What to do if your newborn has eczema

Newborn eczema is a relatively common disease. It is mainly caused by the poor hygiene of newborns and the failure to keep them dry. Therefore, if you want your newborn to stay away from diseases, you should pay attention to their hygiene. For diseases like eczema, mothers should take their children to the hospital for treatment in time. Children should not be allowed to touch allergic areas with water. It is best to breastfeed and the children should not eat animal proteins such as eggs.

Try to feed with breast milk, or cook fresh milk for a while longer to denature the protein in the milk and reduce its antigenicity to reduce allergic reactions. You can also use soy milk or other milk substitutes. The eggs should be cooked for a longer time and only the yolk should be eaten, not the egg white. This is because the antigenicity of the egg comes from the egg white, and the yolk rarely causes allergies. Underwear should be loose and made of pure cotton. Try not to wear wool or chemical fiber products. You should eat less fish, shrimp and protein foods to avoid worsening of the condition. Scratching, rubbing, washing with soap, scalding with hot water and improper use of external medications will aggravate eczema and should be avoided. The vicious cycle of itching - scratching - more itching - more scratching leads to worsening of the condition.

The root cause of eczema is the imperfection of the gastrointestinal system. The allergens ingested by some children with allergic constitutions can easily enter the blood through the thin intestinal wall. Since the subcutaneous capillaries are the most abundant, eczema will immediately appear on the skin. The key to treating eczema is not to test out allergens from countless substances and avoid them, but to improve the baby's gastrointestinal system. Moreover, current medicine does not recommend depriving babies of proper nutrition in order to avoid allergies. Therefore, you can eat some beneficial bacteria such as Mami Love or Biostime to improve your baby's gastrointestinal system. Once the baby's gastrointestinal system becomes more complete, eczema will improve.

It should be emphasized that eczema will recur. It may improve in the early stage of medication, but it will relapse soon. Long-term medication is not recommended, otherwise it will cause the skin to become hormone-dependent.

Parents should not apply any over-the-counter medicine to their babies if they have eczema. In addition to taking your baby to see a doctor and using medication, you should also pay attention to the following general methods of caring for dermatitis.

1. Keep your skin clean and dry

When bathing your baby, it is advisable to use warm water and non-alkaline bath products to clean the baby's body. For babies with intertrigo, special attention should be paid to cleaning the folds of the skin. When taking a bath, the shower gel must be rinsed off. After washing, wipe the moisture off the baby's body and apply a non-oily moisturizer to avoid hindering the normal breathing of the skin. The baby's hair should also be washed every day. If the baby has seborrheic dermatitis, washing the head carefully can remove the scabs. If the scab has hardened and stuck to the head, apply olive oil on the affected area and then wash it after a while.

2. Avoid external stimulation

Parents should always pay attention to changes in temperature and humidity around their baby. Babies with contact dermatitis should especially avoid exposing their skin to cold wind or strong sunlight. In summer, after your baby sweats during exercise, you should wipe off his sweat carefully; when the weather is cold and dry, you should apply anti-allergic non-oily moisturizer to your baby. In addition to paying attention to weather changes, parents should not let their babies wear clothes that are easy to irritate the skin, such as wool, silk, nylon, etc.

3. Shorten your nails

If your baby suffers from severely itchy atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis, parents should regularly trim their baby's nails to reduce the chance of scratching.

4. Avoid certain foods

Except for atopic dermatitis, there is no need to abstain from food for other eczema. Let your baby eat less animal protein, such as milk and eggs, only under the supervision of a doctor or nutritionist. It is best not to ban certain foods without clear evidence. It is not recommended to deprive your baby of proper nutrition in order to avoid allergies. During the abstinence period, general treatments, such as lubricants and ointments, must continue to be used.