Every year, due to the deterioration of the ecological situation, irrational nutrition and stressful effects, the number of cases of allergic reactions increases. Manifestations of this are multifaceted, so it is important to know what the allergy looks like in newborns , and what are the main symptoms of it.
Causes
Before allergies occur in newborns, contact with the allergen should occur. In infants who are breastfed, the symptoms may appear after errors in the mother's diet. Especially if there is a hereditary predisposition. Also, manifestations are possible after consuming the mixture or after the introduction of complementary foods.
In addition to food factors, skin care products, clothing, underwear and toys made of poor-quality materials can cause an allergic reaction. To promote the appearance of allergic symptoms in newborns may be the impact of unfavorable factors during the period of intrauterine development. For example, hypoxia, infections, stress and nerve overexertion, mother's smoking.
Clinical picture
The main signs of an allergy in a newborn are as follows:
- Changes on the skin. Most often there are rashes and hyperemia, which are accompanied by itching. The skin condition changes from pronounced dryness and flaking and to excessive moisture. There may be urticaria, which is characterized by the appearance of blisters. In infants, the allergy manifests as redness and flaking in the cheek area. Scales and crusts appear on the scalp.
- An allergic rhinitis, sneezing.
- Dysfunction of the digestive system. This includes bloating, flatulence, frequent regurgitation, abdominal pains like colic, disorders of stool from diarrhea to constipation. This symptomatology is usually observed with the use of an allergen product.
- Quincke's edema is a life-threatening condition, due to dense edema of the larynx. Accordingly, there is difficulty breathing, until the attack of suffocation.
An important circumstance confirming the presence of allergy is the disappearance of clinical symptoms after the cessation of exposure to an allergen. Speaking about how to determine an allergy in a newborn, it is worth noting that children under the age of one month often have small pimples. As a rule, this is not an allergy. And they are associated with the adaptation of the body and the change in hormonal status.