Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin that can range from mild discomfort to a terrible itchy rash with sores and open wounds. The causes of eczema are so varied that it is not necessary to list them, but you can make your diet, allergens in the air, sunlight, dust mites and counting ... almost everything else. If the rash is so severe that the skin broken, cracked or weeping, then the diagnosis is usually changed to eczema.
Eczema in babies
Many people start to outbreaks of eczema in children who continue with occasional patches of poor all their lives. This type of eczema is called atopic eczema, and can often be inherited from the parents of the child, as a rule. Eczema can appear anywhere (or everywhere) in the body, but the most common sites are the elbows and knees. Atopic dermatitis is usually caused by very dry skin and can lead to a certain extent, controlled by the skin moist. People with eczema are more likely to be asthmatic, suffer from hay fever and allergy prone.
What are the symptoms?
Eczema can appear very early in babies is usually around the second month, and the problem is likely to continue until the baby is about five years. In many cases it is very difficult to redness and rash, of course, that babies are prone to differentiate. There are several things to check to tell the difference:
Dry skin - eczema than adults, babies are prone to dry skin. However, the baby still has not learned to control the urge to scratch and scrape, infections and skin breakdown, leading to infection.
The red swelling around the neck and checks - for a red rash of inspections to look at the neck. The chubby arms and legs can also develop this blush it comes naturally, not because of friction or contact.
Recurring rash - rash that looks again and again. Pay special attention to the ankles, arms, neck and wrists. Most often it starts looking more likely that the causes of eczema.
Treatment of eczema - how to stop it?
The problem with eczema in infants is logical that they will scratch an itch is. This is able to penetrate the skin and spread scabies, rather than exacerbate the situation. So the most important step in the control of scabies, itching and control to do everything possible to avoid irritation of the right of the baby. Control itching is easy when you are there, but the irritation is often so fast that scrape the baby before you are aware of a problem at all. This is especially true at night. Keep nails trimmed, and if this is a big problem, you may need to take direct action to stop the itching. I remember sleeping bags on the hands and feet as a toddler.