Newborns have weak immune systems and fragile skin. Therefore, babies are very susceptible to skin diseases. Although skin disease is not dangerous, it makes babies cry, tired and can cause complications if not cared for and treated properly.
The skin of a newborn is very delicate and fragile. Therefore, babies are often prone to skin diseases. If not monitored and treated promptly, dermatological diseases in infants can affect the health and aesthetics of children.
Below are BookingCare's shares about common dermatological diseases in babies. Hopefully the article will bring a lot of useful information for parents in the process of taking care of their baby.
Common skin diseases in babies
Jaundice
Jaundice is a common condition in infants. Jaundice in newborns includes 2 types: physiological jaundice or pathological jaundice.
Physiological jaundice usually goes away on its own after a short time. In contrast, pathological jaundice is very dangerous because the child may be comatose, convulsing. Therefore, parents need to know how to detect jaundice in babies in order to know how to treat it properly.
Physiological jaundice usually disappears within 1 week in term infants and 2 weeks in preterm infants.
Light yellow skin color and yellow only on the face, neck, chest and abdomen above the navel. Jaundice is not accompanied by other abnormal symptoms such as anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, lethargy, lethargy, etc. In addition, the infant's urine is dark or yellow and the stool is pale.
Pathological jaundice is often a sign of a medical condition. Pathological jaundice will appear as early as 24 hours after birth. Pathological jaundice is characterized by dark skin, which does not go away on its own after 1 week in term infants and 2 weeks in preterm infants.
Jaundice is a disease that is easy to see with the naked eye. Parents should pay attention to observe the child to know when to take the baby to the doctor and treat for jaundice.
Indigo milk
Eczema (strabismus) in babies is quite common. Eczema is the first stage of atopic eczema. At the beginning of the disease, the child's body only appears pink, then turns into red blisters, then cracks and discharges, scabs and peeling.
Eczema often appears in places such as the face and cheeks, then spreads to the limbs or body. Eczema can go away on its own when the child is 2-4 years old. However, if it still does not heal by that age, the child is at risk of atopic eczema.
Eczema is not, but it is difficult to treat if left for a long time. Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children's eczema when they have the following symptoms:
Usually occurs in children over 6 months of age
Appears in areas on the face, cheeks, spread to the whole body, limbs, ...
The initial manifestation is red spots, which then turn into small red blisters that cause cracking, crusting, and flaking.
The skin with eczema is rough, scaly, dry and tight
Some children present with allergic symptoms of asthma and rhinitis
Babies are upset, fussy, have trouble sleeping, stop feeding
Children with itching, continuous scratching on the eczema-affected skin leads to blisters that break and bleed
Heat rash
Heat rash is a common disease in infants and young children, especially in the summer in our country with a hot and humid climate that causes children to sweat a lot.
Sweat does not come out completely and is stagnant because the sweat glands in babies are not fully developed. Heat rash is caused by a large red rash like a needle tip, round or mottled, the head has a little water, red around.
The sites of heat rash are usually the head, neck, chest, and back. Rash causes itching, burning sensation, young children often unconsciously scratch the itch, which can easily cause skin sores due to inflammation.
Heat rash is a disease caused by overheating. Besides the cause of the weather, children can get heat rash due to wearing too many clothes or clothes made of non-absorbent materials, high fever, staying in a glass cage, children playing, exercising a lot, ...
Even, the disease can recur many times and be much more serious than the first, causing damage to deep inside the skin, which can lead to the absence of widespread sweating, the child is prone to exhaustion, pulse fast beating, constant vomiting...
Crazy diapers
Diaper rash is most common in babies who use diapers frequently and between the ages of 3 and 15 months. Diaper rash occurs when a baby sweats a lot, urine stays in the diaper for a long time, but the diaper is sealed, not ventilated, causing skin damage.
Diaper rash causes itching that causes children to constantly scratch. However, the more you scratch, the more you scratch the skin, which can easily become infected with bacteria or possibly fungal infections due to dampness.
Some of the main causes of diaper rash in babies that parents need to be aware of:
Diapers cause moisture to the baby's skin for a long time, creating an opportunity for bacteria in the stool to combine with urine to grow and harm the baby's skin.
