What to do if your baby has eczema

1, the causes of eczema in infants and young children milk with more sugar, breast milk consumption of fish, shrimp, crab, beef and mutton, etc.; climate change, wash the face bathing with soap stimulation, sunlight irradiation of the skin for a longer period of time, the room temperature is high, too thick clothing, sweating; wearing chemical fiber, woolen clothing, the use of chemical fiber fabrics for diapers, diapers, diapers, hard texture coarse or cleaning is not too clean, diapers residual laundry detergent and other alkaline substances; the child suffers from dyspepsia, diarrhea, and so on. diarrhea. In addition, the child’s skin is delicate and prone to perverse reactions, mothers should combine their children’s specific conditions, carefully analyze and find the cause. 2, eczema treatment and care principles Remove the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment. If the cause of the disease can be found, it should be removed, for example, if you consider cow’s milk allergy, you should insist on breastfeeding, and you can continue to breastfeed until the age of 2, but the mother should limit the intake of dairy products. If breastfeeding is not possible and cow’s milk protein allergy in infants preferred amino acid formula or deeply hydrolyzed protein formula, it is not recommended to choose partially hydrolyzed protein formula, soy formula. 3, the symptomatic treatment of eczema is mainly to alleviate the symptoms of eczema at the eczema cream coated, the face can not use hydrocortisone a class of ointment, easy to make the face hyperpigmentation; do not use hot water, soap wash face bathing, can be used to wash warm water, can be used to 3% of the boric acid water wet compresses. Serious cases in the physician’s guidance, take chlorpheniramine, non-narcotic, benadryl and other anti-allergy drugs. Corticosteroid drugs, although effective, side effects, it is best not to use. During the period of illness, we should strengthen the care, cut the child’s nails short, wear gloves when sleeping, do not let scratch the affected area. Pillowcase covers should be changed and washed, do not give the child to wear chemical fiber and woolen clothes, the use of soft cotton diapers, breastfeeding mothers eat less or do not eat allergy-prone foods, and do not contact children suffering from chickenpox, so as not to worsen the condition.