What is the reason for the small red spots on the child’s stomach?

Although children rarely have a higher risk of illness like adults, parents still cannot let their guard down. Recently, many parents have reported that as the weather gradually gets warmer, red spots have appeared on their children's stomachs, and they have not disappeared even after a long time. What is the cause of this? Experts believe that in addition to the possibility of eczema, it could also be chickenpox.

eczema

The red spots on a newborn's belly may be eczema, which is a very common disease, especially in newborns. It can be said that almost 1/3 of skin diseases are eczema, so it is very easy to identify. Causes:

The main cause is intolerance or allergy to ingested, inhaled or contacted substances. Children with eczema initially develop red skin and rashes, followed by roughness and flaking of the skin. Touching the child's skin feels like touching sandpaper. Heat and humidity can make eczema more obvious.

Solution:

1. Keep the skin clean and dry. When bathing your baby, use warm water and non-alkaline bath agent 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 the 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. Trim the nails short. If your baby suffers from severely itchy atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis, parents should trim their baby's nails regularly to reduce the chance of scratching.

Chickenpox (blister sores)

The red spots on the newborn's belly may also be chickenpox. It may be inappropriate to mention this here, as it is generally classified as a rash disease accompanied by fever.

However, many children with chickenpox cannot feel the fever, so the diagnosis is made only based on the rash. The rash of chickenpox is initially a red rash, but it turns into herpes in less than a day. The herpes breaks out in about half a day and forms black scabs. Because the rash of chickenpox appears in batches, various forms of rash such as erythema, small blisters, large blisters (at most only half the size of a grain of rice), and scabs exist at the same time. This is the characteristic of this disease. The rash of chickenpox is thinner than the rash of infantile lichen planus, and appears on the scalp. This is also different from infantile lichen planus, so please pay attention.

Notice:

As long as there is a chance of infection, newborn babies will also suffer from chickenpox. The disease is highly contagious. If the blisters are scratched, scars will be left, but this is not a terrible disease. In short, this disease is an infectious disease and should be treated according to the doctor's instructions.