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Erythemas

Erythemas, simple dermatitises, arise at children usually from overfeeding and are much more often observed at artificial feeding. The dry bandage very quickly stops an exfoliating of a false skin and promotes a cicatrisation of erosions and the ulcerations often complicating an erythema on breeches.

At erythemas follows:

1. To settle number of feedings (not more often 6-7 times a day).

2. To take usual measures against diarrhoeia and constipations.

3. To stop the bathing of the child promoting a ramollissement of a false skin, as small as possible to treat to moisture action the amazed places, not to apply some any ointments.

4. Plentifully and often to powder the amazed places Talcum, lycopodium, oxide zinc, starch.

Erythema (from Greek erýthema - a redness) - an erubescence caused by expansion of its vessels. In some cases arises is reflex and quickly disappears (for example, accompanying feeling of shame, anger, etc.). Is longer there is an erythema of inflammatory character which appears at influence of chemical substances, physical factors (a friction, heat, a cold, an ultra-violet irradiation, etc.), at some infectious (a scarlatina, a measles, an erythema infectious, etc.) and dermal (a dermatitis, etc.) diseases, intoxications, disturbance of a circulation, etc.