Features of dermatitis on the hands of children

Dermatitis in children is a local or widespread inflammatory process of the skin, which develops due to the direct or indirect effects of various internal and external factors.

Of all childhood diseases, almost half are dermatological. Most often, dermatitis in children occurs in the first year of their life. But cases of the disease occurring in preschool or school age are very rare.

Photo

To assess the condition of the skin during inflammation on the hands, we offer a photo of dermatitis.

Antihistamines for atopic dermatitis

Drugs in this group are the basis for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in both adults and children. They help suppress the body's allergic reaction to internal and external irritants.

Despite their high effectiveness, antihistamines have one significant drawback - they cause drowsiness. Antihistamines are divided into three groups.

The choice of drug depends on individual characteristics and is selected exclusively by the attending physician.

Causes of dermatitis on the hands of children

As a rule, dermatitis has several types, but the causes of this disease are always similar.

The main reasons for the development of dermatitis in children:

• Genetic predisposition
• Weakened immunity and digestive system of the baby
• Poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy
• Artificial feeding
• Presence of fungi and infections
• Poor nutrition during complementary feeding
• Poor skin care for your baby
• Chemical factors in contact with baby's skin
• Presence of viruses, bacteria and infections
• Adverse climatic conditions

But it is also worth noting that the characteristics of each baby’s body are different, so the appearance of dermatitis can also be triggered by other harmful factors.

Allergic dermatitis in children

The main feature of allergic dermatitis is that it is not a contagious disease. Allergic dermatitis is hereditary. The disease is characterized by the formation of a rash on the child’s skin, which can either disappear or appear again, which causes severe suffering to the baby.

Allergic dermatitis in children appears after reaching one year of age. If treatment is not started in a timely manner, the disease can become chronic.

Symptoms

Symptoms of the disease in children most often appear at the same time. And this greatly simplifies the process of treating a child.

The main symptoms of allergic dermatitis in children:

• Manifestation of allergies on the child’s legs, arms and face
• Inflammation of formations on the body
• The formations may dry out and become covered with a yellow crust
• Presence of itching

How to relieve your baby's skin condition with atopic dermatitis

Let me make a reservation right away that we are talking about confirmed dermatitis. When you went to the dermatologist, he examined the baby, you took tests (including allergy tests, if prescribed) and the doctor said that Yes, it is atopic dermatitis.

Please do not self-medicate!

Atoptic dermatitis, once again, is not “urticaria”, but a serious systemic disease that requires a systemic approach to treatment. Perhaps a dermatologist will prescribe hormonal ointments (they are very effective, but must be used in a dose strictly calculated specifically for your baby) and even tablets.

And I will teach you a safe procedure that will help alleviate the baby’s condition, relieve itching and get the skin in order in 10-12 days.

Once again: this procedure is not enough for the complex treatment of atopic dermatitis - it will only help remove the “itchy” symptoms!

Please note that the recommendations given below must be followed word for word, to the minute, without making any changes.

So,

To begin the procedures we will need:

• A lot of bay leaves - 30 or 40 bags

Dry bay leaves in bags. One package is needed for one procedure. 3-4 procedures per day, for 10 days.

• Olive oil - 1 large bottle

No need for elite Extra Virgin. Let it be the cheapest, but it should be olive, and not a mixture. I bought their own brand at the Dixie store: it was no more expensive than sunflower.

• Cream Skin-Cap

Immediately take a large tube of 50 g, you will need a lot of it. And, yes - it is very expensive. The cheapest I found is about 1500 rubles, see the link below.

Skin-cap 0.2% 50g cream

It cannot be replaced with anything, even if the pharmacist swears that it is possible.

• Cream F99 fatty

Please note that it is bold, because it comes in different versions (children's, bold, intimate, and a bunch more).

Vitamin f99 cream fat 50g

You need one like in the picture, with the inscription “bold”:

Any other one won't do.

Preparation for procedures

We need to boil the bay leaf in water.

Take a 10-liter saucepan (take whichever one you don’t mind - it’s colored by bay leaves), pour a full pan of water, pour in a full pack of bay leaves.

