Exudative diathesis in children

In case of heredity, diathesis develops in the womb, as a rule, it is affected by maternal nutrition, excessive intake of substances with a high likelihood of allergies, such as eggs, citrus fruits, chocolate, nuts and even milk. It is also worth noting taking medications( antibiotics) during pregnancy. If we talk about the development of acquired diathesis, then the food allergen becomes the blame, most often it is milk protein. As a rule, when a child is fed on artificial feeding without breast milk, it is the protein contained in cow's milk that causes such diathesis. It can also be strawberries, eggs, chocolate and citrus fruits.

Symptoms and prevention of exudative diathesis

Despite this complexity of the case, it can still be prevented without allowing it to develop, as well as to reduce the force of its action, excluding from the environment or food those factors and products that develop this disease. Ie the future mother can do with simple prophylaxis and the child will not have problems or after birth closely monitor the diet. As for the nutrition of a pregnant woman, it is better to immediately exclude from the diet citrus fruits, chocolate and eggs, caviar and honey, in addition, do not take medication without acute need, especially antibiotics. It is not superfluous to recall the ban on smoking and alcohol.

Symptoms of diathesis are very diverse, usually it is a pronounced lesion of the mucous membranes or skin, the presence of the disease will manifest itself very quickly after the birth of the child, sometimes already in the first weeks. The disease can appear and disappear again, the allergy flares up with great force, then it calms down, as if it does not exist.

During periods of exacerbation a child can be very sluggish, often they have excess weight, there is a low turgor of the skin and pallor. At the same time, other children may, on the contrary, have activity, they may have an increased traumatism of the skin due to its tenderness. It is also worth noting sudden temperature changes and unstable stools.

Clear manifestations of exudative diathesis are:

• the appearance of seborrhea, which is formed on the crown of the fontanel or on the eyebrows. It looks like abscesses, which hide under a dry or wet crust, also scales on the skin are noted, they can be removed with the help of compresses and warm baths. Unfortunately, they reappear and itch;
• the presence of a dairy scab that appears on the cheeks in the form of a strong blush, but the skin on the blush is very dense. When drying, white scales appear, the areas with a blush are scabrous. If the disease is tight, ulcers with a crust may appear;
• intertrigo, regardless of care appear on the neck, behind the ears, on the folds of the legs and hands, especially painful such diaper rash in the armpits and in the groin. Such manifestations are very difficult to cure;
• strobulus is a multiple small nodules, they itch very, becauseBeing on the surface of thin skin is very sensitive. The rash can appear anywhere, on the limbs and on the body, however, it affects the face least often;
• eczema( nursery) is manifested by a strong uncontrollable itching, the child thus enters the infection in those places that have been combed to the blood, pyogenic microbes multiply. As a result, there are abundant abscesses, often this leads to intoxication, the child has a strong fever. Eczema walks all over the body, from face to thigh. As a rule, children's eczema is moist with abscesses, but it can also be dry, with strong peeling. Often, childhood eczema can begin a month after birth and last for a couple of years. But then wet eczema does not go away, but turns into dry corpses, on which dry eczema appears. It is expressed in dry itchy spots, occurs on the limbs and on the body, often with growing up such eczema becomes a neurodermitis;
• urticaria is another manifestation of diathesis, it is easy to distinguish it by light pink spots of blisters on the skin, they are similar to burns. Most often this is due to products that cause the child's eczema, a list of them is large, some of them have been listed above.

Diathesis affects the mucous membranes, for example, a frequent case of language damage - "geographical language", becauseThe form of the defeat is like a map. Mucous in this case slazit, it is painless and not dangerous, but, nevertheless, diathesis.

In addition, the diathesis touches the viscera and is in the gastrointestinal tract, while the symptoms are: vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, eventually there is dysbiosis.

Diathesis occurs on the mucosa of the respiratory tract, symptoms - a strong cough and runny nose.

Inflammation of the eye mucosa is also a symptom of diathesis of the mucous membrane, there is also inflammation of the bladder on this soil.

Given the extreme soreness, all types of exudative diathesis affect the nervous system and affect it. This can be seen from the behavior, the child is very hot-tempered, screams and cries, often the mood changes, the appetite disappears and much more.

Treatment of exudative diathesis

Because of the complexity and multiple forms of the disease, treatment is difficult even for specialists. It is important to recognize the form of the disease at the beginning of its manifestation.

For effective treatment it is necessary to comply with the rules of care and the rules of proper nutrition.

It is extremely important to give the baby breast milk from the very beginning and not to take this food in the first months of life. You can feed juices not earlier than 4-5 months, and hard food like porridge and mashed potatoes only from 6-7 months.

It is better to use ordinary cabbage, potatoes and turnips as the first vegetable lures, and zucchini are good, all these are not allergenic foods, but they need to be soaked in water for 12 hours.

Make sure that high-allergenic products do not fall into the diet. The list of such products you can make yourself, individually for your child, depending on the portability. If there is no breast milk and the child is fed by the mixtures, then one should carefully approach their choice.

Treatment with medications

Given that this is a small child, you need to be very careful with the choice of antihistamines. If you use the first line of drugs: suprastin, dimedrol, tavegil or pipolfen, you need to consider that they are also soothing, you can not be addictive. For this, they can be applied for no more than two weeks, but the drug should be changed every 5 days.

As for the second line: zirtek, loratadine and elastin, they do not have such a calming and sedative effect, so they can be taken within five weeks. If there are problems with sleep disturbances, then it is possible to take seduksen on prescription.

It is also very important to take vitamins, and everything is complex, vitamins E, C, A and B are mandatory. 6. If there is dysbacteriosis, you should take bifidumbacterin, vitaflor, lactobacterin and other drugs, but any medicines should be prescribed only by a doctor.

Local skin treatment

In case of skin treatment, it is very important to observe hygiene, here it is necessary to take the change of bed linen and bed linen, permanent washing of hands, nail cutting, so that if itching and combing the infection does not get under the skin. Be sure to take a bath, sometimes every day, if there is wet eczema in the water you need to add a little potassium permanganate, to a slightly pinkish color of the water.

If there is an intertrigo, then baths with sage, starch and turn are very good. The starch solution is made from half a tablespoon of starch, it needs to be stirred in plain water, and then the concentrate is diluted with boiling water in the amount of three glasses, all this is added to the bath.

After taking baths, you must lubricate the problem areas and creases with a baby fat cream, and also the boiled vegetable oil. If the diaper rash is very strong, it is necessary to grease with greenery or bluegrass, there are also a number of antiseptic ointments. Today for such baths there are a lot of special shampoos: Friederm ph balance, Friederm-tar and Friederm-zinc.

If you make lotions on purulent sites, then use 1: 2000 fatcilin and strong tea. But do not forget to moisten the lotion. It dries quickly, and then after the lotion you need to apply a gel or ointment solkoserila, which dry ulcers and abscesses. Very good for this use of sea buckthorn oil or dog rose, in addition there are ointments that relieve the itching, as a rule, they contain anesthesin or diphenhydramine.

If there was a coccal infection, then a synthomycin ointment is needed, sometimes cieirin antibiotics are prescribed for the intended purpose, and in parallel macrolides should be taken, the course should not exceed 8 days. Vaccinations should be done one month after the acute exacerbations begin.