What causes goose bumps on children's skin?

Children may also experience goose bumps on their skin. When faced with this rough skin problem, parents naturally have to help their children and take effective solutions. Children may be affected by keratosis pilaris and pityriasis alba.

1. Baby's rough skin and goose bumps may be keratosis pilaris

If the baby's skin is rough like goose bumps, parents should pay attention. Chicken skin is keratosis pilaris, which is a skin disease related to genetics. The clinical treatment principle is to improve symptoms and avoid hair follicle infection.

The treatment is to supplement vitamins, especially vitamin A. Eating more foods rich in vitamin A is helpful for this disease. External use of urea cream, vitamin B6 ointment, compound lactic acid cream, etc. to improve keratinocytes can alleviate symptoms and make the skin surface smoother.

2. The baby's rough skin and goose bumps may be pityriasis alba

"Pityriasis alba" is the most common white spot disease on the skin in children, commonly known as worm spots. The cause is unknown and may be related to many factors such as nutritional deficiency, intestinal parasites, sun exposure, dry skin, etc. Pityriasis alba mostly occurs on the face, and in some children it occurs on the neck, shoulders and upper limbs. The disease usually starts in spring, worsens in summer and subsides in autumn.

The number of white spots varies, and most of them are round or oval in shape, grayish white in color, about 3 to 5 cm in diameter, with unclear boundaries with normal skin, and fine bran-like scaly desquamation on the surface. The children have no subjective symptoms or may have mild itching. If you are worried that your child has an unclean eating experience, or want to rule out intestinal parasite infection, you may wish to take your child to the hospital for a stool egg test to see if he or she needs to take anthelmintic medicine.

3. Baby's rough skin and goose bumps may be dermatitis

If the baby's skin is rough and you can feel small particles when you touch it, such children usually have a history of eczema on their faces when they were young. Now their skin starts to become rough at this age. It is usually considered to be atopic dermatitis, and there is usually a family history of rhinitis or allergies.

There is no good treatment method. The key is to pay attention to your diet and avoid eating allergic foods such as milk, egg yolks, etc. for a long time. Also, when using moisturizing products, you must first find the allergens. Is it caused by eating or contacting the allergens? You can recall and check it yourself, or you can go to a regular hospital to see a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, including allergen testing. If the allergens are identified, you should immediately avoid eating or contacting them.