Parents often notice that their child has cracks in their fingers or toes. This skin condition is very painful.
The resulting cracks serve as entry points for infection and often end in suppurative processes.
The causes of cracks are varied.
A lack of complete animal protein in food leads to a decrease in the amount of connective tissue and the skin loses its elasticity.
As a result, cracks appear during movements.
Nutrition correction is carried out by increasing the content of foods with a high collagen content in food.
In children, they occur as a result of wearing tight or inappropriate shoes.
Constant friction of individual areas of the skin causes a violation of the integrity of the skin.
In this case, baths made from decoctions of medicinal herbs are the best way to get rid of cracks.
Marigold and chamomile flowers (40 g) are steamed with two glasses of boiling water, then mixed with a liter of warm water. After a 20-minute bath, the cracks are lubricated with sea buckthorn oil or rosehip oil.
A reduced amount of B vitamins, vitamins A and E in food leads to metabolic disorders and cracks in the epidermis.
The cracks become gaping and muscle tissue is visible through them.
Aevit is used in capsules, neurorubin in tablets.
The diet should be enriched by increasing the content of eggs, liver, spinach and nuts.
Increased blood sugar leads to dry skin and mucous membranes due to the evaporation of large amounts of moisture.
In this case, the use of SixtuMed oil gives a good effect.
Cracks are accompanied by redness, peeling, and the formation of scales.
Often a specific smell is attached.
Antifungal ointments (clotrimazole, lamisil) are used for treatment.
The cracks are lubricated with glycerin with the addition of tea tree oil (5:1).
Bleeding cracks and itchy rashes appear near the finger joints.
Treatment is complex and includes antihistamines (suprastin, tavegil) and ointments with corticosteroids.
The drug Acroderm has been successfully used.
Some types of soap and washing powders are not suitable for washing mittens and socks.
First they cause dry skin, then cracking.
Lubricating the skin with bepanthen and heated olive oil usually gets rid of cracks.
Psoriatic plaques, when localized in the interdigital area, violate the integrity of the skin.
Treatment should be individual and comprehensive, consisting of sedatives and antiallergic drugs, vitamin therapy and hormonal drugs.
Ointments used include sinalar and fluorocort.
In general, the treatment of cracks in a child’s fingers depends on the cause that caused them.
Baby warts? common infection. Children have poorly developed immunity, so they are at particular risk. Viral diseases occur more often in them than in adults. A skin tumor in the form of a wart is caused by the papilloma virus. It is often localized on the legs, arms and face. Warts grow quickly, can change, bleed and hurt when injured. To clarify the diagnosis, it is better to consult a dermatologist. This is done so as not to confuse the wart with other skin infections.
A wart on a toe, or anywhere else, causes a feeling of disgust and fear in children. It is worth explaining to the child that it is absolutely safe. The causative agent is the human papillomavirus. And it, in turn, comes in several types. And under no circumstances do growths appear from frogs. But a wart and a papilloma are not the same thing. One virus? diseases are different.
Warts are not spread by shaking hands or touching an infected person.
The situation of contact of a healthy child with damaged skin, directly with the virus carrier, is dangerous. Many people are carriers of this disease.
As long as the immune system is good, the virus sleeps. If immunity decreases to a critical level, the virus becomes more active and enters the reproduction phase.
Warts can be contracted through shared bedding and hygiene products.
Even after they appear, warts can disappear on their own. Immunity dropped and a growth appeared. Has your immunity improved? disappeared. This situation occurs very often in children. If you see a growth, you should not immediately start treatment. First you need to visit a doctor who will confirm or refute the diagnosis.
The appearance of skin growths in children at an early age is rare. They usually break out by age 5 and may go away on their own. If the growth does not bother your child, just wait a little. The likelihood that she will have to be treated is very low.
If the growths are located in a bunch, you cannot do without medical intervention. It is necessary to diagnose a wart before starting treatment.
Its distinction is made with the following skin formations:
In addition to visual inspection, laboratory tests are sometimes required:
Pharmacology has come a long way.
Medications are used to treat warts in children.
They are conventionally divided into groups:
In a special clinic you can remove warts on the feet. Treatment is carried out using modern methods. The doctor will choose the most optimal option for the child.
