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Hello doctor, my daughter is 19 months old, since childhood her skin has been very toxic. Mosquito bites can easily cause swelling and bruising. Recently, she has 6-8 acne spots on her feet, at first it felt like a mosquito bite, then it turned into blisters, she scratched the skin and dried it into a dark spot. So are blisters that leave dark spots a sign of scabies in babies? And is there any good medicine to treat dark spots for babies? Thank you very much doctor!
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Hello! With the question that blisters that leave dark spots are a sign of scabies in babies? Doctor's answer is as follows:
Specific lesions of scabies are scabs and blisters (also known as pustules and tunnels). The tunnel is dug by the scab in the stratum corneum, this is a zigzag curve, 2-3 cm long, the edge is higher than the surface of the skin, opaque white or grayish white, does not match the skin. At the top of the tunnel there are vesicles 1 - 2 mm in diameter, which is the residence of the scabies. Tunnels are commonly found between the fingers, palmar lines, wrist creases, and glans.
In small blisters, remove the needle to reveal the gray or black color, use the needle to catch the scabies attached to the tip of the needle. The blisters are arranged scatteredly and separately in thin skin such as between fingers, palm lines, front of wrists, forearms, breast folds, around the waist, navel, between buttocks, inner thighs and internal organs. genital.
In infants, blisters can appear on the soles of the feet, on the glans, scabies can cause a sore called a scab, easily confused with syphilis. Signs of itching are more at night because when going to sleep, the mites move causing irritation to the sensory nerve endings in the skin and partly due to the female scabies toxins secreted when burrowing. Itchy scratching causes infection, scratches, abrasions, papules, scabs, blisters, pustules, impetigo, dark scars, discolouration... Scabies has a specific treatment so to avoid damage In the skin, you should take your baby to see a dermatologist to determine if he has scabies for treatment.
Thank you for your question to Vinmec Health System. Best regards!
Answered by Resident Doctor Ho Thi Hong Tho - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital
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