What to do if your baby has eczema

Eczema is a very troublesome disease. Although it is not very serious, the itching is unbearable when it occurs. Especially when it occurs on a large area of ​​our body, it has a great impact on our normal life and work. In addition, eczema can easily occur in infants and young children, and parents must learn the correct treatment measures. So, what should we do if our baby has eczema? Let’s take a closer look below.

1. If the child has eczema, the mother should avoid eating fish, shrimp, crab, eggs and spicy foods during breastfeeding, and also avoid drinking alcohol.

2. The child's diet should be regular and quantitative, and it is best to eat breast milk. If the child drinks milk, add more water and less sugar, and the milk should be boiled for a little longer. In addition, if the child has indigestion, he or she should receive timely treatment.

3. Avoid letting irritating substances come into contact with your child's skin, especially your child's eczema. Do not apply oil-rich skin care products to the affected area. At the same time, avoid using soap and hot water to wash the affected area.

4. The room temperature should be maintained at a suitable level, as a high room temperature will aggravate the itching of eczema.

5. Children should be dressed in soft, loose cotton or fine fabric underwear, and should avoid wearing chemical fiber fabrics. In addition, woolen fabrics and woolen clothes should be avoided for both inner and outer clothes. Babies' diapers should be washed and changed frequently.

6. Children can be given 0.2% diphenhydramine syrup orally. The dosage should be calculated at 1 to 2 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, taken 3 to 4 times a day. Children can also be given oral chlorpheniramine, with the dosage calculated at 0.35 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, taken in 3 to 4 times a day.

7. For eczema that is not large in area and has mild symptoms, you can apply glucocorticoid ointment (such as Pi Yan Ping ointment, compound dexamethasone cream, etc.) to the affected area. However, since such drugs have certain side effects, they need to be used under the guidance of a doctor and should not be applied too thickly. For children with seborrheic eczema, you only need to apply some vegetable oil (such as tea oil) on the affected area regularly to make the scab gradually soften and fall off. For children with skin erosion, you can first use chloramphenicol lotion to clean off the exudate, and then apply chlorine zinc oil to the affected area (apply 2 to 3 times a day); or first wet the affected area with 3% boric acid solution, and then apply zinc oxide oil externally (apply 2 to 3 times a day). After the exudate is reduced, you can change to only applying boric zinc paste externally, 2 to 3 times a day, until recovery. In case of secondary infection, some antibiotics can also be applied externally, such as neomycin ointment, Bactroban, etc.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your baby has eczema. I hope it will be helpful to parents. When babies develop eczema, it can cause considerable harm to the child. If the child is allowed to scratch recklessly, it may even cause infection. Timely measures must be taken to treat it to avoid long-term effects on the child, and prevention must be taken to avoid recurrence.