Herpes in children is less common than in adults, however, and it's not such a rare phenomenon. Dispatched by this disease to children from adults and other children with acute exacerbation of herpes infection, as this disease is very contagious. If the child's body has got the herpes virus, it stays there forever.

As the baby can become infected with herpes

It happens whether herpes in children? Does the child herpes? Certainly, the case, and is transmitted as it is a very contagious disease. Child transmission can occur in the implementation of the herpes virus in the body, which after implementation stays there for life.

The source of infection is a sick man with his existing symptoms of herpes. The causative agent of infection in this case most often the herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus. There are two types of herpes simplex viruses: HSV-1 (it causes cold sores on the lips, oral mucosa in the throat) and HSV-2 (the causative agent of genital herpes).

Infection with HSV-1 children occurs most often after the age of three or four years, before the age of introduction of the virus prevent antibodies obtained from mother to child during fetal development and milk in her first year of life. Children infected with a kiss, in contact with saliva in the patient's airway during conversation, coughing, sneezing, through objects, which remained the saliva of the patient. With this infection herpes symptoms appear within a few days. And manifests in the form of characteristic rash on the lips, sores, or herpes sore throat Herpangina - a mild form of the disease . Primary herpes often occurs hardly, but the subsequent flow easily generally as "cold" on the lips. Adults almost all infected with HSV-1.

Child transmission of HSV-2 is also possible, but is much rarer. At the same time cold sores appear on the genitals.

The cause of herpes can also be the causative agent of varicella zoster virus varicella (herpes virus type 3). A child who has had chickenpox, the causative agent does not disappear, and hides in the nerve ganglia throughout life. By reducing the herpes virus immunity in children to multiply and cause characteristic changes in the skin - herpes zoster Shingles and chickenpox - from the same pathogen   or shingles Ringworm - not only infectious disease . Shingles usually occurs in the elderly, but may appear in debilitated children previously undergone chickenpox.

Infection with herpes infants can occur in utero (if a woman is infected with herpes for the first time during pregnancy), during birth during passage through the birth canal infected with the herpes virus, as well as after birth from the mother or other people suffering from herpes.

How is neonatal herpes

Regardless of how the infection occurred, herpes in newborns (neonatal herpes) takes very seriously. It is particularly difficult for intrauterine infection. In this disease, the herpes virus in neonates causes multiple lesions of internal organs (liver, kidneys, lungs, and others), brain and spinal cord. A child with intrauterine herpes infection if it survives, it remains disabled.

Upon infection during childbirth and after childbirth herpes infection milder, sometimes only in the form of damage to the skin or mucous membranes. However, and this process has a tendency to generalization and dissemination to all organs and systems of children.

There are three forms of neonatal herpes:

• limited - with skin lesions of the oral mucosa, the eye;
• with central nervous system - developed meningoencephalitis, mental retardation;
• disseminated - develop microcephaly (a decrease in the volume of the brain), severe eye and so on.

Herpes in children up to a year - and for the symptoms

Herpes an infant developing quite rare because infants still have a good immune system, referred to them by the mother during fetal development and breastfeeding.

Infection with HSV 1 may be the case if the child is weakened (for example, was born prematurely, is lagging behind in physical development, had been ill with some acute illness, and so on). Infection with HSV-2 are also possible - this type of herpes simplex virus Herpes simplex - in fact, not so simple   quickly transmitted through contact.

Primary herpes in infants can be severe, with lesions of the oral mucosa (stomatitis), gums (gingivitis), pharyngeal (herpangina). Herpes may appear on the child's cheek, herpes on the child's language and so on. As a rule, the disease occurs with a high fever, sometimes with impaired consciousness and convulsions. But this is not always, and sometimes primary herpes occurs and lightweight, with a little temperature and "cold" on the lips.

Herpes in infants in the form of recurrent infections, including herpes in flows year-old child is usually not heavy.

Glycine - a drug that can be administered, for both adults and children. It improves metabolism Improves metabolism and losing weight without dieting   in brain cells (neurons), calms, improves sleep. Therefore, it is often prescribed pediatricians and pediatric neurologists. But his own parents can not give their children.

In what concerns the appointment of glycine is needed for children

Most often, these problems begin in utero, during labor and for one week after birth and are called perinatal lesions of the nervous system (USC). The most common cause of USC is fetal hypoxia - insufficient supply of oxygen the brain of the fetus, which develops due to circulatory disorders. Brain cells are very sensitive to hypoxia and its duration the central nervous system may be adversely affected. Violations can range from minor, are not always immediately visible, to a full disability of the child in the future.

Brain injury, acute hypoxia may occur during childbirth. In the postpartum period hypoxia in the newborn can cause disorders of the respiratory and cardiovascular system.

Children with minor USC worse than taking the breast, sucking interrupt cry often vomit, and so on. Treatment of such children should start to receive as soon as possible, it is administered in the hospital, and then continue on an outpatient basis in a children's clinic. Children with severe USC treated in a hospital, where they were transferred from the hospital only after the stabilization of the general condition is transferred to outpatient treatment.

Over time, children can keep USC in the physical and psychological development, suffer frequent headaches and so on. Therefore, it is important to promptly initiated an adequate comprehensive treatment.

The cause persistent changes in the central nervous system may be a traumatic brain injury, neuroinfection. These diseases also require timely initiated comprehensive treatment, which often includes glycine, which is well combined with other drugs.

As glycine acts on children with various brain lesions

Glycine - is a nonessential amino acid that is present in the human body. This medication has a soothing, anti-oxidant, anti-toxic and metabolic effects on the central nervous system.

The mechanism of action of glycine is that he, as a neurotransmitter (a substance through which nerve impulses are transmitted from neuron to neuron), inhibits the transmission of nerve impulses of another neurotransmitter - adrenaline. Adrenaline causes constriction of blood vessels, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, increased respiratory and arousal of the central nervous system (CNS). Glycine inhibits the action of adrenaline and causes the opposite reaction. Soothing enhanced and increased allocation under the influence of glycine, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), which also causes inhibition of the central nervous system.

Glycine also affects the metabolism, it promotes better assimilation of glucose Glucose: The energy source   nerve cells. Since glucose is the source of energy, then accelerated and all other types of metabolism Metabolism: The basis of life of all living things . To repair damaged neurons of particular importance is the normalization of protein metabolism.

As a result, under the influence of glycine Infant becomes quieter, he suckles without interruption, comfortably sleeps much less regurgitation. Better is the physical and psychological development of the child: he is gaining weight and is starting to be compared on neuropsychological development with their peers.

For children of preschool and school age are headaches, preschoolers are better adapted to the collective kindergarten students - in school. Rise and intellectual abilities: children learn better in school material and any new skills.

This is counter-glycine and side effects arising from its application

Glycine is only contraindicated in case of hypersensitivity to it the body of the child. Therefore, if after taking a few pills a baby appeared on the skin rash to continue treatment in any case can not: allergic reactions are particularly evident in the increasingly severe with each new reception substances causing allergies.

Side effects are only known allergies. But sometimes glycine has an atypical effect on the baby: he becomes excitable, nervous. There are fears, disturbed sleep Dreams: how to understand our dreams . This individual reactions, but they are, of course, require the withdrawal of the drug.

How to give your child a glycine

Assigns child glycine only a doctor, picking up individual dose and watching the reaction of the child. Young children pound tablet, diluted with a little water and allow to drink. Children of preschool and school-age tablet (whole or pulverized) can be given under the tongue or cheek.

Glycine may be administered to children only by a doctor.

Galina Romanenko