What to apply on children's eczema

Eczema is a common disease. People usually try many kinds of medicines to treat it, but they are always ineffective. Especially when eczema appears on children, parents will be very worried because they dare not use medicines indiscriminately and don’t know what method to use to treat their children. Here are some common medicines for your reference. You can choose the appropriate ointment according to the type of eczema your baby has.

What medicine should be used for children's eczema

Different degrees of eczema use different medicines, and different parts of the body use different medicines for eczema. For milder eczema, eczema cream can be used. For more severe eczema with redness, swelling, exudation, and thickening, an ointment containing hormones should be used, and an antibiotic ointment should also be added. It is recommended to use cortisone ointment plus erythromycin ointment, or mupirocin ointment.

For example, you can choose to use a mixture of hydrocortisone and Bactroban, or erythromycin ointment. Because the skin is easily invaded by bacteria, hormone ointments are generally used once or twice a day, and the appropriate usage time is five to seven days. The same area should not be used continuously for more than two weeks. If more than two ointments are used at the same time, there should be a gap of more than half an hour between the application of each ointment.

About 30-50% of children with eczema also have asthma. Infant eczema is commonly known as milk rash, which usually occurs 2 to 6 months after birth. 2-4 years old is also the peak period for eczema to begin.

In infancy, eczema often occurs on the cheeks, and in children, on the wrists and flexion joints of the hands and feet.

Children with eczema may experience dry, itchy, red and swollen skin. Many children will scratch their skin constantly due to itching, which may cause the skin to be infected by bacteria or viruses.

leading to further deterioration of the condition.

Childhood eczema is an allergic reaction of a hereditary allergic constitution to certain factors in the environment. The exact cause is not yet clear, but it is currently believed to be related to both genetic and immune abnormalities. Diet is an important cause of eczema in children. Therefore, once a child develops eczema, parents should "check" whether there are allergens in the child's food.

Common foods that cause eczema in children include shrimp, crab, marine fish, egg yolk, milk, etc. In addition, breastfeeding should be adopted as much as possible. When adding complementary foods, they should be added one by one from small amounts to large amounts, so that the child can gradually adapt. This also makes it easier for parents to observe which food causes allergies. Since obese children are much more likely to develop eczema, parents should also avoid their children being too fat.

For children with unbearable itching, anti-inflammatory and antipruritic drugs can be used under the guidance of a doctor when necessary. Do not blindly use hormone ointments, because these drugs will be absorbed by the skin and cause side effects. Long-term use may also cause local skin pigmentation.