I. Symptoms of eczema
The baby’s head, face, cervical spine and extremities appear: itchy red papules – small blisters – yellow ooze – crusting and flaking.
Baby’s reaction: Because eczema is often accompanied by an itchy sensation, babies may scratch their own skin.
Two, the causes of eczema
Most baby eczema originates from allergies, mostly occurring in babies from birth to 2 years old. The main reason for this is intolerance or allergy to ingestion, inhalation or contact.
1, the external environment: external environmental changes such as dust, smoke, mites, dry, hot and humid, temperature differences, not enough clean or over-clean, as well as a variety of pollutants and harmful substances may cause eczema.
2, breastfeeding: breastfeeding mothers ingest food that can cause allergies, which may cause eczema in babies.
Common allergens in babies: egg whites, peanuts, soybeans, fresh milk and products, shelled seafood, etc.
A few words of advice: breastfeeding mothers do not always have to suspend the consumption of common allergy-prone foods such as milk, unless it is clear that the baby is allergic to such foods.
It is important to remind mothers that it is important to stick to the first breastfeeding after birth. Many babies have added formula shortly after birth, which may lead to milk protein allergy when the baby receives milk again.
3. Heredity: If the parents are allergic patients, they will also inherit to the baby. These babies are recommended to use partially hydrolyzed protein formula to help prevent or delay the onset of allergy symptoms in babies, and can also take probiotics to improve their constitution.
Three, eczema treatment misconceptions
After baby eczema, mothers and fathers are usually very anxious and often have misconceptions when it comes to treatment.
Myth #1: If your baby has eczema, stop breastfeeding it will be fine; it may also be caused by eggs and milk, so kick them out of your baby’s recipe.
Eczema is a genetic allergic disease that occurs in children under the age of 5 and is a recurring condition.
Food allergies are indeed a relatively common problem, but clinical evidence suggests that avoiding these suspected allergic foods necessary for baby’s growth and development is not effective in preventing and relieving infant eczema flare-ups, and unless food allergies need to be considered for severe eczema with widespread flare-ups throughout the body, it makes little sense to look for food allergens for mild to moderate eczema.
Although some elderly people believe that eczema will get better when babies are weaned, unless the baby is truly intolerant to breast milk (such cases are rare), don’t wean your baby easily; breast milk is the best food for babies. Eczema does not necessarily affect your baby’s growth and development, but lack of nutrition will definitely affect your baby’s growth and development.
The second misconception: eczema has to be completely eradicated to be able to; eczema at the skin to stay dry to get better.
The key to avoiding the recurrence of eczema is to take care of it. What mom and dad can do is to carefully care for and reasonably use drugs to control recurring eczema in order to reduce the impact of eczema on the quality of life and growth of the affected child. The means of care includes the expectation that more than 50% of children with eczema can heal on their own as they get older. Eczema, as the name implies, is thought by many to be caused by too wet skin, but in fact the opposite is true: eczema skin is afraid of drying out and must be kept moisturized regularly to do so. So, moisturizing is the basis of eczema skin care, and a good moisturizer can make half the difference.
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Although the vast majority of information on the internet for eczema treatment rejects hormone therapy, clinical experience at home and abroad has proven that for moderate to severe eczema, a reasonable choice of topical hormone creams is the preferred treatment. If parents listen to internet rumors, they will delay the treatment of their baby’s eczema and make a small area of eczema that can be easily controlled become a large area of difficult to control eczema.
In fact, the side effects of hormonal creams are exaggerated. The hormone medication that parents are worried will resist the growth of young children will only occur if the hormone medication is taken orally or injected in large doses over a long period of time.
Fourth, how to treat
If your baby has eczema, don’t panic, mothers and fathers should do the following.
Mild eczema: mom and dad need careful care, often use hypoallergenic skin cream to keep the skin moisturized, avoid physical stimulation such as overheating sunlight and clothing friction, and avoid chemical stimulation of toiletries will be able to control the condition.
When choosing moisturizing products for your baby, mom and dad should choose creams and creams in this form, not dew, because the moisture will evaporate quickly after the dew is applied to the skin and will not sustain moisturizing for the skin.
Severe eczema: In addition to the above care means, you should listen to your doctor and use topical hormone creams so as not to delay treatment. The proper use of topical hormone creams does not affect the growth and development of your baby.