How is eczema caused
1, genetic factors
Infant eczema is a manifestation of atopic dermatitis in infancy. Atopic dermatitis is also called atopic dermatitis, atopic eczema, genetic allergic dermatitis, genetic allergic eczema, etc. This is related to genetic allergic constitution.
Moms and dads who have allergic diseases such as asthma, urticaria, allergic rhinitis, etc., have immunological abnormalities in the affected children. Children with eczema have plasma IgE levels that are several to dozens of times higher than normal infants, which is genetically determined. Some babies may have other allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma or allergic rhinitis when or after eczema occurs, which is closely related to hereditary allergies.
2.Protein allergy
A high-protein diet may be an external causative factor in triggering eczema in infants. In the eczema affected mothers, 92.7% of mothers used to pay great attention to nutrition during pregnancy, with chicken, duck, fish and shrimp and other high-protein diet, some like to eat spicy and other stimulating foods.
In addition, there are also some breastfeeding mothers who focus on eggs, beef and mutton in order to strengthen their nutrition. The consumption of spicy and other irritating foods and seafood products by a breastfeeding mother may also aggravate the eczema of the affected child.
Therefore, the mother in pregnancy or breastfeeding, if you find that the baby has allergies, you can consider whether the eczema is induced by allergies to protein.
3, environmental factors
(1) indoor temperature and humidity have an impact on the development of eczema in infants. Many mothers to avoid baby cold, rarely open the windows for ventilation, resulting in more humid or overheated indoor; some live in too humid or dry places, can also cause eczema aggravated. The affected children in the hot summer, other seasons indoor temperature is too high, bathing with hot water, wearing too much clothing, do not pay attention to hygiene may aggravate the condition.
(2) Some mothers dry or bake their babies’ diapers and other clothes at home, causing infant eczema to occur or worsen.
(3) Some affected children are allergic to everyday household items, such as soap, laundry detergent, synthetic fiber clothes, Play-Doh, plastic toys, etc.
(4) Climate change (sunlight, ultraviolet light, heat, dryness, cold, etc.), ecological damage, atmospheric pollution (excessive amounts of harmful gases or dust in the air) can also trigger or aggravate infant eczema.
(5) the affected child inhaled dust mites, pollen, etc., contact with a variety of animal and plant hair, feathers, etc., consumption of fish, shrimp, eggs and other food.
(6) the application of certain drugs can also trigger or aggravate the disease.
4, psychological factors
Because of the fear of eczema recurrence or aggravation of the disease, parents often worry that the baby may be allergic to certain substances, prone to seclusion, excessive single diet, limiting its range of activities, etc., so that the affected child is prone to malnutrition or immune imbalance, the ability to adapt to the external environment is reduced, so that infant eczema becomes more stubborn and difficult to treat.
5, the difference between urban and rural areas
It is reported that the incidence of rural areas is lower than urban areas, which indicates that rural living and poor sanitation, the state of the mother’s diet does not have a significant impact on the baby, the temperature, humidity are lower than urban areas, to avoid the impact of induced eczema. Mom and dad adapt to this environment, due to genetics and other factors, the baby also adapt to this environment.
6, improper medication and care
Some parents use hormonal creams that work fast and are applied over a large area for a long period of time, often resulting in drug dependence or aggravation of the baby’s skin. The baby’s skin lesions are vesicant and exuding, and some parents scrub the lesions with irritating Chinese medicine; the lesions are dry, and the parents over-clean the lesions or scald them with hot water, or wash them with salt water, causing the symptoms to worsen. Some children have severe itching, affecting their sleep, and some have secondary infections, but parents still insist on not giving their children internal medication, causing symptoms to worsen.
7.Other
In addition, drugs, bacterial infections, viral infections, etc. can also lead to the occurrence of this disease. Excessive scratching, secondary infections, hot and cold stimulation and the impact of perspiration can easily aggravate infant eczema.
The best treatment for eczema
1. Overall treatment principles.
Baby eczema can use a wide variety of drugs, mom and dad should be under the guidance of the doctor medication. The newest of these is the one that will be used in the future. When replacing the drug is best to first rub a small piece of eczema on the baby’s skin, observe the effect to decide whether to use. Avoid aggravating the condition by improper use of drugs.
What kind of method to treat infant eczema depends on the performance of eczema, such as local erythema, papules, scales, crusts, not to use hormone-containing drugs and ointments. If you have a lot of ulcers and exudates, you should use a cold wet compress with solution and then apply cream after crusting.
For babies with eczema that is not serious, only local medication is needed, but you cannot abuse drugs on your own to avoid causing skin damage or infection.
2.Cold and wet compresses.
(1) commonly used 1:10,000 potassium permanganate solution wet compress (note that must make potassium permanganate completely dissolved, undissolved potassium permanganate will burn the baby’s skin), both to make the trauma clean, but also to play a bactericidal astringent and oxidizing effect.
(2) 4-6 layers of fine gauze, in order not to drip as moderate, the wet gauze on the trauma, according to the amount of eczema exudate to determine the time and frequency of replacement, when the gauze absorbed exudate has reached half full and degree, the gauze will be replaced. Two to three times a day. Exudate more, wet dressing should be more diligent dressing replacement, to avoid absorbing exudate dressing long stay on the trauma, stimulating the surrounding normal skin, resulting in the expansion of the trauma.
(3)For large area of eczema, the nature of the drug, concentration and size of the wet dressing area should be given due attention.
(4) If the redness and swelling of the trauma surface gradually subsides, the exudate is reduced, the trauma surface has been dried, you can stop wet dressing and use the paste instead.
(5) Please note when applying cold wet compresses: the wet compress area should not exceed 1/3 of the whole body area to avoid dehydration of the baby caused by excessive evaporation from the body surface.
Care eczema precautions
1, avoid stimulating substances to contact the baby’s skin, do not use alkaline soap to wash the baby eczema, and do not use too hot water to wash the affected area.
2, the room temperature should not be too high, otherwise it will make the itchy eczema worse. The clothes should be worn loosely, in order to cotton fabric is good.
3, breastfeeding can prevent eczema caused by milk feeding and heterosexual protein sensitivity.
4, infants do not plant cowpox during an eczema attack (smallpox has disappeared, now not planted cowpox), and do not have contact with people with herpes simplex to avoid the occurrence of herpes.