Causes and treatment of neonatal facial eczema

Newborn facial eczema is a relatively common disease. Since children's facial skin is relatively fragile, they are particularly susceptible to eczema. Therefore, in order to make their children's facial eczema recover as soon as possible, parents want to fully understand its causes and treatment methods. In order for you to have a comprehensive understanding, let's take a look at the detailed introduction below.

Causes of neonatal eczema

Childhood eczema is a common allergic skin inflammation caused by internal and external factors. Due to different causes of allergic reactions, children can be divided into two categories: congenital hereditary allergic constitution and acquired contact allergens.

Congenital hereditary allergic constitution: the child inherits the allergic genes from his parents and becomes allergic. After coming into contact with the corresponding allergens, he develops allergic eczema like his parents.

Acquired contact allergens: The main reason is that the child is intolerant or allergic to food, inhaled substances or contact substances, and multiple allergens may exist at the same time.

General treatment methods

1. Diet management comes first. Avoid feeding too much food to maintain normal digestion. If you suspect you are allergic to milk, you can boil it for a longer time to denature the protein, which can reduce allergens. Or you can choose a low-allergy formula milk such as Nestle Super NEN. If the condition is more serious, you should take a special formula milk like Alesun. If necessary, goat milk or soy milk (see the nutrition section) can be used instead of milk. If egg white allergy is suspected, give egg yolk alone, or start with a small amount of egg white and gradually increase the amount. Breastfeeding mothers can stop eating eggs.

2. Antihistamine drugs such as chlorpheniramine, phenergan, diphenhydramine, promethazine, etc. taken orally alone or in rotation have good antipruritic and anti-allergic effects, and have varying degrees of sedative effects.

3. Whether taken orally or intravenously, corticosteroids can quickly control symptoms and have obvious anti-inflammatory and antipruritic effects. However, they are prone to relapse after discontinuation of the drug and cannot be cured. Long-term use can cause dependence and various adverse reactions, so they should be used with caution as appropriate. For patients with generalized acute eczema who do not respond well to other treatments, oral prednisone can be taken for a short period of time and the dosage can be gradually reduced as the condition improves.

4. Antibiotics are only used for children with secondary local or lymph node infections, increased white blood cell count and increased body temperature. Generally, intramuscular injection of penicillin or oral administration of erythromycin or co-trimoxazole is used.

Causes and treatments of neonatal facial eczema. For many parents, when their newborn baby develops eczema on his face, they must understand the causes and treatment methods introduced above as soon as possible. Only by understanding the causes as soon as possible and choosing the best treatment method can the newborn baby's facial eczema be cured as soon as possible through effective treatment.