Exudative diathesis is a frequent phenomenon in children in the first months of life. It is characterized by redness, localized on the cheeks, forehead, which after a while are covered with reddish crusts. The appearance of this disease practically does not depend on what kind of feeding the child is: thoracic or artificial.
As doctors have established in the course of numerous studies, the predisposition to diathesis is laid even during the development of the fetus in the mother's womb. That's why a pregnant woman should stick to a diet. So, from its diet, allergen products are completely excluded: coffee, chocolate, citrus fruits, smoked meats, pickles, red vegetables and fruits.
Causes
In itself, diathesis in infants is not so terrible, but requires careful treatment, since it is possible to switch to other diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis.
The development of exudative diathesis is influenced by the following factors:
- heredity;
- excess body weight of the baby;
- violation of the diet of a nursing mother;
- Environment.
Treatment
The most effective and easiest way to treat diathesis is to identify products that are the cause of the disease, and exclude them from the daily diet. Every mom just has to visit a dermatologist.
Also a good result is shown by folk remedies used for self-treatment of diathesis:
- Prepare a mixture of herbs in the following proportions: turn -20 g, a sheet of walnut - 2 teaspoons (10 g), violet tricolor - about 35 g, burdock root -30 g, yarrow - about 20 g, a pair of black currant leaves, strawberries , birches. All leaves are ground, thus obtaining a homogeneous mixture. Then 4 tbsp. this mixture is poured into 0.5 liters of cold water and insisted for 8 hours, then boiled for 10 minutes. Decoction filter, and give a cold, 2 tablespoons. 3 times a day.
- Burdock root, crushed, pour boiling water in a volume of 0.5 liters, wrapped in a warm blanket and insist 2 hours. The resulting broth is given to a small child of 100 ml, 4 times a day.
- 20 g of dried string pour 1 glass of water, put on fire, and after the water boils - filter. Give kids a 1 tbsp. 3 times a day, before feeding. In addition, this kind of decoction can be used to make compresses.
- The shell from fresh chicken eggs is ground on a coffee grinder. Then the resulting flour is quenched with lemon juice (1-2 drops) and given to the child. This remedy can be used in children older than six months.
Often, young mothers ask the question: "How to treat diathesis on the cheeks and how to cure it completely?". In such cases, fast healing of skin lesions is helped by such a means: dried leaves of the string are brewed with steep boiling water, insist 12-15 minutes and then with a cooled solution wipe the skin. In this case, each time you need to use a new wadded disk. Wipe every 2-3 hours. The effect is noticeable almost the next morning.
Thus, diathesis is a fairly common disease, for the treatment of which there are many folk remedies. However, the mother should remember that any treatment should be carried out exclusively after a doctor's consultation, during which the doctor will determine the cause of the disease.
Also, before treating your baby's diathesis, carefully study your diet and exclude foods that can cause allergic reactions. Perhaps, after this, the diathesis will disappear on its own, in a few days.