Know How To Treat Baby Eczema Naturally

By Ida Dorsey


Eczema refers to a disease that mainly affects infants. This is usually an allergy mainly caused by foods and some substances in the environment. The main symptoms of this reaction are inflamed and dry skin and sometimes oozing. It can be very heart breaking to see a child go through this problem therefore remedies should be searched for as early as possible. Natural remedies are better than artificial ones. The following guidelines can teach every parent how to treat baby eczema naturally.

Tea tree is one of the most common natural remedies for baby eczema. This is a good remedy because it eases the child from pain by reducing itchiness. It is usually used when bathing the kid by adding it in their bath water every day. By doing this, some infections will be prevented from happening to the skin of the child.

There are some types of eczema reactions that only impact the scalp. Hence, is no need to wash the whole body of the child with this remedy. In this case, tea tree will be mixed with the hair rinse that is usually used for the kid. It is advisable for the shampoo to be free of any fragrance. The person bathing the child needs to soak their hair with the mixture for a short while for it to function well.

After the baby is clean, he is supposed to be dried but not completely dry. After this, the kid can be oiled with witch hazel which is a natural anti-inflammatory. The witch hazel can be applied mainly to the red and inflamed areas. However, this remedy is too strong for babies and therefore it must be diluted with pure water in a ratio of one to one.

The subsequent step in this curative process is kneading the infant with organic olive oil. The oil is recommended for the infant after being micro waved which is a means to warm it a little bit. After this step, raw sheer butter should be applied instantly on the entire body. This sheer butter assists in moisturizing the kid for the entire day.

To ease itchiness just in case it is affecting the baby, Aloe Vera can be applied on their skin especially on the affected areas. All the mentioned things must be done every single day in the correct way and the results will show after one week. The most important thing however is to eliminate all things that trigger the reaction from the life of the infant.

Once a baby has been infected, very few things can be done to stop it entirely. The strategies mentioned above are just ways that will help to diminish the effects of the reactions. Some infants have the illness reduced with time as they get older. Controlling the condition is however easier for infants than grown children since it is hard to monitor what a child eats when they are out playing.

Eczema can however be prevented according to research. Children born in a family with a history of this condition have more chance of getting it hence they must be handled with more care. Their parents can also reduce their risk of getting it by controlling their diet when they are pregnant.




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