What's the matter with the rash on the baby's palms?

The baby's skin is the softest and most fragile, so small rashes often appear on the baby's face or body. Sometimes red rashes will appear on the palms of babies' hands, which reminds parents to pay close attention to their baby's skin condition. Whether it is on the face or on the skin, it should not be taken lightly. Generally speaking, there are several possibilities when a baby develops a rash and needs treatment. The question of what is causing the rash on the palms of your baby's hands can be easily answered by reading the following article.

1. Common skin diseases

The following article will introduce four common skin diseases of babies, namely prickly heat, seborrheic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and diaper rash;

2. Infectious rash

If babies are infected by viruses or bacteria, they are often prone to fever and rashes. Common rashes include roseola and red scabs.

3. Food and drug allergies

If your baby is allergic to food or medicine, he or she may also develop a rash.

If parents find a rash on their body, they should see a doctor first to determine the cause and prescribe the right medicine, because using the wrong medicine will cause the symptoms to worsen and will be detrimental to treatment. Dr. Na Mingzhu further stated that babies aged 0-1 years old may occasionally develop rashes, and these rashes may represent different skin diseases. Parents must not be smart and apply medicine on their own to treat the diseases. Common skin symptoms in babies are as follows.

Babies are more likely to get prickly heat. The main reasons are that their sweat glands are still immature and their metabolism is fast. At this time, if they wear stuffy clothes and sweat a lot, the sweat glands will easily be blocked, leading to prickly heat, which is also a type of heat rash. Prickly heat is a needle-sized red rash that feels itchy and often appears on the baby's forehead, neck, back and other areas prone to sweating.

When treating in a hot and stuffy environment, avoid dressing your baby too many clothes, and remember to change clothes frequently if your baby sweats. If the symptoms are mild, keep the baby's body dry, so that the rash on the baby's body will naturally subside, or you can use a small amount of prickly heat powder or prickly heat water; if the symptoms are severe, use prickly heat water to relieve the symptoms.

Allergic dermatitis

The most common congenital allergic dermatitis is atopic dermatitis. Symptoms of this dermatitis occur on the cheeks, neck, elbows, wrists, and flexed knees. Babies will feel itchy, and this disease may persist into childhood. If parents have allergies, such as respiratory tract allergies, skin allergies, and asthma, the probability of their babies having allergies will also be higher. When a baby develops a rash, often cries for no reason, has anorexia, and is in a bad mood, parents may suspect that the baby has an allergy and should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Treatment 1. Avoid allergens: It is best to avoid allergens for such babies. In terms of diet, consider switching to low-allergenic milk powder (completely hydrolyzed protein formula) and delay the addition of complementary foods (after six months). In terms of food ingredients, seafood, wheat flour, and milk should also be delayed as much as possible. In terms of daily life, limit the number of baths to once a day, and try to keep the baby's body dry. After bathing, apply a thin layer of lotion to the baby. In terms of the environment, avoid possible allergens in the environment, such as dust mites. You may try dust mite-proof bedding, air purifiers, and dehumidifiers to improve the quality of the environment.

2. Use steroid ointment

If the symptoms are severe, the doctor may recommend the use of steroid ointment to improve the symptoms.

Seborrheic dermatitis

The cause of the disease is unknown, but it often occurs in babies who are prone to allergies. This disease is caused by excessive secretion of sebaceous glands, which leads to the shedding of dandruff, and often occurs on the scalp, cheeks and skin wrinkles. The affected areas appear oily and moist. This is also a type of eczema, which is less itchy. This skin condition often occurs in infants, appearing about two to three months after birth.

If the baby is found to have seborrheic dermatitis during treatment, the doctor will often ask the parents to apply vaseline or baby oil to the affected area when the symptoms are mild, and then gently rub it with baby shampoo; if the symptoms are severe, apply steroid ointment to improve the skin condition. It is best to delay adding complementary foods until six months later. However, babies are different from each other. If they are found to be not adapted (i.e. have allergic symptoms), then adding the food should be postponed.

A baby is the hope of a family. Once any problem occurs to the baby, the whole family will be worried. Therefore, if you wait until your baby falls sick before you realize that you should pay more attention to your baby, it would be better to be more careful on a daily basis and pay attention to changes in your baby's body at any time. In this way, once any changes in your baby's body are discovered, you can get timely treatment, which will make your baby suffer less and your family worry less.