Baby's skin is rubbed with diapers, baby's skin may be allergic to fragrances, detergents used to wash diapers
Strange foods cause babies to have diaper rash, especially when babies start eating solids. Strange foods cause children to defecate more than usual and the skin around the baby's anus is easily red and sore
Yeast or Candida infections. Fungi grow well in warm and humid places, especially under diapers
Floating millet
Baby acne usually appears on the forehead, nose and cheeks of the baby, these acne will spread over time causing itching and making the baby's skin become rough.
Acne is usually painless, does not itch, and is not dangerous to children. However, if parents do not take care of it properly, it will cause complications, causing the acne skin to become irritated or inflamed and leave sequelae on the child's skin for life.
Millet acne appears and causes a number of symptoms such as the appearance of small white papules, clustered on the skin or scattered, red-pink papules with small blisters, sometimes with white pustules mixed in areas of the skin that produce a lot of sweat, such as the chest, back, and forehead.
When children have millet acne, parents do not need to be too worried but also should not be subjective. If necessary, parents should let the child see a doctor to know how to take care of the child, avoiding mistakes that lead to complications.
Seborrheic dermatitis
Seborrheic dermatitis in infants is a common chronic skin disease. In infants and young children, the disease usually has an early onset at 2-10 weeks of age and generally resolves by 8-12 months of age before reappearing at puberty.
Dermatitis often appears in places such as diaper area, face, folds (behind the ears, armpits, groin area), the crown of the head.
Seborrheic dermatitis in babies causes symptoms of greasy, sticky scales on the top of the head that gradually spread throughout the scalp creating a hat-like appearance (also known as "buffalo poop") or redness in the area. diaper.
In addition, the disease also manifests in the form of scaly patches with little erythema in locations with many sebaceous glands such as between the eyebrows, between the foreheads between the two eyebrows, the nasolabial folds, around the eyelids, behind the ears, in front of the sternum. , between the shoulder blades, below the breast crease, the groove behind the ear, the outer ear canal.
Seborrheic dermatitis in babies is not dangerous, but it is uncomfortable and unsightly. The disease can progress well if the child is cared for and treated properly.
Therefore, when children have seborrheic dermatitis, parents should let their children see a dermatologist for early appropriate treatment.
Medal
Urticaria in infants and children is a common dermatological disease (also known as urticaria). This is a difficult disease to treat, plus children have a habit of scratching the itch that can make the disease worse.
Urticaria in children is a phenomenon on the skin that appears irregular red papules, raised on the surface of the skin, which can be linked into plaques. Urticaria urticaria is divided into 2 types: acute urticaria and chronic urticaria
Characteristic signs of urticaria are red, itchy skin, swelling... Children with urticaria besides genetic factors may be due to weak resistance, food allergies, chemical allergies , weather allergies, atopy, weather changes, drug use,...
Children with urticaria will be itchy all over, fussy, or irritable, refuse to eat affecting the health and eight reasons of the child. In particular, parents need to take their children to the doctor soon when they have signs of allergies with difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, loose stools, swelling of the lips and eyes...
To treat urticaria effectively, safely and avoid long-term recurrence, besides measures to take care of urticaria for children at home, parents should take their children to see a dermatologist for examination and treatment. advise.
Treatment of skin diseases in babies
In order to protect the immature and fragile skin of their children, parents need to be fully equipped with knowledge to take care of their children. Each skin disease in babies requires different care and treatment.
In the case of infants and young children with skin diseases, parents should take their children to see a dermatologist for instructions on proper care and treatment.
With young children and infants, many parents are afraid to take their children to hospitals and clinics because they are young, weak, fussy, and uncooperative when waiting for their turn and when the doctor checks them. disease investigation.
In that case, parents can register their children to visit doctors remotely via video. After viewing the pictures and the parents describing the symptoms in the child, the doctors will make a diagnosis and guide the parents on how to properly care for and treat the child.
Instructions on how to register with remote Dermatologists:
Method 1: Go to the remote dermatologist appointment here.
Method 2: Go to the BookingCare homepage and search for "Remote Dermatologist".
Choose a doctor, time frame for examination and complete information.
Make payment to confirm appointment.
Download the BookingCare app to your phone and log in with the OTP code sent to your device.
Upload pictures of disease symptoms, examination results, prescriptions (previous) if any for the doctor to check first.
The doctor actively communicates with the patient when it is time to register.
