Diet taboos for mothers with baby rash

Milk and dairy products, eggs, seafood (especially shelled seafood), nuts, and secondly, try to reduce the intake of high-sugar, spicy, heavily salted and heavily processed foods.； There is currently no unified conclusion on whether beef, mutton, tropical fruits, and so-called "fat foods" should be avoided. There is no need to blindly make one size fits all. Non-allergy-related rashes (such as heat rash, acute rash in young children) do not require deliberate adjustment of diet.

A while ago, I accompanied my best friend to take her 6-month-old rice cake to childcare, and we encountered a typical situation of excessive dietary restrictions - rice cake had a red eczema on her face, and the elders at home said she should not touch anything "hairy". She drank millet porridge with vegetables for a whole week, and her milk was as thin as water, and the baby's eczema actually caused whiteheads. The doctor who attended the consultation that day was a director of pediatrics with more than 20 years of experience. After reading it, he directly told her that she had a taboo: "Just stop eating milk, eggs, seafood, and nuts for two weeks. Eat pork, chicken, and vegetables as normal. You will almost be hungry and go back to breastfeeding. If the baby is not nourished, the rash will heal more slowly." ”My best friend went back and followed the instructions, and within 10 days the baby's eczema was completely gone.

In fact, there is no completely unified statement in the medical community regarding the scope of taboos. For example, many senior doctors in primary hospitals will recommend tabooing beef, mutton, mango, and pineapple. The essence is to avoid individual differences - I met a baby who was allergic to mango. The mother ate half a mango, and the rash on the baby's face swelled up on the same day. However, this case is not a general reference. The mainstream pediatric allergy guideline still recommends to avoid the Top 4 highly allergenic foods first, and cut down the recipe to only vegetables and rice.

There is also the concept of "hair food" that everyone has been arguing about for many years. In fact, there is no clear definition in modern medicine. The so-called "rash aggravated by eating hair food" is essentially a food allergy, but everyone's allergens are different. When my baby had eczema at a young age, I was told by the elders at first that he should not eat beef or mushrooms. Later, after keeping a food diary for a week, I discovered that as long as I drank milk tea and eaten cakes and other high-sugar foods that day, the baby's rash would become more obvious. Eating beef and mushrooms didn't cause any problems. Later, I controlled the sugar and applied weak hormone ointments, and the rash was completely gone within a week.

If your baby has rashes such as childhood rash, heat rash, and allergies that cannot be dealt with, there is no need for you to feel sorry for yourself. When my 10-month-old baby developed an acute rash, I ate two meals of thirteen-spice crayfish. Nothing happened. The rash went away on its own within 3 days. If you follow the diet blindly, you will not be able to keep up with your own nutrition. The protein and trace elements in the milk will not be enough, and the baby's recovery will be slower.

If you are really not sure whether you should avoid something, just jot down two dietary items in the memo on your mobile phone. It doesn’t need to be too complicated. Just mark down what you ate that day that you seldom ate before. Then observe whether the baby’s rash has worsened for 24-48 hours. If the rash gets worse after eating something for two or three times in a row, it’s not too late to stop. It’s better than just restricting it all at once.

I once met an extreme mother in a maternal and infant group. Her baby had some eczema. She stopped eating vegetables and rice for a whole month. Finally, she was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. The baby didn't gain weight for two weeks. When she went to the hospital for a checkup, she found out that her baby was allergic to dust mites, which had nothing to do with her diet. She had suffered so much in vain. In fact, you don’t have to be too nervous when raising a baby. If your baby has a rash, you should first find out what type it is, and then adjust the diet. Otherwise, if the baby’s rash is not cured in the end, you will suffer yourself to become malnourished first, which is not worth the loss.