Children under one year old can have outpouching of various sizes in the area of umbilicus. If while pressing you feel typical rumbling in the stomach, it means that this outpouching is an umbilical hernia. You can prevent emerging of hernia if you start undertaking measures on strengthening of abdominal cavity. Fist of all it is essential to begin doing physical exercises. When a child is quite small confine yourself to regular (during swaddling) putting him on his belly. Later the exercises which include lifting of legs up and down in lying position will be useful, Don't forget about massage. You'd better not use elastic bandage. Practice proves it to be not very effective. A bandage becomes dirty, and skin doesn't breathe well under it. As a rule umbilical hernia disappears before a child reaches his first year - as soon as the abdominal wall strengthens. That is why you should help it to strengthen as soon as possible.
Miliaria
Miliaria develops due to wrong care. This frequently happens because a baby is being over-muffled up. Reddish eruptions in the form of little bubbles with clear content appear in the folds of extremities and on the body. Miliaria exercises practically no influence on the general state of a baby. However he or she can often wake up and cry. Miliaria disappears as soon as you stark dressing up your baby in accordance with air temperature. In addition to regular baths, it is necessary to rub your baby with wet blankets. Do not forget about air-baths as well.
Intertrigo
Intertrigos are inflammations of skin where it has prolonged contacts with moisture and excessive rubbing. Intertrigo emerges because of irregular hygiene. Try not to leave your baby in wet swaddling bands for a long time. In addition to regular baths and wash you should resort to children creams that impregnate and soften the skin.
Excudative diathesis
When your baby is 2 or 3 months old you can notice manifestation of excudative diathesis. These can be red stains on cheeks, and sometimes they are very bright. After a while these stains start to be covered with crust which disturbs a baby. He or she begins to feel itch and pain. At the age 4 months up to 1 year manifestation of excudative diathesis may change. This is linked to introduction of feeding up. Your main task is to exclude the causes of this disease, and then all its manifestations will disappear.
You should pay attention to the food stuff of your baby. For the vast majority of children eggs, chocolate, fish, all sweets, orange vegetables and fruits are fierce allergens. Take into consideration the fact that treatment should be complex. Only in this case you'll achieve complete recovery.
Don't forget to call a doctor in any case. It is he who will help you to find precisely the reason of disease.
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