Baby has eczema, easy to recur, what to do?

The weather turned cool, since the fall and winter seasons, the mother found that more than 1 month old baby's little face suddenly became red, there are clumps of rashes always can not be eliminated. Originally smooth skin becomes no longer delicate, bei bei also always itchy straight scratching, little face more and more red, back and forth is not good. Family members do not know what to do when cleaning, do not dare to touch the baby's cheeks, for fear of repeated good, the skin left marks. The family rushed to take Beibei to the dermatology department of Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, after the doctor examined, diagnosed its face with “baby eczema”.

What is “baby eczema”, how to treat and prevent it?

1、What is eczema?

Director Ma Xiaoling introduced, eczema is a very common skin disease, it is caused by a variety of internal and external factors with a pronounced tendency to exudate an inflammatory skin disease, accompanied by significant itching, easy to recur, in infants and young children and pregnant women will have different manifestations.

Eczema causes a lot of pain to the patient, the itching is intolerable and can not be scratched, it is difficult to subside but often recur. In the general population, the incidence of eczema is about 7.5%, while the incidence of infants is as high as 20-30%. Faced with such a high incidence rate, many parents are at a loss.

Infantile eczema is generally believed to be related to genetics, environment, immunity factors, etc. It mostly occurs on the head and face of the child, and in severe cases, it can also involve the limbs and trunk. If not actively treated, it may have an adverse effect on the child's growth and development and physical and mental health.

2、What is the cause of eczema in infants and young children?

The etiology of eczema is still unclear, it is currently believed that the pathogenesis is closely related to genetic factors, environmental factors, skin barrier dysfunction, microbial imbalance immune dysregulation and environmental triggers of skin inflammation. Among them, genetic factors are the strongest risk factors for eczema, and children with a family history of allergic rhinitis, asthma and eczema are more likely to develop eczema. In addition, allergy is also a major external factor in children with eczema. Common food allergens such as milk, eggs, peanuts, fish and shrimp, inhalant allergens such as dust mites and animal dander, and some contact allergens, these factors may trigger and aggravate eczema.

3、How to treat eczema in infants and young children?

Director Ma Xiaoling introduced, topical drugs, oral medications, etc. are the traditional methods of treatment of eczema. But for infants and young children in special groups, traditional drug therapy needs to be particularly cautious, drugs may bring side effects, infants and pregnant women with eczema medication is very limited. At present, Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital uses “hydrotherapy” to treat babies' eczema, which is welcomed by parents.

4、“water therapy” how to treat eczema?

At present, “water therapy” uses ozone hydrotherapy instrument for treatment, the instrument will generate appropriate concentration of ozone water when it is turned on, using ozone's efficient sterilization, promote wound healing, anti-inflammatory and anti-itching, alleviate inflammation and other roles, so that the patient is wet compresses, showers, immersion and other ways to carry out the treatment.

Ozone hydrotherapy ultimately breaks down into oxygen and water, so it is safer and can be used in place of some hormones and antibiotics. It can also treat infectious skin diseases, such as impetigo, athlete's foot, shingles, etc., as well as a variety of chronic ulcers, such as stasis dermatitis, diabetic foot, burns and so on.

5、How to prevent eczema?

Director Ma explained that the prevention of eczema should pay attention to the following points:

1. Avoid allergens in daily life

2. Pay attention to skin cleaning

To infants and young children to clean the skin generally use water can be, at the same time should pay attention to, the use of the towel should also be replaced or cleaned in a timely manner, if the towel is not hygienic, it is also easy to make infants and young children's faces or skin among the appearance of eczema.

3. Pay attention to skin moisturizing care

Try to avoid the use of products containing flavors, preservatives and other additives, it is recommended that the use of hyaluronic acid, niacinamide and other moisturizing and restorative components of the efficacy of the product.

4. Pay attention to diet

Many babies and young children are mainly breastfed, and if the mother eats irritating foods or seafood, the child will easily develop eczema if he or she is allergic. So when breastfed babies and young children have eczema, not only the child should pay attention to diet, the mother should also pay attention to diet.