Why does your baby have eczema?

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

The baby has milk in the face with patches of red and dry skin, which makes him uncomfortable and scratched, causing more damage to the skin and disease. So what is the cause of milk eczema, how is it treated?

Milk eczema is the early stage of visceral eczema. The disease usually occurs in post-birth babies up to 6 months of age, appearing in both healthy children. Most commonly, the baby has eczema on the face, on the sides of the cheeks and can spread to the limbs, or the whole body. Initially, the child only floats pink nodules, then into blisters, redness, cracking of the skin and secretion, scabs and peeling off.

Milk eczema usually disappears after the child is 2-4 years old. If the child is 4 years old and the child has not yet cured, it is likely that the disease will progress prolonged, or recur and become visceral eczema.

The cause of the disease is quite complex and difficult to detect. Some of the following factors are considered to be the causes of milk eczema in a child:

• Genetics: Milk eczema is a family-natured disease, if the parents have allergies, asthma, or allergic rhinitis, visceral eczema, the child is also likely to get the disease;
• Allergies: Children are allergic to foods such as milk, eggs, poultry, peanuts, seafood …; dry weather, changes in humidity; smog environment, pet hair; Chemical…

Milk eczema is a disease caused by allergies, so the purpose of treatment is to normalize the skin, prolong the healing time of the child, limit the disease to recurrence, since this is a disease that is difficult to treat completely.

Treatment of milk eczema should be noted the following points:

• Do not use high-dose antibiotics to treat the disease, unless the child is infected. However, caution should be exercised because taking antibiotics is easy to cause anaphylactic shock;
• For redness or secretion, solution drugs and mild antiseptics can be applied;
• For redness of the skin, dry skin, exfoliative, it is possible to apply drugs containing corticosteroids in low concentrations and should only be applied for a short time (5-7 days). To ensure the safety of the child and avoid aggravating milk eczema, parents should consult a doctor;
• Do not use high-content corticosteroids intended for adults to apply to the baby because it can cause skin atrophy, deo coloring the skin, long-term use can cause atrophy of the abil kidneys;
• Keep your baby's surroundings from overheating, too cold, or the temperature changes too quickly. Besides, the baby's habitat needs to be cool, clean and not too dry;
• If the child sleeps in an air-conditioned room, it is necessary to check and ensure the humidity in the room;
• Caring for a child with heavy milk eczema should keep the baby's body dry and clean, avoiding sweating and dampness in the baby's skin; regularly change diapers, change clothes for babies after bathing. Apply moisturizer daily to moisturize the skin and should use specialized shower gel for children;
• For children over 6 months old, do not feed them with allergic foods such as eggs, fermented foods, peanuts, tomatoes, seafood … because it is possible that the child has eczema caused by allergic muscles.

Milk eczema can be caused by children having allergic and genetic muscles from their parents. Babies with milk eczema need careful and attentive care to avoid recurrence of the disease, becoming severe as visceral eczema.

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Master. physician. Nguyen Minh Tuan has over 27 years of experience in pediatrics. The doctor was formerly Deputy Head of General Pediatrics Department – Da Nang Obstetrics and Gynecology Health Hub before being a Pediatrician at the Pediatrics – Newborn Department – Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub as it is today