Medicines in the modern world have become quite firmly established in the life of every person. For any disease, they resort to tablets, drops, syrups, injections. The composition of most drugs has a complex chemical formula. It is not surprising that many compounds can cause an allergic reaction in the body.
The children's body is especially sensitive to the effects of foreign elements. And often medications can not only bring benefits, but also cause allergies. According to ICD-10, drug allergy has code T88.7 (pathological reaction to a drug or medications, unspecified). Therefore, the choice of drugs for the treatment of any childhood disease must be balanced, taking into account all the pros and cons.
How long does it take for food allergy pimples to go away?
Most often, this type of disease affects young children, this is due to a hereditary predisposition, an unformed immune system and insufficiency of the digestive tract.
Rashes form on the face, mouth, or throughout the body. The mucous membranes swell greatly, turn red, cause pain and burning. To alleviate the condition, patients need to take antihistamines; this will help quickly reduce swelling and relieve spasm of soft tissues.
The blisters will go away in 3-5 days if you eliminate the allergen from your diet. During this period, the irritating component will be completely eliminated from the body. Enterosorbents and antioxidants help speed up the process and reduce rashes.
Recovery is delayed if there are concomitant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, when scratching pimples, inflammation and suppuration of soft tissues. In such cases, the use of anti-inflammatory ointments is required; regeneration lasts up to 2–4 weeks.
Treatment
The main question remains how to get rid of allergies on the face. In this case, you need to be extremely careful, not to use those products that are intended for the buttocks or arms. Allergy cream on the face is usually the first step to recovery.
For adults, allergy medications in the form of a corticosteroid cream are suitable. In infants and older children, treatment is carried out with non-hormonal allergy creams on the facial skin.
Adults can get rid of red spots on the face, itching, and pimples with the help of drugs such as Advantan, Fenkarol, Prednisolone, Elokom.
Allergies to the face in children can be cured with medications Vundehil, Bepanten, Fenistil, Desitin, Elidel, Gistan, Protopic. Any medication should be used after consultation with your doctor. In addition, it is important to consider contraindications and side effects of the drug.
Not only ointment for allergies on the face is necessary for treatment. It only removes rashes on the face, flaky skin, blisters and other visible pathologies that have arisen. At the same time, it is important to use antihistamines to cure the allergy completely.
For this purpose, anti-allergy tablets such as Diazolin, Suprastin, Diphenhydramine, Tavegil are used.
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Folk remedies help get rid of unwanted allergy symptoms on the face. At the same time, it is unacceptable to completely replace drug treatment with them. If it is not possible to consult a doctor or if the necessary medications are not available, they can be used to eliminate facial redness and rashes.
One of the helpers is sour cream. It needs to be diluted with water 1:1 and applied to the face for 5-10 minutes, then rinsed off.
Also, allergies on the face during pregnancy, in a child or an adult go away when using herbal decoctions. The compress should be kept for 15 minutes.
To prepare, you need 50 grams of sage or chamomile and 2 cups of boiling water. The ingredients need to be boiled for a couple of minutes.
Skin rashes due to urticaria
The pathology occurs in acute or chronic form, which determines how long the clinical manifestations of the disease persist. In acute cases, the rash appears immediately after contact with the allergen and lasts for 2–48 hours. In rare cases, signs of pathology are observed for up to 6 weeks. The use of medications accelerates recovery, redness and swelling subsides within 1 day, the skin clears up in 14 days.
How long does it take for chronic urticaria to go away in children and adults? Symptoms of the recurrent form of the disease persist longer than 1.5 months. With proper treatment, the rash begins to disappear within the first week of antihistamine therapy. However, repeated rash and resumption of the acute course in the presence of unfavorable factors cannot be ruled out.
Cold and heat urticaria develops under the influence of temperature stimuli. The disease is characterized by seasonal exacerbations; a skin rash appears after exposure to sunlight or frosty air. It is impossible to get rid of allergies; protective creams, medicinal ointments, and moisturizing gels help reduce the manifestations of pathology. Therefore, the duration of the rash directly depends on compliance with preventive measures and the ambient air temperature.
Types of facial allergies in children and adults
Depending on the manifestation of signs of allergy on the face of an adult or child, the degree of damage and types of the disease are determined.
The development of the disease is divided into 4 types:
- Anaphylaxis. The disease appears within 15 minutes. As a result, diseases such as rubella, atopic dermatitis, and Quincke's edema may appear.
Quincke's edema
- Cytolysis. It often occurs in newborns due to incompatibility of blood groups, as well as during donor blood transfusion.
- Delayed hypersensitivity. Lymphocytes and allergens react to form compounds. It can manifest itself in the form of dermatosis and eczema.
