Skin is one of the most vulnerable organs of the baby: it is delicate, tender, easy-to-eat. It is easily permeable with various substances and infections. The location of the blood vessels close to the surface leads to the fact that when the overheating the moisture evaporates intensely. So the baby has sweating, diaper rash, pustular skin lesions. That's why the skin of the newborn needs special protection and more thorough care. From this will depend, often, all his further health.
Failure - so in general is called the inflammatory process on the skin of the child (and not only). From what it provoked, in what area of the skin appeared, what kind of rash occurred will depend on the course of further treatment. Only a doctor should be trusted with choosing a particular method of treatment. He will also be able to explain what care is needed in this particular case. How can you ease the course of the disease and prevent it in the future.
Appears in folds
Most diaper rash appear in the skin folds: inguinal, interannual, cervical, behind the ears, armpits. The causes of diaper rash on the buttocks, in the groin area are excess moisture, which lasts for a long time on the delicate skin of the baby. At the same time, urine salts tend to break down and form ammonia, which has a cauterizing effect. Factors such as poor air access, constant friction against the fabric or diaper, lead to increased sweating, diaper rash, pustular skin lesions. If the redness appears in a place where the disposable diaper is adjacent to the skin, then most likely it is the reaction of the baby's skin to the material from which it is made. In tender armpits and cervical folds, diaper rash appears due to the friction of moist folds against each other, often this happens when the baby is too much wrapped.
How to help crumbs?
With beginning intertrigo, it is enough to regularly change diapers (not less than 8-11 times a day), and disposable diapers - every 2-3 hours. It is necessary to alternate the use of disposable diapers with tissue (gauze). It is important not to leave the baby wet! After each change of a diaper, it is necessary to wash it, dry the ass and inguinal folds with a soft napkin, hold the air baths for 10-15 minutes, so that the skin is completely dry. It is possible and such an accelerated method for active moms - after wiping with a napkin, dry the skin with a hair dryer from a distance of at least 30 centimeters, setting it to a weak heating mode. At the end of the wrinkle lubricate the baby cream and then put on the diaper. If the diaper has not gone through for several days, then instead of a child's cream you need to use therapeutic protective equipment - drapolen, bepantene.
When diaper rash II degree (with a bright red with microcracks, erosion), in addition to conventional means use a beater containing a number of drying substances - zinc oxide, talc. A doctor can be assigned ultraviolet irradiation of the affected areas on the skin. Pustular skin lesions are treated with aqueous solutions of methylene blue or brilliant green.
Third-degree dermatology (with pronounced redness of the skin, mocculation, erosion, pustules, ulcers) is difficult enough to be cured. That is why prevention and proper treatment of intertrigo are of such an important importance.
Do not experiment!
It is not necessary to test a variety of means on the infant, prompted by neighbors or acquaintances who once treated their babies. What helped them can hurt yours. The trouble is that often all diarrhea is accompanied by allergic reactions. In such cases, it may be necessary to consult an allergist.
Often young mothers use wet napkins for hygienic care for the baby's ass. Of course, this is convenient, but it is permissible only when there is no other opportunity to wash the child under a stream of running water - on the road, at the dacha or on a walk. Often, for the treatment of diaper rash, mothers use starch as a powder, which only leads to an aggravation of the problem. Starch in a moist environment swells, and when dried, it hardens into lumps, when rubbing, they injure the tender skin.
To bathe a child with diaper rills is necessary with the addition of decoction of the bark of oak, bran, chamomile or thyme, provided that the child does not have allergies to these plants. The broth is prepared as follows: 4 tbsp. bark oak (bran, chamomile) pour a liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain and pour into a bath with water, prepared for bathing.
If the child is allergic, you can bathe in water with the addition of potassium permanganate. Just remember that the crystals of potassium permanganate must first be dissolved in a separate container, then poured into a bath to make the water a little pink. Put the baby in the bath for 5-10 minutes, then gently blot the wrinkles with a soft cloth, grease with baby or medical cream and put on the diaper. If diaper rash appears on the background of atopic dermatitis, then it is possible to administer antihistamine preparations - suprastin, phencarol, fenistil, zirteka, etc. and local glucocorticosteroids to the skin - advantanum.
Be careful when introducing new foods into your baby's food and into your diet if you are a nursing mother. You can erase the baby's clothes only with the help of special baby powders, soap, while you need to rinse your clothes well. Pay attention to those medicines that you drink or give to your baby. Teething teeth, taking antibiotics, unreasonably early introduced lures often cause the child diarrhea, and as a result, there is diaper rash. While your child is small, strictly observe the basic hygienic rules of care of his skin. It is especially important to perform during the period of teething, the introduction of lures, the intake of antibiotics.