Atopic Dermatitis is cause by abnormalities in the skin structure, causing the skin to lose water. When the skin loses a lot of water, the skin becomes dry and easily inflamed. Symptoms range from acute, subacute, and chronic. Symptoms in children of different ages are different. If the child is under 2 years old, it is usually on the cheeks, forehead, neck, outer arms and legs, wrists, and ankles. In older children, it is usually on the folds of the arms, legs, feet, and ankles. If the patient has the first symptoms of this disease when they are adults, it is usually harder to cure than patients who have symptoms when they are children.
Basic skin care should be done regularly to help reduce the recurrence of rashes.
- Take a shower with normal temperature water for no more than 5-15 minutes, 1-2 times a day.
- Reduce the use of soap by not having to use soap every time you shower.
- After bathing, pat your body dry and apply cream or lotion every time after bathing (you can apply more cream during the day when your skin is dry or itchy).
- Avoid skin irritants such as sweat, saliva, ทางเข้า ufabet, chemicals, perfumes, alcohol, sand, grass, thick, non-breathable clothing, rough clothing, wool clothing, etc.
The skin rash in atopic dermatitis has several stages of skin inflammation, from the acute stage to the chronic stage. The most obvious symptoms are red, itchy bumps, red patches, peeling and flaking, severe itching, and the distribution on the body is different in each age group, as follows:
- Children under 2 years of age often have a rash on the cheeks, forehead, back of the head, outer skin of the arms and legs, and on the wrists and ankles.
- Children over 2 years of age often have a rash on the neck and in the folds of both arms and legs.
If the symptoms are not all present, but there is itching, a rash around the joints. Which is often in the outer joints in young children and in older children, there is a chronic dermatitis that comes and goes, there is a family history or a close sibling has an allergic disease, along with dry skin, pale lips, dark circles under the eyes, ingrown hair that looks like chicken skin, uneven skin, dry skin or flaky skin, cracked skin in winter, which may be in some areas or all over the body, these are also symptoms that indicate atopic dermatitis.