Causes of neonatal erythema

In winter, you often see red cheeks, as red as apples. This is a very normal phenomenon for everyone, but for newborn babies, when red spots appear on the face, it is a very common disease, and it is also a disease with unknown cause? So, what causes neonatal erythema? The following are some relevant details.

The rash is often caused by eczema. Because the causes of eczema are complex, the manifestations of eczema vary depending on the age of the child, the location of the skin lesions, and the living environment and season. It can be mainly divided into three types:

(1) Seborrheic type: In infants under three months old, the skin on the forehead, cheeks, and between the eyebrows is flushed and covered with yellow greasy scabs. The top of the head is covered with thick yellow serous scabs. Later, there may be abrasions, redness and exudation under the chin, back of the neck, armpits and groin, which we call seborrheic eczema. Children usually recover on their own if they improve their diet after 6 months.

(2) Exudative type: more common in obese infants aged 3-6 months. Symmetrical rice-sized red papules can be seen on both cheeks, accompanied by small blisters and erythema connected into sheets. There are ulcers, exudates, and scabs. The disease is extremely itchy, so scratching leaves bloody scratches and bright red wet sores. If not treated in time, it may spread throughout the body and may cause secondary infection.

(3) Dry type: more common in children aged 6 months to 1 year, characterized by dense patchy small papules, redness and swelling on the face, limbs, and outer side of the trunk, hard bran-like desquamation and scaly crusting, without exudation. We also call it dry eczema. Experts at Hubei Veterans Hospital believe that to fundamentally cure pediatric facial eczema, the key is to improve the child's allergic constitution. Secondly, while ensuring that no hormones are used and no side effects are caused to the child, help the child eliminate itching and rash-like skin symptoms and avoid scratching that may cause infection and expansion of skin lesions.

People with eczema suffer from unbearable itching, which can cause erosion, exudation, and scabs after scratching. In severe cases, it can affect the scalp, the entire face, and even the whole body. After secondary infection, pus may be seen, and there may be local lymph node enlargement, fever, etc. It is very harmful to the skin, so it is best to go to the hospital for treatment.

Once parents find that their children have red spots on their faces, they should go to the hospital for a check-up in time and apply the medicine according to the doctor's orders. Do not go to the pharmacy to buy things to wipe the children. If they are allergic, it will be difficult to deal with. Don't believe in folk remedies and go to a regular hospital for a check-up.