What is the difference between fetal toxins and eczema in babies?

Sometimes the baby feels well taken care of in the pregnant mother's belly, but sometimes it is discovered that there are still some problems when the baby is born. Although there were no problems during routine prenatal check-ups. The most common one is fetal toxins, and some people also call it eczema. But what is the connection between these two words? Are they the same? Next, let’s take a look at the difference between baby fetal toxins and eczema.

The difference between fetal toxins and eczema in babies

1. Fetal toxins are a traditional folk term, which are mainly divided into damp toxins and heat toxins, which are accumulated by mothers during pregnancy. What people call fetal poison is actually internal heat in traditional Chinese medicine. The main manifestations are neonatal sores, scabies, acne, etc. The causes of these diseases may be related to the mother's internal heat constitution. "Clearing fetal toxins" is more popular in the south. The older generation believes that the climate and water quality in the south are hot and humid. Therefore, pregnant women must remove fetal toxins before giving birth, otherwise the baby's skin will easily develop sores, rashes, etc. after birth.

2. If pregnant women eat too much meat and fish, too much milk powder, and too much spicy and fried food during pregnancy, it will increase the heat in the body and may be passed on to the fetus. Eczema is an inflammatory skin disease of the epidermis and superficial dermis. It begins with redness of the skin and pinhead-sized red papules on it. The manifestations are characterized by symmetry, exudativeness, pruritus, polymorphism and recurrence. Eczema is characterized by diverse rashes, symmetrical distribution, recurrent severe itching, and the tendency to become chronic.

The above is the editor’s summary of the differences between baby fetal toxins and eczema. Based on the above information, everyone can know that fetal toxins and eczema are actually the same term, but one is a folk term and the other is a written term. From the above, it is actually because the pregnant mother supplemented too much nutrition during pregnancy. Therefore, the editor recommends that pregnant mothers make scientific arrangements.

What are the symptoms of fetal toxicity?

The symptoms of fetal toxins mainly manifest as various skin allergies on the baby's skin, such as boils, scabies, acne, etc. The common clinical symptoms include fetal toxicity fever, fetal toxicity chills, fetal toxicity convulsions, fetal toxicity jaundice, etc. This condition may be related to the mother's internal heat constitution.

1. Fetal toxicity and fever: high fever all over the body, closed mouth and red face, hot breathing, swollen eyelids, shortness of breath, crying and irritability, short and red urine, and constipation.

2. Fetal toxicity and coldness: pale complexion, drowsiness, white diarrhea when sucking milk, cold breathing, shivering, bending feet and clenching fists, crying in pain, or unable to open the mouth.

3. Fetal toxins causing convulsions: frequent convulsions, hot body and blue face, clenched jaws, reverse breathing and gurgling phlegm, straight waist and stiff body, eyes looking up, and inability to cry.

4. Fetal toxicity turns yellow: the face and whole body are yellow like gold, the body is hot, the urine is like gardenia juice, the person has no appetite for milk or food, and the person cries constantly.