has a great influence on vision, especially the hemangioma of upper eyelid, which can cause refractory astigmatism, myopia and strabismus. Retrobulbar capillary hemangioma can cause blindness. Late stage can cause ptosis and exophthalmos.

matters needing attention

On this, I would like to remind you: diet care. Patients should be given high calorie, digestible liquid food; those who can't swallow should be given nasal feeding. Nasogastric food can be milk, rice soup, vegetable soup, broth and juice, etc. In addition, milk, eggs, starch and vegetable juice can also be mixed together to make congee like mixed milk for nasal feeding to patients. The amount of nasal feeding was 200-350 ml, 4-5 times a day. During nasal feeding, the cleaning and disinfection of tableware used by patients should be strengthened.