How to deal with neonatal purulent herpes?

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My baby was just born more than a month ago. During this period, I found a lot of small red rashes on my body, which increased a lot in the past two days. To the hospital inspection, the doctor said it was purulent herpes, opened some children to take oral medicine, let's take a look at the following content.

How to deal with neonatal purulent herpes?

First: neonatal purulent herpes is a common suppurative skin disease in the neonatal period, which is highly infectious, easy to occur self contact infection and mutual transmission, and often causes epidemic in the neonatal room. Because the newborn skin is very delicate, sebaceous gland secretion is exuberant, bacteria are easy to accumulate on the surface of the skin; And the defense function of newborn epidermis is also relatively low, when the skin has mild damage, it is easy to cause disease. 　　

Second: to keep the newborn skin clean, take a bath every day, hot weather can wash 2-3 times a day. Dress appropriately and don't make the newborn sweat too much. 　　

Third: to protect the skin of the newborn from damage, clothing, diapers and bedding should be soft. When nursing the newborn, the action should be light, frequently cut the baby's nails to avoid scratching the skin. 　　

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Avoid contact with people with skin infections and wash hands carefully before nursing newborns. The treatment of neonatal purulent herpes can take the following methods according to the patient's condition: the symptoms are mild, only when the pustules are scattered, 75% alcohol can be used to disinfect the small pustules and the surrounding skin, and then the pustules can be abraded with an alcohol swab or pricked with a sterile needle to discharge the pus, and the wounds can be exposed, dried or coated with antibiotic ointment. When pustules are especially numerous, appropriate antibiotics should be added. If the baby's mental health and other symptoms, should consult a doctor.