What to use for baby's butt eczema

Eczema is a problem that many babies have, and eczema can occur in various parts of the baby's body. Among them, the baby's buttocks are more likely to show eczema symptoms. Of course, eczema can cause great physical and mental suffering to children, mainly because itching is one of the symptoms of eczema. So, if a baby has eczema on his buttocks, what method can be used to effectively treat it?

1. Remove the cause

Parents should pay close attention to internal and external factors that may easily induce the disease, try to find possible pathogenic factors and eliminate them, actively cooperate with treatment, keep the skin clean, restore and maintain the skin barrier function, and insist on using moisturizing lotions as basic treatment. You can choose 5% to 10% Coptis chinensis ointment, compound snake fat ointment or other moisturizing creams for external application.

2. External treatment

Topical medications are the mainstay of drug treatment for atopic dermatitis:

(1) Corticosteroid cream

It is the drug of choice. Hormone ointments of different strengths should be selected according to the patient's age, location, nature, and area of ​​skin lesions, and attention should be paid to side effects;

(2) Calcineurin inhibitors

Including tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus cream, which are new non-hormonal treatment drugs with definite efficacy and no side effects of hormones;

(3) Antibiotics

It is mainly used for critically ill patients and those with obvious exudation;

(4) Astringent and antipruritic agents

Mainly for symptomatic treatment.

3. Oral medication

(1) Antihistamines

It mainly has antipruritic and anti-inflammatory effects. Sedative and non-sedative antihistamines can be selected according to the needs of the patient, such as using non-sedative antihistamines during the day and sedative antihistamines at night;

(2) Antibiotics

It is mainly used for patients with severe illness and obvious exudation. Pay attention to the dosage and course of treatment and do not abuse it.

(3) Hormone therapy

It should be used with caution and only in severe attacks that are difficult to control with other drugs. For patients with acute and widespread disease or those who do not respond well to multiple treatments, short-term use of corticosteroids, such as oral prednisone, may be considered, but not long-term use.

(4) Immunosuppressants and anti-inflammatory mediator drugs

Choose appropriately according to the situation;

(5) Treatment based on syndrome differentiation and treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

① Syndrome of heat accumulation in the heart and spleen. Treatment principle: clear the heart and guide the red. Main prescription: Sanxin Daochiyin with modifications. ②Heart-fire and spleen deficiency syndrome

Treatment principle: Clear the mind and nourish the soil. Main formula: Qingxin Peitu formula with modifications. ③Syndrome of spleen deficiency and dampness accumulation. Treatment principle: Strengthen the spleen and drain dampness. Main prescription: Xiaoer Huashi Decoction with modifications. ④Blood deficiency and wind dryness syndrome

Treatment principle: Nourish blood and dispel wind. Main prescription: Danggui Yinzi with modifications.