Red cheeks in children may be the first sign of diathesis.
What is diathesis?
This can not be called a disease, diathesis is only an allergic reaction of the child's body to any stimulus. In many cases, the disease and red cheeks in children can be observed from the first days of life, diathesis in the initial stage is yellowish-brown crusts that appear above the eyebrows of the baby and in the fontanel, a little later goes to the cheeks, causing redness.
Causes of diathesis:
- first of all, maternal malnutrition during lactation;
- if mom is using any medications;
- if the mother experienced late toxicosis in the last months of pregnancy;
- heredity;
- polluted environment.
Symptoms of diathesis
Diathesis is not only red cheeks in children. Most often, children prone to allergies are born with increased body weight. No matter how good the care, the child is constantly covered with diaper rash in the inguinal region, neck and skin folds. Quite often, babies rash in babies, even with the slightest increase in external temperature.
Lesions of the mucous membranes are not excluded, which causes irregular stools, the appearance of conjunctivitis, various diseases of the throat. In the smallest, a peculiar soft crust appears on the head, in its structure something similar to wax, it has a dirty yellow color and mainly appears on the crown and crown of the head. Such a crust is not quite easy to remove from the child’s head; it lays down quite firmly.
The surface of the tongue also changes, it becomes uneven. With a strong course and non-elimination of the problem, diathesis can affect the physical development of the child, tissue elasticity will decrease, the baby will begin to lag behind in development.
Diathesis prevention
Since red cheeks in a baby are most often due to improper nutrition of the mother, the mother herself should follow a strict diet. From the very first days (and even better in the last months of pregnancy), all allergenic products should be discarded . Red vegetables and fruits, citrus fruits, should refrain from eating chocolate and any other too sweet food. The exact list of excluded products will be given to mom at the hospital. A simple exclusion of junk food and a diet while breastfeeding, and a blush on the cheeks of the baby will indicate only health, not diathesis.
What can mom eat with baby diathesis?
- cereals (buckwheat, barley, rice);
- lean meat (beef, chicken, turkey, rabbit meat, cooked sausages and sausages);
- from sweets only crackers, drying, candy or marshmallows;
- vegetables (potatoes, zucchini, cabbage, cucumbers, salad);
- dairy products (kefir and other dairy, butter, cheeses);
- fruit apples and bananas;
- fish (hake, zander, cod).
Treatment
Red cheeks in children can also be a reaction of the child's body to any product they eat. Some babies may even have a reaction to an adapted milk mixture, in which case it is worth changing it to a specialized one for children prone to allergic reactions.
Often, diathesis and red cheeks in children occur with the introduction of new complementary foods. Then it is time to exclude the allergen from the baby’s nutrition.
There are no special medical methods for treating diathesis, the basic principle is to establish proper nutrition and exclude allergenic products from food.
But in any case, the baby must be shown to the pediatrician, since red cheeks can signal other diseases. If it is not possible to identify the causes on your own, the pediatrician will issue a referral to an allergist, who will continue to observe the baby and give recommendations for treatment.