How to care for a baby with milk eczema (milk)

The article was consulted professionally by Master, Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuan – Pediatrician – Pediatrics – Newborn – Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub.

Baby milk eczema, also known as milk spleids, is a common disease in babies and young children, especially children under 1 year old. In order to effectively treat baby milk eczema, parents should understand the causes of the disease and note the problems in childcare.

Baby milk eczema is chronic and non-contagious dermatitis. If the disease recurs several times, it may become visceral eczema, so milk eczema is also considered the early stage of organ eczema.

The causes of eczema in children are still unknown and certain, but the disease is common in children with allergic muscles. In addition, if parents have asthma, weather allergies,urticaria, skin allergies … babies are also susceptible to diseases. Usually, milk eczema will gradually decrease and regress when the child is over 1 year old.

The cause of child milk eczema is associated with the coordination of two factors, which are allergic muscles and allergens.

Allergens can be caused by changes in the metabolism inside and outside the body such as: Pet hair, smog, mold, dust, digestive disorders,food (milk, eggs …), how to breastfeed, infected children …

Besides, the factors that stimulate and aggravate baby milk eczema include: Dry weather, hot and humid; soap bathing, washing; bleach, cloth, cigarette smoke…

• Baby eczema is common in babies from 6 months of age, appears on the face, on the sides of the cheeks and can spread to the whole body, limbs …
• Initially, milk eczema is just redness, then into tiny blisters, which are red, causing cracking of the skin and water, scabs and then peeling off the scales.
• In areas where the skin is milky, when touched will feel rough and have small scales, dry and stretched skin. These patches of dry and red skin often appear on the face and folded skin areas such as: neck, elbows, back of hands, wrists, behind knees, ankles.
• In addition, children may also experience additional signs of allergies to asthma or rhinitis.
• When you have milk, your baby will be very uncomfortable, crying, sucking poorly and sleeping poorly.
• Itchy skin areas cause the child to break and scratch constantly, which in turns out to cause blisters to break off, causing bleeding. Without good hygiene, damaged areas of the skin can easily become infected (or multiple infections), making treatment difficult, while leaving scars and affecting aesthetics later on.

Baby milk eczema is a disease that is very prone to recurrence due to allergies when eating or changing weather. The purpose of the treatment is to normalize the skin and prolong the healing period to limit the disease recurrence, because the disease is difficult to treat completely. Therefore, children with indigo should limit their exposure to pathogenic sources.

Besides, it is necessary to take care of the baby’s skin with special products that help improve the baby’s skin. Parents should consult a doctor to be able to use skin care products or topical drugs in appropriate and safe dosages. Parents should never buy topical medications for their children on their own, or follow folk remedies because it can aggravate child milk eczema.

Some skin care creams can be used for babies including Ceradan or Dexeryl …

Prevention of baby milk eczema is based on factors: nutrition, hygiene of the child’s skin and surrounding habitat. Specifically:

• Nutrition:

For babies and young children who need to maintain breast milk for as long as possible, it is recommended to feed the baby only miles from 6 months 100 months 1 day. Avoid feeding children allergenic foods such as eggs, seafood, peanuts, fermented foods …

• Clean your child’s body:

Do not give your child too long bath with soap or shower gel, it is recommended to bathe with warm water to alleviate the itching caused by baby milk eczema, causing the child to scratch will be very easy to infect the skin.

Shower gels should be used for young children. Prevent children from wearing clothing made of wool or synthetic fibers, which are sweat- absorbent and cause skin blockage. It is recommended to put the child in soft clothes. Keep your baby’s skin dry and airy.

• Surroundings:

Do not change the room temperature too quickly. Regularly pay attention to cleaning the house, especially the sleeping place of the child. The baby’s place of stay needs to be ventilated with the necessary humidity. Limit children’s contact with pets such as dogs and cats.

For babies who are still breastfeeding, if the baby has milk, the mother needs to limit some of the following foods so as not to affect the source of breast milk for the baby:

• Foods rich in fishy substances: Shrimps, crabs, fish, even algae should not be eaten. These are foods with a high ability to provoke an immune response, also known as allergies. If the mother eats the above foods, they will enter the breast milk, the baby feeds and can cause activation of the allergic chain;
• Foods rich in fat: Such as fatty meats, greasy fried dishes … When eating a lot of high-fat foods, it is easy to give birth to allergic muscles, baby milk eczema is easy to give birth to nodules;
• Foods rich in spicy and numb substances: Such as peppers, lemons, peppers. Basically, these are spices that help stimulate strong digestion, however, they are prone to itching and stimulate sweating, causing the child who is having milk to get worse. As long as the mother eats a certain amount of strongly seasoned food, breast milk will become hotter than usual and affect the baby.

Baby milk eczema is a common disease, therefore parents should note the signs for proper care of the child, in case of increasingly severe, persistent eczema, parents should take the child to see a dermatologist for examination and treatment because it is most likely a manifestation of some other dangerous disease.

The Pediatrics Department at Share99 is one of the few hospitals with a full range of dermatologists, respiratory, neurological, digestive and nutritional specialists,… right at the Pediatrics Department. Therefore, when the baby has eczema examined here will be treated more intensively, more effectively, without having to spend too much time moving between the departments. The team of doctors are well-trained, intensive, highly professional, experienced, regularly participated in large seminars from the world’s leading medical experts, bringing to children the newest, most effective treatment options, shortening the treatment time.

In addition, the Pediatrics Department at Share99 has a separate children’s play area full of indoors and outdoors activities, helping them feel comfortable when visiting and treating. The design space is airy, in harmony with nature, clean environment helps protect the best baby’s health.

If you need to see and treat at Share99, please make an reservation directly at the website or contact the hotline system to be served.

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