Diaper dermatitis - very unpleasant skin disease. It can bring to the kid many sufferings. To prevent its emergence, it is necessary to look after competently gentle children's skin and also more often to change diapers.
Causes of diaper dermatitis and its symptoms
Diaper dermatitis is a skin disease which results from influence of urine or a calla on gentle children's skin. In case they contact to skin at the same time, dermatitis develops pretty fast as besides uric acid, the irritating impact is made by enzymes the protease and a lipase which are present at Calais.
Dermatitis is called diaper as most often it arises because of untimely change of diapers. At the same time it can develop as well in case to the kid put on a disposable or reusable diaper. The contributing factor to developing of this disease is not only violation of the rules of child care, but also its physiological features. Deterioration in air exchange and rubbing of skin a diaper create favorable conditions for development of bacteria.
Diaper dermatitis is observed only at children of the first years of life as at more advanced age the kids already begin to control urination process. This disease affects only those parts of a body which adjoin to urine. Thus, rash on a face has no relation to it.
Emergence of irritations in places of contact of skin with urine or a stake, puffiness, reddening of buttocks and genitalia belongs to symptoms of dermatitis. In certain cases skin, on the contrary, begins to burst, be shelled.
Treatment of diaper dermatitis
To cure diaper dermatitis, it is necessary to be guided by one very important rule. For a start it is necessary to estimate the nature of violation of integrity of skin. If wounds on a body damp that is caused by release of fabric liquid, them need to be dried.
The special baby powder and also various drying ointments perfectly will be suitable for these purposes. The choice of medicines for treatment of an intertrigo is very big. It is better for young parents not to be engaged in independent treatment, and to show the kid to the pediatrician. It is impossible to smear the struck places with brilliant green, iodine, zinc ointment at all.
If skin in genitalia reddened, began to burst and be shelled, the struck places need to be humidified with special ointments and creams. Perhaps, in this case antifungal medicine as the fungal infection very easily gets into open wounds and microcracks will be required.
Quicker to cure dermatitis, the thicket needs to air the struck places, to leave the kid to lie down without clothes, diapers and diapers.