Six-month-old baby has small red bumps on his face

As 6-month-old babies gradually begin to add various complementary foods, their skin may have allergic reactions to certain foods. For example, mothers may find that their babies have some red bumps on their faces after eating shrimp or other seafood. In severe cases, they may even have them all over the body, which makes new mothers very anxious. We say that this may be eczema caused by food allergy. In this case, mothers don’t need to worry and can just undergo desensitization treatment.

1. Consider childhood eczema, which is an allergic skin disease. The main causes are genetics, intolerance or allergy to ingested, inhaled or contacted substances.

2. It may be heat rash, which usually appears in summer. Heat rash does not necessarily grow only on the body, sometimes it grows on the face, often making young mothers anxious but at a loss; they have tried many methods but have achieved no results. The way to distinguish is to see if the baby also has small red bumps on the neck or back, and whether the baby scratches. If the baby has small red bumps on the face in summer and the above conditions are present, it is definitely heat rash.

2. Reasons for eczema in six-month-old babies

1. Genetic factors: Infant eczema is closely related to genetic factors, especially when immediate family members have eczema or other allergic symptoms, it is most common for babies to develop eczema.

2. Environmental factors:

(1) Clothing: artificial fabrics, printing and dyeing agents, bleaching agents, mothproofing agents, mildewproofing agents, etc. related to clothing.

(2) Food: fertilizers, pesticides, feed additives used in food production, preservatives, flavorings, pigments, ripening agents, etc. used in food processing.

4. Dietary factors:

(1) The most important factor for infants and young children is diet. Since baby food is single and mainly consists of dairy products, the main allergy to babies is protein. Some babies develop eczema after adding complementary foods, which may be related to the complementary foods, mainly eggs and some nuts, such as various beans, peanuts, sesame seeds, etc.

(2) Milk (including milk formula) contains a large amount of foreign proteins, which can easily cause allergies and are the culprit for babies to get eczema.

(3) Eggs, fish, shrimp, crab, chocolate, and fructose may all cause allergies. The key to eradicating baby eczema is to identify the substance that causes the allergy.

For mild cases, external medication is the main treatment. For moderate cases, oral medication can be used to treat and prevent infection. Keep the skin clean, avoid irritation, pay attention to diet, and conduct desensitization treatment after identifying allergens.

At present, some anti-allergic drugs such as chlorpheniramine can be appropriately used to relieve the symptoms of itching. Compound calamine lotion can also be used, which can also have a astringent and antipruritic effect. Try not to use hormone treatment.