You can remove the growth using the following methods:
If the rash is single, you can try using traditional methods for treating warts:
It is necessary to follow basic rules in everyday life:
By following these rules, your child will not only be saved from warts. You will prevent a number of other diseases that can easily be contracted at home.
hello, I recently noticed that the skin on the feet of my 3-year-old child is dry, everything would be fine if cracks had not appeared on the big toes. We treat them locally, regularly lubricating them with bepanthen, they bother the baby! I’m sure the ointment will help, the question is why they appeared and what needs to be done to prevent them from happening. The child has allergies and suffers from constipation, but we are actively fighting this. Thank you. I hope for an answer
Perhaps the cause of the appearance of cracks is vitamin deficiency (lack of vitamins A, E, B), but it is necessary to exclude fungal infection of the skin, for this you need to consult a dermatologist.
Good afternoon The child's big toes have very dry skin and it cracks. I visited different dermatologists and they said it was vitamin deficiency. They prescribed smearing betaderm + calendula, then celederm, rubbing vitamin A and E into the fingers, but it didn’t help. I started giving the girl (she is one year and three months old) vitamins A and E, 5 drops twice a day, and smearing her fingers with sea buckthorn oil. but my fingers crack again and again. celederm dries out the skin and makes it even worse. Please tell me what should we do? Could this be an allergy? We have already visited all the dermatologists in our city! I will be grateful for your answer!
In the event that the skin cracks only on the toes, it is unlikely that this is a manifestation of an allergy - the area of skin damage would be much larger. Please tell me if scrapings were taken from the baby’s cracks for microscopy, was an infection detected?
We were diagnosed by eye. They looked and said it was vitamin deficiency. and what and how I haven’t achieved anything else. Child on adult food plus breastfeeding. Where and how can this analysis be done and how is it done? Is it possible to have vitamin deficiency while breastfeeding? The child eats fruits and vegetables and cereals, everything except fermented milk.
Even with a balanced diet, if the gastrointestinal tract is disrupted, hypovitaminosis may develop. To more accurately determine the cause, a biopsy of the affected area of skin and microscopic examination is necessary.
Please tell me what to do right, because this is already our third month on our hands. It seems like the cracks will improve a little, disappear, and then appear again. I really want to help the little one! Thank you very much in advance!
Unfortunately, it is impossible to identify the cause of the condition you describe through an online consultation. A personal examination of damaged skin areas, instrumental and laboratory tests are required. It is also necessary to perform a general blood test - a reduced hemoglobin level can provoke the condition you describe.
Hello! Please tell me, my daughter is 3 years old, first cracks appeared on her feet and big toe, and then the nail became thick and changed color. there is brown. I just don’t know what to do anymore, this has already been going on for four months. HELP!
If the skin cracks only on the feet and toes, it is unlikely that this is a manifestation of an allergy - the area of the skin affected would be much larger. These manifestations are characteristic of a fungal infection, taking into account the fact that the nail plate is also involved in the process. Please tell me whether they took scrapings from the baby’s cracks for microscopy, and scrapings from the affected nail, and whether an infection was detected? Only after receiving the results of the further investigation will the specialist make an accurate diagnosis and, if necessary, prescribe adequate treatment. At this stage, you can give your child vitamins A, E, B, to exclude vitamin deficiency. Read more about fungal skin infections in the article Skin candidiasis.
Yes, they took scrapings from both the nail and the foot, nothing was found, they also took it for culture, but the analysis is not ready yet. Why then do antiallergic drugs seem to help if it is a fungus? Thanks for the answer!
Changes in the nail plate can also be due to a violation of the trophism (nutrition) of tissues, which leads to deformation (thickening) of the nail plate, as well as wearing the wrong shoes. Cracks in the skin can also be a consequence of vitamin deficiency, deficiency of vitamins A, E, B. It is recommended to wait for the results of bacteriological culture and only after that the dermatologist will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe adequate treatment. If antihistamines help, then there is most likely an allergic component to the skin lesion. Read more about this disease in our Allergy section.
Hello! I wrote to you before, our culture test is ready, we found candida, but I still don’t understand where they came from? They prescribed treatment for nails - Exoderil, feet and toes Akriderm GK inside Termicon tablets, as I understand it, this is a potent medicine, how can it affect the development of the child, nothing was prescribed for the stomach! tell!
Candida can normally be present in our body. As a rule, the main reason for the development of candidiasis is decreased immunity. To determine the causes of decreased immunity, you must seek a personal consultation with an immunologist. Immunological blood tests will be required. Based on the results obtained, it will be possible to make a diagnosis and prescribe adequate immunostimulating treatment. At this time, the prescribed course of antifungal treatment must be carried out. Read more about immunity in a series of articles devoted to this topic by following the link Immunity.