What should I do if my child’s skin is dry and chapped in winter?

In winter, the climate becomes colder and dryer, and the baby's delicate skin is also affected by the cold and dryness. Some babies have red faces, some have chapped lips, and some have skin changes. It is shriveled and peeling, just like a "little old man". My mother sees it and feels pain in her heart. Is there any way to take care of it?

1. Baby's chapped skin

Chapped skin is a common skin disease in children in autumn and winter. It generally manifests as dry, thickened, and peeling skin on the hands and feet. Phenomenon. The baby's skin will have some cracks along the direction of the skin lines, with varying depths and lengths, often accompanied by bleeding and tenderness, seriously affecting the child's normal life. Skin lesions caused by chapped skin are more likely to occur on the fingers, palm sides, and areas where the skin cuticle is thick or frequently rubbed, such as the heels and outside of the feet. They often occur on both sides at the same time.

Treatment method:

1. Soak the cracked area in hot water for a few minutes before going to bed to soften it, then take 2 to 3 capsules of cod liver oil, squeeze out the liquid and apply it For the cleft area, apply it once a night and it will heal within a week.

2. Mix vinegar and glycerin in a ratio of 5:1 and apply to the affected area twice a day. The skin will become smooth and tender.

3. Boil 2 eggs, put the yolk in an iron pot, boil it over low heat until it becomes oily, cool it and apply it on the surface of the chapped skin, several times a day, and it will heal in three or four days.

4. Boil 1 potato, peel and mash it, add a little Vaseline and mix thoroughly, put it into a clean bottle, apply it to the affected area 1 to 3 times a day, and it will heal in a few days.

2. Baby skin eczema

The most common skin problem for babies in winter is allergies, also known as "eczema". It often presents with papules, redness, swelling, hard pityriasis-like desquamation and scaly scabs on the skin; some may present with flushing of the skin on the head and face, or yellow greasy scales, and even thicker yellow scabs on the top of the head.

Treatment methods:

1. Once the baby develops eczema, avoid washing the skin area with eczema with hot water, and do not use soap or irritating external medicines.

2. The clothes, quilts and diapers worn by the baby should be soft and made of pure cotton.

3. Temporarily avoid eating fish, shrimp, crab, milk, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and other foods that may aggravate eczema.

4. Temporarily reduce going out to reduce the inhalation of dust and pollen.

5. Do not vaccinate against various types of vaccines during the period of eczema to avoid aggravating the condition.

3. Angular stomatitis in babies

Many babies will have a "bad mouth" phenomenon in autumn and winter: manifested as flushing and blistering at the corners of the mouth, milky white erosion, cracks, and scabs etc., it is also accompanied by burning and pain, and it is easy to bleed when opening the mouth, making it inconvenient to eat and speak. This is the more common angular stomatitis.

The main reason is that in winter and spring, the secretion of human sebaceous glands decreases, and the climate is cold and dry, the lips and the surrounding skin are prone to dryness and cracking, and the bacteria that usually lurk around the corners of the mouth are easy to take advantage of the situation and occur. infection, causing bacterial angular stomatitis;

Secondly, babies' picky eaters and partial eclipses can easily cause vitamin B2 deficiency. Some of the baby's bad habits, such as licking lips, sucking fingers, eating snacks, biting pencils, etc., can cause It may lead to the occurrence of angular stomatitis.

Treatment method:

1 Children’s skin is very tender, so when washing your child’s face, you should pay attention to the water temperature, frequency and intensity~ Generally, use warm water or cool water in winter Okay~ After washing your face, apply fragrant cream on your baby

2 Try not to take your baby out when the wind is strong. If you go out, remember to bring a scarf or mask? Protection?

< p>3 Be careful not to stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time, and pay attention to moisturizing. Some skin-friendly moisturizing water can be used for babies~

Glycerin is also a good choice, but you must remember to add water. Dilute it ~ otherwise it will be miserable. .

4 You can apply an appropriate amount of cod liver oil to the cracked area~

5 Food supplements are also a good choice~

For example, eat more fruits, vegetables, milk, etc.~Encourage children to eat more Drink water

6 Be careful not to make your baby cry~

An innocent and cute baby should smile more? And if the tear stains on the face are not cleaned up in time, it will also cause skin chapped.