Bring to a boil and cook in boiling water for 15 minutes.

Turn off the gas and leave for at least 1 hour (several hours are possible - it’s just that, given the frequency of the procedures, you won’t have time).

The correct decoction will be red-brown in color.

Now everything is ready.

Let's start the baths

Step 1.

Pour 1/3 of a standard bath of water (standard is a narrow bath 150 - 180 cm in length).

Pour all 10 liters of bay leaf decoction into the bath.

There is no need to pour the leaves into the bath. Just don't tilt the pan too much and hold the leaves with your hands at the end.

Step 2.

Immerse your baby in this bath for 15 minutes so that the damaged (red, inflamed, scratched) areas are in the water the entire time.

Blot wounds, scratches and inflammations on the face for 15 minutes by taking water with the broth into your hand.

Important: no less and no more than 15 minutes.

If the bath is larger than usual - some kind of huge Jacuzzi - you will need proportionately more broth to get the desired saturation.

Step 3.

After 15 minutes, pour 5 tablespoons of olive oil into the same water.

for another 10 minutes . If necessary, continue to blot your face with your hand.

At the end of 10 minutes in the oil ( 25 minutes from the start of the procedure ), we remove the baby from the bath without rinsing the skin!

Step 4.

We blot the skin with a towel (not three, but we blot it!) and immediately spread the still damp skin in places of damage and inflammation with F99 and Skincap cream mixed in half (the same amount of F99 and Skincap, for a baby this is approximately 1 pea F99 + 1 pea Skincap)

Important 1! You have no more than 2 minutes to lubricate yourself after getting out of the bath!! The skin should still be wet!

Important 2! If the wounds from dermatitis are large and open, such wounds cannot be smeared. Skincap cream is hellishly stinging: on an open wound it will cause a lot of pain for the baby. Instead of cream, it is better to smear such wounds with zinc “talk” (they are cheap and can be bought at any pharmacy).

Important 3! Never use Skincap without bold F99. The point is not that it is expensive, but that it is hellishly stinging. If you use without F99 you will burn your baby's skin!!!

As I already said, we repeat this bath at least 3 times a day. For severe damage - 4-5 times a day.

After 10 - 12 days, the baby's skin will be completely fine.

Atopic dermatitis in children

Atopic dermatitis is the most common type of dermatitis in children. Most often, this disease is inherited by the baby.

Very often, atopic dermatitis can occur against the background of other allergic diseases. Another unfavorable factor for the development of atopic dermatitis in a child is living in a poor ecological environment. Contaminated water, contaminated soil and air, and consumption of foods containing harmful substances can increase the risk of spreading the disease.

Nutritional factors that can cause the development of atopic dermatitis in children:

• Non-compliance with nutritional rules by pregnant or nursing mothers
• Consumption of foods by a child that do not contain the necessary immunoglobulins
• Eating large amounts of foods containing salt and sugar
• Overfeeding, which can lead to excess protein intake

Symptoms

Atopic dermatitis in children most often manifests itself in the first year of life.

The main symptoms of atopic dermatitis in children:

• Skin rashes accompanied by dryness and flaking
• Having severe itching
• Follicular hyperkeratosis of the elbows, shoulders and forearms
• Scratching of the skin
• Presence of recurrent conjunctivitis
• Development of urticaria

If treatment is not started in a timely manner, this can provoke the development of allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, and bronchial asthma.

What is atopic dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is congenital skin disease associated with a disorder of the skin.

Our skin, if you look at it under a microscope, consists of such “cells” firmly stuck to each other. With atopic dermatitis, skin cells begin to spread in different directions. Through the resulting “holes,” the skin begins to lose moisture and sebum oil, and germs and allergens enter it from the outside.

Because of this, the skin begins to turn red and itch.

In the picture above, all the captions are in English, but the meaning is clear: on the left is healthy skin, on the right is damaged by atopy.

IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND! Despite the fact that atopic dermatitis is in one way or another associated with an allergy, it is not an allergy in itself! This is not a story like “I ate an apple and a rash broke out,” but a systemic disease!

