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The skin of babies is delicate, tender, this is one of the most sensitive and vulnerable organs. Due to the high absorption function, various substances and infections easily penetrate the skin. Near its surface are close to the blood vessels, and when overheating occurs evaporation of moisture. Care for the skin of the newborn needs with special care and attention, otherwise the child may appear intertrigo.

What does the newborn's diaper rash look like?

Failure is the inflammation of a skin area that appears as a result of prolonged contact with moisture or under the influence of friction. The most vulnerable areas are the areas where there are folds: inguinal, cervical, ulnar, popliteal, axillary zones, areas behind ears. There are three degrees of diaper rash. At the first, a slight reddening of the skin is observed, the integument remains intact. The second degree is characterized by a more vivid reddening of the skin and the appearance on it of sores, microcracks. At the third degree of damage, wet cracks appear, ulcers and abscesses on the skin. Inflection in babies causes itching and burning. Suffering from pain, the kid behaves restlessly and cries.

The causes of the development of diaper rash in children

The delicate skin of the baby can be sensitive to many factors:

1. Moisture. It is her excess often leads to the appearance of diaper rash. Moisture removes the protective grease, which causes the skin to become permeable to microbes. Moisture remains on the skin, even if the baby is in a diaper. Urine, mixed with bacteria and feces, dissolves, forming a strong stimulus - ammonia. Fatigue occurs due to excessive wrapping of the child and high temperature in the room.
2. Friction about clothes made of synthetic materials and diapers.
3. Sensitivity to chemicals contained in a cream or diaper.
4. Allergy to new complementary foods or what the nursing mother has tried.

How to treat diaper rash in newborns?

If the baby has redness, it is not necessary to carry out treatment as such. It is enough to change disposable diapers or diapers regularly. The first change every three hours, diapers - immediately after urination. After their replacement, the child should be washed in warm water and dried with a diaper or towel by gentle soaking actions, especially in areas with folds. Useful for healing of diaper rash in infants will be air baths for 15 minutes. Then wrinkles should be treated with baby cream and put on a diaper. If the next day, redness does not pass, the skin of the child is smeared with ointment or cream from diaper rash. To do this, pharmacies can buy such drugs as Bepanten, Sudokrem, Desitin, Drapolen.

If the child's condition worsened, redness became brighter and there were ulcers and dying cracks, it is necessary to seek the help of a pediatrician. The doctor will prescribe funds for diaper rash: mixtures of talc and zinc oxide, which are produced in prescription departments of the pharmacy, methyluracin ointment, tannin ointment, helio-mucic ointment. Thanks to the drying effect, they perfectly cope with erosion and redness. No less effective procedures in the treatment of diaper rash - irradiation of the affected skin with ultraviolet, and pustular ulcers can be greased with greenery. Improve the condition of the baby's skin will help daily baths with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, decoctions of the bark of oak, chamomile, calendula.

To prevent the aggravation of skin lesions, the appearance of dermatitis and skin infections, the parents of the baby should immediately react even to a slight diaper rash in children.