- Formation of immune complexes. Intoxication occurs due to the impossibility of internal destruction of such complexes, which are transformed into various systems. In this case, serum sickness or lupus is observed in the form of large red spots on the cheeks.
Allergies in infants on the face most often manifest themselves in the form of eczema, diathesis, urticaria, atopic dermatitis or edema.
Diathesis occurs when the child’s body is intolerant to certain foods, when red spots appear that itch. In advanced cases or with insufficient treatment, this disease develops into atopic dermatitis.
Duration of treatment for contact dermatitis
The cause of contact dermatitis is the direct impact of allergens on the skin. The affected area exhibits redness, swelling, and the formation of weeping, itchy blisters. Treatment begins with the exclusion of external irritants, taking antihistamines, and applying ointments with corticosteroids.
How quickly does a rash with contact dermatitis go away in a child and an adult? The use of hormonal drugs speeds up recovery. Skin manifestations can last for several hours or 1–2 weeks, after which they begin to dry out and form crusts.
Causes of appearance in children and adults
Facial allergies in a child or an adult can occur for the same reasons. The main task is to identify them and quickly and effectively treat them.
So, an allergic reaction appears due to the action of certain factors of the following nature:
- Ingestion of allergenic foods. In newborns and children under two years of age, this cause is the most common. Allergens are found in milk, eggs, red vegetables, honey, cocoa, oranges, seafood, nuts and other foods. The risk increases if you overeat frequently.
- Impact of external agents. This can be animal epithelium, pollen, feathers, fluff, dust mites, household chemicals, microscopic spores. Allergens enter during the respiratory process, that is, inhalation, so often not only allergies appear on the face, but also respiratory tract diseases.
- The use of cosmetics that contain elements with an irritating effect. Usually these are cosmetics of poor quality, most often at low cost.
- Allergic reaction to medications. It is noted in the case of the use of medications for treatment or prevention, mostly antibiotics, salicylates, serums.
- Photodermatitis, the manifestation of which occurs under the influence of ultraviolet rays. Prolonged exposure to the sun causes an allergic reaction in unprotected areas, and existing skin diseases can also be complicated.
- Skin exposure to low temperatures. Although there is no direct allergen, when histamine synthesis increases from cold, allergization occurs.
- Insect or animal bites, when the cause of an allergy on the face is the penetration of poison into the skin.
- A psycho-emotional state when allergy symptoms appear due to severe stress.
Allergic eczema
How long does it take for inflamed skin eczema to go away? Since the cause of the formation of pathology is not only an external factor, but also a disruption of the nervous system, treatment is carried out with antihistamines and sedatives.
Eczema lasts for quite a long time, skin cleansing occurs only after 30–40 days.
In children, pathology against the background of atopic dermatitis can persist constantly, proceed in waves and pass with the onset of puberty. Treatment only temporarily relieves the symptoms of the disease.
Therapy for microbial eczema lasts at least 1 month and includes antibiotics, desensitizing agents, antihistamines, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, hormonal ointments, and antiseptics for external use.
Seborrheic eczema develops against the background of concomitant diseases, so the duration of treatment will depend on how quickly the underlying disease can be eliminated and the body’s immune defense can be increased.
Prevention of allergic rashes
It is possible to prevent the appearance of skin rashes in people suffering from allergies by completely eliminating contact with the allergen. If the disease worsens after eating certain foods, you should carefully monitor your diet and adhere to a special diet.
In cases where a person does not know the true cause of the development of a histamine reaction, laboratory tests are prescribed to determine the allergen. It is possible to vaccinate during the period of remission so that exacerbations are mild or the pathology goes away completely.
To prevent the elements of the rash from becoming inflamed and festering, you should not scratch the pimples. It is important to follow the doctor’s recommendations, hygiene rules, use prescribed medications, lead a healthy lifestyle and strengthen the immune system.
Hypoallergenic diet
If the body shows hypersensitivity, then no matter how many ointments are used, the red spots from allergies on the face will not go away until proper nutrition is applied, taking into account the avoidance of highly allergenic foods.
Together with the prescribed treatment, the diet will relieve unpleasant symptoms and prevent their further occurrence.
According to the diet, prohibited foods include the following: chocolate, coffee, red vegetables and fruits, nuts, seafood, honey, chicken and quail eggs, fatty dairy products, canned food, fish, berries, carrots, sweet soda, spices, caviar, hard cheese, sausages, processed cheeses.
Dishes should be steamed, stewed or boiled, while cooking by frying, smoking, or salting should be excluded.
If an allergy in the form of acne, rashes, and redness appears in a baby, then it may be due to the presence of gluten or lactose in the products. They must be excluded from the diet and switch to hypoallergenic cereals and mixtures that do not contain gluten.
