children s health issues
PFAPA Syndrome
Treatment of PFAPA Syndrome
Sometimes corticosteroids,colchicine,cimetidine, tonsillectomy, or a combination No treatment for PFAPA syndrome is required, but children may be given corticosteroids to relieve symptoms.Cimetidineorcolchicineseems to be helpful in some children. If these treatments do not help, doctors rarely remove the tonsils (tonsillectomy), which usually relieves symptoms. Anakinraandcanakinumabare other medications that may help some children. Ibuprofenoracetaminophencan be given to relieve pain and fever. Children tend to outgrow PFAPA syndrome. 