Children Healthy Care

Southeast Hospital teaches skin care to children.

The dermatology service has conducted a workshop with atopic dermatitis patients.

The Southeast Hospital has conducted a workshop to teach children from 3-8 years of atopic skin care and how to cope with this enfemedad in their daily lives.

The workshop, which involved patients of the Dermatology Service, aims to involve children, through games with characters and interactive exercises to achieve a proper hygiene and hydration of the skin.

In addition, Southeast Hospital professionals have been transmitted to the participants how to deal with the itching and scratching alternatives to the skin (cold application, hydration, etc.).. This activity has the support of Avène Laboratories.

Atopic dermatitis is a disease that involves a reaction of the skin condition characterized by itchy rashes and scaly-looking, more common in children, multifactorial, which involves both environmental and constitutional factors.

With this type of initiatives Southeast Hospital aims to provide practical advice to facilitate skin care for children, so become aware of the importance of good practices through activities and games.

The health center was launched last summer a Pediatric Dermatology, with the objective of serving the dermatological disease of children in their reference population and avoid transfer to other public hospitals in the community with this feature.

Since its opening until May 31, 2011, the Pediatric Dermatology has served 374 children.

The children are still too young to suffer from acne. Of course, there are also several decades of having wrinkles. However, we should not stop paying attention to skin care of the smallest in the house.

The skin of children is very soft and sensitive so must be protected from sunlight, a duty that all parents should teach their children. The sun protection must not only be for days at the beach during the summer, as also in everyday life we are exposed to them. If kids want to play outdoors, for example, be sure to do so early in the morning or after five in the afternoon with sunscreen.

On the other hand, the capacity for regeneration of the skin is higher child to adult.

The characteristics of the child’s skin are changing at different stages of development:

- Newborn. The skin of the newborn appears to be covered by a white fatty layer (called vernix). Under this layer of fat, we see a reddish skin in a few hours is become more pink. It can be seen a very fine hair (lanugo).

- Infant . The subcutaneous tissue thickness increases with increasing fat deposits, giving the infant the roundness of its forms.

- Child . In children the skin remains smooth and rosy, but the subcutaneous tissue and decreases the appearance of the child becomes more elongated.

- Cold . Cold protection is especially important in newborns because the regulation of body temperature is inefficient and hypothermia can easily shelter themselves adequately for it to newborns and seek a warm atmosphere. Infants and children should be protected from the cold in the same way as adults and must use a number of garments similar to those used by their parents.

- Heat . We must avoid situations the heat excess clothing as this will cause increased sweating and promote the development of irritative lesions (sudamen) in the skin.

- Sun . The mechanisms of protection of children from the sun are not fully developed. Therefore, burn quickly and tans with difficulty. It is recommended to ensure maximum protection for children.

- Bath . In caring for the child’s skin is essential bathroom. Bathing the child should be daily. The water should be warm (approximately at a temperature of 36 º C) and atmosphere of the room must be warm (at a temperature of about 23 to 24 º C). It will use a gel and a soft sponge and we will take special care in cleaning the folds. Drying is done with a soft towel, preferably cotton.

Keep the baby healthy skin when often depends on their parents. Both winter and summer, all care will be little time to protect baby’s skin. Some tips and good nutrition can help parents to achieve that your baby is always healthy skin. The skin is the largest organ and is more exposed to the weather, clothes, water, sun lotions, infections.

The baby’s skin during the winter
During the winter, the baby’s skin should be protected from all attacks that can cause cold. Dermatologists agree that on the coldest days we should avoid hot baths give the little ones, to prevent the skin is dry, it is rough or cracked. The water temperature must be 30 to 32 degrees Celsius, and the bath should not exceed 15 minutes. In colder seasons we should avoid the use of soap and sponges because they can remove the layer of fat that exists on the surface of the skin and prevents water loss. Glycerine soaps are best for children. Be careful also with the perfume or cologne they wear. Moisturizers are essential for after bath.

Although it’s chilly, we must also avoid excessive clothing for babies. Very warm babies may have small bumps or red bumps primarily on the neck, trunk and legs, which may cause the baby from scratching or the local swell. When the baby is very small, avoid direct contact of your skin with clothes made from synthetic fibers and wool. It is recommended that you wear cotton clothes and towels to prevent, among other complaints, an atopic dermatitis. (more…)

The health of children requires more care in the summer. To avoid shocks should be taken of practical preventive measures. In hot weather, health of children requires special care.

So you have to know how to act against the effects of the sun, excessive heat, dehydration and insect bites. For a summer without shocks should be taken into account the essential measures of prevention.

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