Diaper dermatitis is a very unpleasant skin condition. It can bring a lot of suffering to the baby. In order to prevent its occurrence, you need to properly care for the delicate baby skin, as well as change diapers more often.
The causes of diaper dermatitis and its symptoms
Diaper dermatitis is a skin disorder that occurs when urine or feces are exposed to the delicate baby skin. In the event that they come into contact with the skin at the same time, dermatitis develops quite quickly, since in addition to uric acid, protease and lipase enzymes present in feces also have an irritating effect.
Dermatitis is called diaper dermatitis, as most often it occurs due to an untimely diaper change. However, it can also develop if the baby is wearing a disposable or reusable diaper. A predisposing factor for the onset of this disease is not only a violation of the rules for caring for a child, but also its physiological characteristics. The deterioration of air exchange and the rubbing of the skin with a diaper creates favorable conditions for the development of bacteria.
Diaper dermatitis is observed only in children of the first years of life, since at an older age, babies already begin to control the process of urination. This disease affects only those parts of the body that come into contact with urine. Thus, the rash on the face has nothing to do with it.
The symptoms of dermatitis include the appearance of irritation in the places of contact of the skin with urine or feces, swelling, redness of the buttocks and external genital organs. In some cases, the skin, on the contrary, begins to crack, peel off.
Diaper dermatitis treatment
In order to cure diaper dermatitis, you need to be guided by one very important rule. First, it is necessary to assess the nature of the violation of the integrity of the skin. If the wounds on the body are wet, due to the release of tissue fluid, they must be dried.
For these purposes, a special baby powder is perfect, as well as various drying ointments. The choice of drugs for the treatment of diaper rash is very large. It is better for young parents not to engage in self-treatment, but to show the baby to the pediatrician. In no case should you smear the affected areas with brilliant green, iodine, zinc ointment.
If the skin in the external genital area turns red, begins to crack and peel off, the affected areas need to be moistened with special ointments and creams. Perhaps, in this case, an antifungal drug will be required, since the fungal infection very easily penetrates open wounds and microcracks.
In order to quickly cure dermatitis, it is necessary to ventilate the affected areas more often, leave the baby to lie down without clothes, diapers and diapers.