This is very important to remember when discussing diets and treatment.

Contact dermatitis in children

Already from the very name of this type of dermatitis you can recognize the main feature of the disease. Contact dermatitis in children is usually called one of the varieties of allergic dermatitis, which is formed as a result of the interaction of the baby’s skin with a variety of external irritants. As a rule, the main irritants are the seams on the child's clothing that rub against the skin.

An article about treatment and photos of allergic dermatitis in adults addressed a similar issue.

Prolonged exposure of a child to sunlight can also lead to contact dermatitis. Products for daily child care in the form of creams, talcs and lotions can also cause the development of this disease.

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Symptoms

The rash due to contact dermatitis appears only on the area of ​​the skin that came into contact with the external irritant.

The main signs of contact dermatitis in children:

• The presence of edematous hyperemia of the skin with sharp boundaries
• Severe itching
• Burning of damaged areas
• Painful sensations
• The appearance of blisters

Contact dermatitis in a child can be either acute or chronic. Acute dermatitis is characterized by the period immediately after contact with an external irritant. Chronic contact dermatitis can occur after frequent exposure to an aggressive factor.

What types of dermatitis are there?

By age category, dermatitis can be infantile (in infants from 1-2 months to 2 years) and childish - from 2 years and older. According to etiology, the disease is classified into the following types:

Infectious dermatitis

It is formed due to the presence of some kind of infection in the body (rubella, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, etc.). Pathogenic bacteria can penetrate the skin if there are unhealed wounds, scratches, etc. on the body. In some cases, the infection develops after surgery, when complications arise and dangerous microorganisms penetrate the open wound. And depending on the underlying cause of the pathology, infectious dermatitis is characterized by the presence of red spots, papules and small blisters filled with clear liquid.

Allergic

This type of disease has a chronic form and occurs under the influence of one or another allergen and is characterized by the presence of redness on the folds of the arms and legs, as well as on the back and abdomen. Allergic dermatitis is often accompanied by pathologies of the liver or gastrointestinal tract.

Atopic

Atopic dermatitis (also known as diathesis) is most often inherited or formed under the influence of unfavorable environmental conditions. The disease appears in the first years of life and, in addition to rashes, is characterized by unbearable itching and aggression.

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Contact

In this case, foci of inflammation are localized in those areas of the body that come into contact with some irritant (synthetic clothing, diapers, care products, etc.) that causes diaper rash and skin irritation. The disease is accompanied by redness, pain and swelling, and subsequently - the presence of ulcers, ulcers, scars, etc.

Inflammatory processes form mainly in places of cracks, scratches and abrasions.

Fungal

In most cases, the disease occurs in a latent form, which makes it difficult to diagnose. Fungal dermatitis is characterized by allergic rashes, burning and itching. In infants, thrush (a white coating on the oral mucosa) can be detected. This form of the disease is the most dangerous because it can be transmitted to other family members.

And this is not a complete list of types of dermatitis; there are many more.

Diagnostics

When the first symptoms of dermatitis are detected in a child, the parent must necessarily show his baby to a pediatrician or allergist. These specialists examine the child and collect all the necessary tests, after which the cause of the allergy is determined and appropriate treatment is prescribed.

The only diagnostic method for children under 3 years of age is a blood test to determine allergens . Children over 3 years of age undergo skin testing to determine the allergic irritant. All diagnostic procedures, as a rule, are carried out in medical institutions only under the supervision of specialists.

Treatment of dermatitis on the hands of a child

It is necessary to begin treatment for dermatitis only after determining the symptoms and type of the disease itself.

Basically, topical drugs are prescribed for treatment:

• Bepanten, Fenistil - antihistamine ointments
• Pimafukort
• Advantan

If topical agents are ineffective, then specialists prescribe treatment with systemic medications.

