Now every second child suffers from diathesis. This state causes a lot of concern in parents of the kid as diathesis affects not in the best way health of the child.
Diathesis is not a disease, and only means predisposition of the child in some diseases.
- Limfatiko-gipoplastichesky diathesis - tendency to allergic and infectious diseases, pathologies of lymphatic system, to violations of a timus (thymus).
- neuroartrichesky diathesis - predisposition to a hypertension, inflammations of joints, diabetes, atherosclerosis and obesity.
- Exudative and catarrhal or allergic diathesis - tendency to allergic and inflammatory diseases.
The most often found look - the last. Dermatitis acts as its main manifestation. It meets so often that physicians call it ""diathesis"". About it the speech will also go further.
Diathesis symptoms
Symptoms are different. Most often this reddening of some sites of skin, bright pink spots, peeling and dryness of skin, and sometimes even sores. Reddish rough spots usually appear near eyes, on cheeks, on bends of hands and legs, and sometimes and on all body. Spots can become wet, raise, inflame, be thickened and burst. These phenomena are accompanied by an itch.
Reasons
Dermatitis is caused by contacts with concrete allergens to which the children's organism reacts. Such tendency at kids is explained by imperfection and immaturity of systems and internals. Mother's food during pregnancy, living conditions, ecology, features of leaving, etc. can become a starting point for allergic dermatitis.
In certain cases diathesis can be caused by overeating. The fact is that the food remains which did not manage to be digested because of a lack of enzymes begin to decay in intestines, and disintegration products - to poison an organism.
Treatment of diathesis
The most important for treatment of diathesis is identification of a source of an allergy and prevention of the subsequent contact with allergen. It is worth beginning identification with an exception of the menu of the most probable sources of an allergy - chocolate, citrus, exotic fruit, strawberry, nuts, apricots, melons, sweets, peaches, eggs, sour cream, broths, milk and semolina porridge.
Further it is necessary to watch diathesis symptoms. At aggravation it is necessary to remember that the feeding mom or the kid used the day before. Thereby you will be able to reveal allergen.
Use only special hypoallergenic shampoos, soap and laundry detergents. Chlorine is also strong allergen therefore for bathing and rinsing of children's things use the boiled or filtered water.
When developing diathesis address the pediatrician. He will prescribe the kid antihistaminic and anti-inflammatory medicines, and in hard cases glucocorticosteroids.