What is the cause of psoriasis in children

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My baby doesn't know what causes children's psoriasis. There are some small red spots on his body, and scales will fall off when he is scratched. We have consulted many experts about the causes of the disease. Next, I will tell you what causes children's psoriasis.

What is the cause of psoriasis in children

First: childhood onset patients are more likely to find a family history of disease. Before the onset of psoriasis in children, they often have a history of upper respiratory tract infection, especially tonsillitis. Generally, 2-3 weeks after upper respiratory tract infection, the whole body has a small red rash like "red rash", which quickly develops into small red spots large in mung beans and soybeans. When you gently scrape the surface, there are silver white dandruffs, which is very important One type is called "guttate psoriasis". Because the onset of the disease is relatively sudden, the development is relatively fast.

Second: this type of psoriasis patients, can take some antibiotics or heat clearing and detoxification of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of infection, after infection control, some patients with skin damage will also heal, if the tonsil often inflamed, can consider tonsillectomy. Psoriasis in children is more closely related to streptococcal infection and genetic factors. Most of the patients have a history of tonsillitis or upper respiratory tract infection before onset. More than half of the children have chronic tonsillar enlargement. About 70% of the children have obvious family history.

Third: the skin lesions are mainly common type and drip type, while joint type and nail damage are rare. Skin lesions are often heavy in winter and light in summer. Because the first rash often appears and subsides with a cold and fever, and there is no obvious difference between the rash and the rash caused by other reasons (viral, drug, etc.), it is easy to be ignored or misdiagnosed.

matters needing attention

There are many kinds of psoriasis, generally speaking, children suffering from psoriasis may be caused by genetic factors or some drug infection. Sometimes in sports injury, wound infection will also cause psoriasis, in order to avoid this phenomenon, we must keep the child's personal hygiene.