One year old baby is always scratching his head may be excessive sweating, scalp not clean and other physiological factors, may also be eczema, ringworm, as well as nutritional vitamin D deficiency rickets and other causes.
1. Physiological factors: if a year-old baby scalp sweating more, sweat may produce scalp irritation, this time the baby may feel uncomfortable will relieve the symptoms by scratching the head. In addition, the baby scalp is not clean may also cause scalp discomfort, the baby will also head old scratching symptoms. These are normal physiological manifestations, generally keep the scalp clean can effectively improve the symptoms.
2. Eczema: the cause of eczema is not clear, considering contact with chemical substances, heredity, endocrine factors and so on. Patients will have itching, papules, pustules, small blisters and other manifestations. Therefore, a one-year-old baby with eczema may have the symptom of scratching his head all the time.
3. Tinea capitis: Tinea capitis is mainly caused by pathogen infection such as purple trichophyton and gypsum-like microsporidia. Patients will have symptoms such as follicular papules, itching and grayish-white scaly spots. If the one-year-old baby suffers from ringworm of the head, it will be manifested as always scratching the head.
4. Other: one-year-old baby with nutritional vitamin D deficiency rickets, head lice, contact dermatitis and other causes.
More than a year old baby is always scratching his head, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.