Even the smallest children can suddenly develop dandruff. Moreover, according to statistics, this ailment occurs in them even more often than in adults, and also needs to be identified and the cause and mandatory treatment.
Dandruff is a syndrome characterized by skin flakes from the scalp and itching for a long time, it can appear even in a month-old baby. The nature of the phenomenon is in many ways similar to the nature of dermatitis: dead cells, sticking together with the remnants of sebum, crumble in the form of light flakes.
The main reasons for the appearance of dandruff in children are various disorders of the nervous and endocrine systems, metabolism and metabolic failures in the gastrointestinal tract. The child’s body is just being formed and therefore is influenced by various negative factors, thereby causing “breakdowns” in the systems. Therefore, the appearance of scaly flakes on a child’s hair is a reason to diagnose the whole body.
Another cause of dandruff can lie in a hereditary predisposition or improper, unbalanced diet. Also, the cause of the disease can be a fungal infection against the background of a decrease in immunity caused by dysbiosis, allergic reactions, stress, a lack of unsaturated fatty acids, and overwork.
First of all, the child must be shown to the doctor and the necessary tests must be passed. Perhaps the treatment will require taking vitamin and mineral complexes, antiallergic drugs, flaxseed oil and fish oil.
It is also necessary to select products for head hygiene. These can be special shampoos, ointments, creams, including antifungal ones. So, shampoos with the addition of tar, tea tree oil, chalcogenide compounds and azoles (ketoconazole, bifonazole) cope well with the treatment of dandruff.
When choosing a special anti-dandruff shampoo, be sure to take into account the age of the child. Otherwise, it can have the opposite effect.
For the treatment of dandruff, olive oil paste is used, rubbed into the scalp of a child before bedtime, rinsing with decoctions of herbs, for example, chamomile, nettle or yarrow. A wonderful effect is obtained by rinsing the head with lemon water – the water in which the lemon peel was boiled. It is important to remember that the younger the child is, the more care should be taken when choosing a treatment.
In order to prevent the occurrence of this problem, you need to give up combing the child with someone else’s comb and wiping his head with someone else’s towel. It is important to balance the diet of the crumbs and introduce into its diet, if age permits, fish, nuts, more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and dairy products. It is worth noting that natural breastfeeding is a good way to treat and prevent dandruff in babies under one year old. In any case, it is necessary to treat dandruff comprehensively and under the guidance of a pediatrician.
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