How to identify the cause for skin allergy in a child?

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I have seen the images (attachment removed to protect patient identity). By what you are telling it is looking like allergic skin disorder. This can be due to anything being applied on her skin, sometimes due to cow's milk allergy, etc. Does your child have fever or any other symptoms along with this? From your answer we might think of alternate diagnosis. What soap or cream or oil do you use for her? Did you change any of the products recently? If so, please use the one you used before. If not try some creams which I suggest. Which milk are you giving her along with breast milk? If cow or buffalo, stop that and try formula.

The following are some changes which I can suggest:

1. Start semi-solid foods, which you can prepare at home, like rice with dal. Also banana is easily digestible. Start with these two.
2. Start one new item for a week, so that if baby is not tolerating the food you will be able to know.
3. Slowly by one year she can eat whatever is prepared at home that is less spicy. You can give any fruit; see that she has some fruit daily.
4. Give her potato, tomato, leafy vegetables, carrot, beetroot, etc., with rice or even curd.
5. Later at about eight months of age you can start finger millet malt. You can go according with stages of infant food series of available in market.

If the skin problem is still persisting, show to a dermatologist or a skin specialist for further physical evaluation.

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Use the medication as advised above. Regarding formula milk, nothing specific. you can try anything that is available.

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Your daughter seems to be suffering from bronchiolitis which is a viral infection of the lungs. It is treated basing on the severity. If no breathing difficulty, we can treat at home with oral medication and nebulization. If severe then we admit in hospital, because child may require oxygen also. From the breathing sound (attachment removed to protect patient identity), it seems that baby is having difficulty in breathing. The medicine given in the prescription is good. Sometimes they might not be enough if problem progresses. Continue the nebulization and visit the doctor if condition does not respond. She may get fever, watch out for it.

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As suggested please try the medicine with dropper. Try to give before food, so she will not vomit the food. Or mix with sugar or with milk.

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If speed of breathing has increased, please visit the doctor, as she might need admission and the frequent nebulization. If vomiting is more she could get dehydrated. So, could require IV fluids (intravenous). So, please revisit the doctor. The mucus will go in the stools as they swallow it, so loose stool can occur.

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All medications are appropriate (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Loose stools and vomiting means stomach infection. It can come from anywhere. From milk bottles, from hands or other food, water, etc. Please follow the given medications as prescribed.

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Good to hear that she is recovering. Yes, the stools are a bit semi-solid, but not very loose. Some rash is present at the anal region. You can use the following medication for her. The stools could be because of the mucus which she is swallowing and the resultant stomach infection which causes indigestion of the milk. Please reduce her milk consumption. I will suggest her alternate formula for milk temporarily. Once this problem gets over then you can switch back to the normal milk, probably after two weeks. If rash is increasing you can get a stool test done. If it decreases with the following medication then the stool test is not necessary.

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It is fine to use air cooler, just make sure the breeze does not hit her directly.

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It looks like she has an eye infection. It also might be some allergy to something she was exposed at the park. Use Oflox eye drops (Ofloxacin) or Toba eye drops (Tobramycin), four to five times a day for at least three days. Snoring implies some chest symptoms. If her breathing is fine, then you can just use any cough syrup. If she also has breathing difficulty, then better to be seen by doctor as eye and chest symptoms can be related.

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Give her one fruit per day. She can eat rice or roti with dal, vegetables like potato, carrot, beetroot, leafy vegetables, etc. Egg yolk can be given once a week. Snacks like biscuit and finger millet porridge can be given. Avoid non-vegetarian, egg white and nuts until one year of age.

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