Hope it helps you~?

1. Before the baby goes to bed, the mother can wet the baby's lips with warm water, and then apply a large amount of honey or lip balm for one week. , can restore moisture to baby's lips.

2. Have a balanced diet. Babies who are picky eaters and partial eclipses can easily cause vitamin B2 deficiency, which affects the biological oxidation process in the body and causes metabolic disorders, such as angular stomatitis, cheilitis, glossitis, dry mucous membranes and skin, etc. Therefore, adjusting the diet is the most effective way to prevent children from suffering from angular stomatitis. method.

Parents should pay attention to a balanced diet and a good mix of meat and vegetables, and give their children more riboflavin-rich foods, such as animal livers, hearts, kidneys, eggs, dairy products, and soybeans. , carrots, green leafy vegetables, etc.

4. Chilblains in babies

Chilblains are common in both the south and the north. There are two main causes of chilblains:

1. The susceptibility of the body, such children are prone to chilblains.

2. It is cold and wet, and the gloves and shoes worn by the child are too tight, which makes the child's blood circulation poor. Therefore, the most common areas where chilblains occur are the outer edges of the fingers, toes, auricles, and soles of the feet.

Treatment method:

Chilblains must be treated in time, otherwise they will become eroded and infected, with very troublesome consequences.

The treatment method for chilblains is generally to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. You can use traditional Chinese medicine for external washing, such as safflower, mulberry leaves and licorice decoction and external washing.

You can also use some common people's experience, boil water with green onion roots, or use autumn eggplant seedlings. The eggplants have been picked, and only the seedlings are left. You can also use this to boil water.

After washing, if the skin is not damaged, you can apply frostbite ointment externally. You can do some gentle massage while soaking in water. If the skin is already edematous or damaged, apply some antibiotic ointment to prevent infection.

The most important thing about chilblain is prevention, because it has cortical susceptibility. Clinically, it is found that chilblain easily recurs in late autumn, early winter, or early spring of the second year. When no one feels cold, children will I have frostbite again, so protection is very important.

5. Nosebleeds in babies

Because nose bleeding is a symptom, there are two reasons for nosebleeds:

1. Systemic diseases, such as For some children with special blood diseases, or children with renal failure, the first symptom is nose bleeding.

This type of child bleeds more, is not easy to stop, and is likely to be accompanied by bleeding points in other parts of the body. In this case, parents should be more careful and not think that bleeding is localized as soon as it occurs. However, systemic diseases are very rare, so you don’t need to be too nervous.

2. Local blood vessel rupture and bleeding in the nose are most common due to dry weather. After dry weather, capillaries rupture. The solution is that children must drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, and eat more. Balanced and supplemented with adequate vitamins and minerals.

Treatment methods:

1. Increase the humidity of the environment. In winter, for a home with children, the temperature should be between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius, neither too cold nor too hot, making it easy for children to move around, and the humidity should be between 50% and 60%.

In relatively dry areas, special methods are needed to maintain this humidity, such as placing a humidifier at home. In addition, you can place a sink on the heater, put wet towels, or dry some Wet clothes, mop the floor with water, or put a few pots of water in the house and raise a few pots of plants. While maintaining a certain temperature and humidity in the house, you must pay attention to ventilation.

2. Virus infections are more severe in winter, so ventilation is a particularly good method. Generally speaking, the home should be ventilated two to three times a day, no matter how old the children are.

When ventilating, children should not be in a space with direct air convection. Move to another room, ventilate for 20 minutes and then close the window. After the temperature rises to normal room temperature, let the child come back. Do not let the child Convection wind blows.

3. Apply some chlortetracycline or erythromycin ointment to the middle part of the nose once or twice a day to keep the area moist and protected by oil, so that there will be no bleeding. .

4. Another rare situation is the vascular malformation in the middle of the child's nose, which often bleeds. In this case, you need to go to the otolaryngology department. Some use laser treatment, and it will be fine. .