I. Eczema 【Causes】 Eczema has a strong relationship with allergies, and the most common allergies are to milk and eggs. Babies and young children eat allergic foods through breast milk or complementary foods. Eczema can also be caused by irritation from chemical fiber clothing and flooding of the skin with saliva. [Site of occurrence] The rash usually starts on the face, but in severe cases, it can appear all over the body. Skin manifestations] Skin is rough and flaky (often called “breakouts” by parents), and in severe cases there is redness, swelling and oozing (often called “running water” by parents). Itchy skin] Apparently, infants and young children often scratch the skin. Treatment and care options [Check for allergies] Check for foods that may be allergic to your child, with milk allergy being the most common. The mother should remember what new foods she ate before her child got eczema. 1. For babies who are breastfed, the mother should recall what foods she ate, and which foods worsened her baby’s eczema when she breastfed her baby after eating them. If aggravated, it means allergic to this food, mom try to avoid it. 2, eat formula baby, should be changed to amino acid or deeply hydrolyzed formula, change to about 2 weeks, eczema relief, can confirm milk allergy. 3, add complementary foods for babies, every add 1 kind of food (such as egg yolks, pureed meat, etc.), we should pay attention to observe for 3 days, to see if the child has an allergy to eczema. If there is an allergy, stop in time, and try to add again after 3 months. [Skin care] 1, if the eczema is light, only a slight skin flaking, you can use moisturizing baby cream coated with protection, such as Yumi, silicon cream. 2.Slightly severe eczema, you can use eczema cream to apply the rash part. 3.Severe eczema, skin cracks, oozing serious, need to be under the guidance of the doctor, the use of creams containing hormones and antibiotic medicine to apply. Do not be afraid to use antibiotics and hormone ointment, so as not to aggravate your child’s eczema, which will not be cured for a long time. Special note: Medicines should be used under the supervision of a doctor. When two ointments are used in combination, such as skin cream and parexone, they can be mixed according to 1:1, and applied thinly to the skin at the eczema place twice a day for 3-7 days, and in addition, apply 2 or 3 times a day Yumex or silicon cream to moisturize the skin. Second, heat rash (prickly heat) [cause] room temperature, infants and young children wear cover too much, not breathable. [Occurrence of parts] Infants and young children neck, armpits, elbows and knees, popliteal folds, love sweating parts, more likely to occur. Covering the heat easily makes the children sweat a lot, and heat rash can appear on the head and even the whole body. [Skin manifestations] Heat rash is a rash that occurs from the hair follicles because sweat is not well discharged, and the rash is a small, red granular rash with clear edges. In severe cases, a milky white purulent fluid appears in the small grains of the rash. 【Itchy skin】 Generally there is no itchiness Treatment and care methods 【Regulation of room temperature】 Keep the environment at a suitable temperature outside, 20-22°C in spring and summer, and around 22-24 degrees in fall and winter. [Skin care] 1, absorb the sweat, put soft dry gauze on the neck, armpits, leg roots and other skin folds, dip the sweat dry, gauze wet and timely replacement, keep the skin dry. 2.Expand the skin folds You can let the child lie on his back and expand the folds of the neck to help the skin breathe. In summer, you can add “10 drops of water” into the bath water to prevent prickly heat. 4. Prickly heat water Prickly heat water is safer than prickly heat powder. If prickly heat is serious, you can use glycerin lotion to apply on the heat rash. [Life Care] 1. Choose clothes according to the temperature. Wear less clothes especially in summer. Standard: The child’s neck and body are warm, and the hands and feet are slightly cooler. 2.Wash and protect your face Wash your face with lukewarm water and don’t use oily moisturizers in summer to prevent clogging pores. 3, skin protection for redness and flaking serious parts, a small amount of Pepto-Bismol and so on. Special tips: Infants and young children in the milk, easy to sweat, so after feeding with a soft dry towel, the baby’s face, forehead and chest to dry sweat and milk. Keep the baby’s face dry.