Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Atopic dermatitis in children's care points


Home to take care of atopic dermatitis
Patients with atopic dermatitis skin tolerance of difference, and therefore, any stimulation may induce serious symptoms. These incentives include: food, environmental allergens, bacteria, cold, heat, emotional. Therefore, if these factors can be properly controlled, you can let your baby's skin is no longer red, itch, and atopic dermatitis to reduce the number and extent of the attack.

Drinking breast milk

Breast milk is the best food newborns, it is rich in immune substances, not only can provide passive immunity, but also the initiative to stimulate the defense system of the newborn. Have a family history of allergic diseases of infants, if breast-feeding exclusively, while its occurrence atopic dermatitis and the risk of food allergy, comparable with those fed formula greatly reduced.


Food Control
Although not medically proven atopic dermatitis food and direct relationship, but certain foods really make more obvious sense of wonder, such as eggs, seafood, mushrooms, bamboo shoots. But each of the different food-sensitive children, parents should be a long time to observe and to avoid baby food around in the mouth in order to reduce the stimulation.


Reduction of environmental allergens

Dust and dust mite allergens is a common, but also the deterioration of atopic dermatitis factor. So best not to use the home of carpets, furniture, switch to the cortex, wood texture to keep the environment clean to reduce dust. Living room with the humidity not too high. Let your baby to stay away from stuffed toys, home pets, passive smoking, and detergent, washing powder, detergent, disinfectant and other chemicals, can not be direct contact with skin care.


Note temperature

Some of the small baby in hot weather, when sweat easily are itching, and some are due to dry and cold attack. Therefore moderate temperature and humidity environment on atopic dermatitis baby is very important at room temperature to maintain the best of about 25 ~ 28 ℃.
Emotions and the pressure to avoid


Emotions and the pressure will also scratch the habit of children, making it easier for the deterioration of the skin. Parents of children should be encouraged as much as possible to reduce the abuse or request so that there is no pressure on children to be the environment. In addition atopic dermatitis poor baby's resistance, skin eczema will increase the chance of infection. Therefore, once infected baby should go to the hospital immediately for treatment, so as not to aggravate the symptoms.


Master bath essentials
Added water is the skin of atopic dermatitis during treatment of the basic daily moisturizing products to add at least 2 or 3 times, when bathing your baby in cold water (water temperature about 33 ~ 40 ℃, the more heat the water washed oil the stronger the force), the sooner the better finished. Avoid the use of irritant chemicals and disinfection products, applied immediately after bathing strong moisturizing lotion or cream to lock moisture, so water will not drain. Oil or latex sheep sheep should be avoided (because of its own lanolin may cause allergic). Sweat less in winter, you can choose to groin, armpits, hands and feet and other parts can be cleaned, while also applying a high moisturizing skin care products. Minimize the use of soap, not with a towel, brush or sponge the skin friction.


Cotton baby clothes for material
The best choice of clothing is loose, soft, cotton clothing, and even the bedding, furniture and other decorations should be avoided as far as possible factors for skin irritation, do not direct contact with the skin of wool, nylon, denim and other man-made fibers or rough.


Summer to keep skin dry
Summer, dry towel to keep baby skin dry compression of sweat, not forced to clean the skin, so as to avoid friction stimulation. Have a little bit of wet clothes, it is necessary to immediately replace, and in order to avoid giving your baby in a hot environment, the home of the best air-conditioning.


Antipruritic
Itching skin is very uncomfortable, parents can use dry ice across the cloth, to help baby ice, gently tap or scratch the site. Recurrent acute eczema and scratching associated with dermatitis, should consider whether there is any possibility of skin infections. Given anti-histamine drugs, as long as there is a little rash, it is necessary to smear. Doctor's prescription drugs are in the security control of the content, the parents can rest assured that use.

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