Atopic dermatitis, sweat and irritations

Summer sweats, atopic dermatitis, irritations of the baby's folds, diaper rash are some of the most common alterations that affect the delicate skin of the baby and child. The dermatologist Ángela Hernández Martín , a doctor from the Hospital Niño Jesús, in Madrid, offers us in this interview, grant

Summer sweats, atopic dermatitis, irritations of the baby's folds, diaper rash are some of the most common alterations that affect the delicate skin of the baby and child.

The dermatologist Ángela Hernández Martín, a doctor from the Hospital Niño Jesús, in Madrid, offers us in this interview, granted exclusively to GuiaInfantil.com, the best tips to protect the skin during childhood.

Skin diseases of children and babies

How can we protect babies from granites that usually come out of heat and high temperatures? Suda The sudamina is a relatively frequent affection in the babies, that occurs by an immaturity of the sweat glands in the first years of life. Parents tend to cuddle the child for fear of being cold and, in most cases, this leads to buds of sudamin, which also occur in situations in which the increase in body temperature is transiently greater than normal as, for example, in fever. When children are in very hot environments they develop this sudamina.

What is the treatment for babies' sweats?

The sudamina, many times, solves itself, there is absolutely nothing to do. You have to remove the factors that cause heat and you're done. When the sudaminas are deeper or show us more inflammation, an astringent cream can be applied or, in the most extreme cases, always advised by a dermatologist or pediatrician, a topical corticoid can be applied.Do allergies also manifest on the skin? How should we treat the rashes and rashes that appear on the skin of children?

Although it seems that allergies are the cause of most of the skin diseases, my experience tells me that food allergy rarely manifests in a child's skin as a rash or a rash that stings a lot and persists for many days. It would have to be studied case by case, but the most frequent thing that a child tends to have and that causes a lot of itching and a persistent rash is atopic dermatitis, which is undoubtedly the most frequent eczema during the infantile period. The treatment and follow-up by the dermatologist or pediatrician is very important in these cases. It is very common to have to resort to the use of topical corticosteroids, which should not be afraid, if they are supervised by a medical specialist.
What is the most effective way to treat atopic dermatitis?
But, the treatment of atopic dermatitis is undoubtedly individualized. There are children with very little dermatitis that, practically only with hydration, we manage to keep them well, without disease. On the other hand, with other children we have to use other, much more aggressive measures. Topical corticosteroid is the standard of treatment, which we have been using for a few years, and it is going very well. In other cases, topical treatment is far from sufficient and we have to resort to oral immunosuppressants that are, at least, capable of temporarily controlling the dermatitis of the child and extraordinarily improve both their quality of life and that of the adult takes care.Anxiety and stress are factors that can trigger an outbreak of atopic dermatitis in children. Can you control the outbreaks?

It is true that the psychological factor, stress or certain emotional characters can influence the outbreak or outbreaks of atopic dermatitis.
Practically, all the diseases that one has can worsen under physical or psychic stress. In some cases, there are studies that try to intervene on this psychological component of anxiety and stress, to see if with relaxation techniques, massage and psychological help the child can improve. No doubt this can improve the child, but you also have to think that it is difficult not to get nervous or have anxiety when you have an atypical dermatitis that itches and bothers you a lot. Sometimes, the parents comment that the child does not attend in class, and I put myself in the child's place and I think it is very difficult to attend with what he has on his skin. That is why it is so important that we try to control atopic dermatitis as it has to be, without fear.
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