Systemic medications:

• In order to moisturize a child's skin, doctors recommend using Exomega milk or Hydrolipidic cream.
• If the irritation of the formations becomes severe, then it is necessary to use antipruritic ointments such as: Elidel, Gistan.
• If the wounds on the baby’s body are wet, then it is best to use drying agents in the form of Zinc ointment or mash.
• If the disease is of an allergic type, then antihistamines should be used for treatment: Zyrtec, Telfast, which can get rid of negative symptoms.

Another important factor in treating a child for dermatitis is diet , which should contain a large amount of proteins, vitamins and microelements. If the baby is still breastfed, then the mother must follow the diet.

She should exclude from her diet:

• Chocolate
• Seafood
• Citrus
• Nuts
• Honey

If a child uses artificial nutrition, then you need to pay attention to the composition of the milk formula. As a rule, such food often contains cow's milk, which is an allergic product. A child under six months should not consume foods that can cause an allergic reaction.

Folk remedies for dermatitis on the hands of a child

Many people prefer treatment with traditional methods.

Of these, we can also highlight those that can cure dermatitis on the hands of a child:

• Chamomile baths can effectively deal with blisters on the skin. To prepare the solution, you need to mix 4 tablespoons of dry chamomile with 200 milliliters of boiling water. The solution should sit for about 20 minutes. After this, it can be added to the bathtub.
• Lotions can also be used to treat dermatitis in children. To prepare the lotions, you will need to take the juice of two medium lemons and add 1 teaspoon of sunflower or olive oil to it. Pour all this with 0.5 liters of water. A cotton pad or napkin is dipped into the resulting solution and applied to the affected areas of the body.
• Formations on the body are also allowed to be treated with ointment made from butter and St. John's wort. In order to prepare such an ointment, you need to mix St. John's wort juice with melted butter. The affected areas of the skin must be treated with ointment 2 times a day.

Possible consequences

As mentioned earlier, treatment of dermatitis should not be delayed for a long time. Otherwise it may cause complications. This especially applies to allergic dermatitis. Lack of treatment for this type of disease can lead to a chronic form of dermatitis.

In its chronic form, the disease can last for several years and cause a lot of moral and physical problems. Also, if treatment is not timely, this can lead to bacterial infection and the appearance of a fungal infection that can affect damaged areas of the epidermis.

Prevention

Regardless of the type of dermatitis on a child’s hands, it is necessary to follow some general preventive rules:

• Hardening
• Proper baby skin care
• Using good baby skin care products
• Clothes made from natural materials
• Baby's diapers must be changed every 4 hours or when soiled.
• Proper diet

If a child has atopic dermatitis, then contact of the baby with household or food allergens should be excluded.

Non-hormonal ointments

Among the variety of names of various medications for the treatment of dermatitis in adults, 3 groups require special attention:

• Immunosuppressive drugs. A fairly new pharmacological agent, which in a short time has managed to establish itself as an effective medicine for relieving moderate inflammatory processes of the skin.

• Antihistamine creams and ointments. The local use of such drugs is relevant in cases where the symptoms of a skin disease are unclear, which indicates a sluggish inflammatory process. Doctors rarely use such ointments due to the fact that their pharmacological effect is not long enough. The most prominent representative of this group is Gistan, which is applied once a day for 3 weeks. Doctors do not recommend using Gistan during pregnancy or if you have an individual intolerance to the active components of the drug.
• Skin care product. The use of cosmetic products is carried out to ensure daily care, as well as restoration of the affected areas of the epithelium both during remission and during the active course of the disease. A rich assortment is represented by different (in terms of effectiveness and methods of application) ointments and creams. Particularly noteworthy is Radevit, which promotes the restoration of affected areas and has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. Apply 2 times a day. Pregnant women and people with hypersensitivity to retinol are not recommended to use. Bepanten can be used to moisturize and soften dry areas. Many dermatologists recommend Lacobase Ripea as a good emollient.

Cosmetic cream for atopic dermatitis allows you to provide the affected area of ​​the skin with nutrients that significantly accelerate the restoration of the epithelium. In cases where the course of the underlying disease is aggravated by a sudden infectious process, it is recommended to use ointments with an antimicrobial effect. When dermatitis is in the active phase, most doctors recommend using hormone-based ointments.