Types of diaper rash – table
2015-10-26
Self treatment isn't always helpful, if the rashes don't go away within 7 days, please seek professional medical advice.
If there are other symptoms than the rash (fever, open wounds, blisters) or if it gets more painful, contact your doctor as soon as possible.
| Type of diaper rash | Description | Causes | Treatment | ||
| CONTACT | ● flat, in forms of stains | It's the most common type of diaper rash caused by chemical substances in single-use diapers | ● Change diapers as often as possible | ||
![]() | ● can appear in single spot or in the whole bottom or genitals area | ● Wash the bottom under running water before every diaper change. Do not use wet wipes. | |||
| ● can appear in areas where skin has contact with diaper | ● Use after burn cream | ||||
| ● If you can, uncover the bottom to air the skin. If you don't want your child to get cold, cover with blanket, and cover your child's legs with warmers. | |||||
| ● Consider using eco single-use diapers or reusable diapers | |||||
| CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH URINE (AMMONIA) | ● resembles contact rash | This rash is caused by skin contact with urine. In some children, it appears pretty quickly, in some other children, it can appear some time later. | ● Change diapers as often as possible. You can even change diapers after every urination. | ||
![]() | ● flat, in form of stains ● appears where the skin had contact with urine | ● If you use reusables with natural fibers ( Wool, bamboo, hemp ) consider putting in panty liner „dry bum” | |||
| ● Consider introducing NHN - Natural Hygiene of Newborn – In this way, the skin will have almost no contact with urine | |||||
| CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH FECES | ● usually in forms of little blisters around the anus area. | Caused by long-time contact with fecals. Other cause can be a diet rich in acid products or food allergy. | ● After single rash, deep clean the bottom with water, gently dry out and use diaper rash cream. | ||
![]() | ● Uncover to air the bottom.
● Pay closer attention to your child's diet ( or yours if you breastfeed ) to acid products or allergic products. | ||||
| FUNGAL | ● spots similar to acne or pox | The cause is almost always the diet. Antibiotics or diet rich in acid, dairy or gluten products can damage bacterial flora and cause fungal growth - candida - that can lead to rash. | Follow these steps: | ||
![]() | ● starts in the anus area and spreads further | 1. Kill bacterias on skin with proper cream prescribed by doctor or cream available without prescription - ( ask in pharmacy - should contain clotrimazole) | |||
| Warning: Skin diseases of hands, feet, lips can also cause a fungal-like spots. To make sure it's "the diaper" one, check hands, feet and thighs. If the spots appear here, you can be sure it's NOT a diaper rash. | 2. Eliminate the source. Eliminate acid products, dairy, gluten from diet. After treatment, slowly re-introduce the products to diet again, observing for the possible source of problem. | ||||
| 3. Restore the balance in liver, by probiotics with as much bacterial strains as possible ( available in pharmacy or stores with healthy food ) | |||||
| 4. Disinfect clothes, bedsheets and reusable diapers by adding 1 teacup of vinegar. Do it even on fifth day of rash | |||||
| ATOPIC DERMATITIS
| ● red, itchy, can peel off
● Blisters and discharge ● usually appears: under bottom, groins, in the bends of the elbows and under the knees ● can appear on cheeks and head. | It's hard to diagnore Atopic Dermatitis. Usually it's caused by food products or contact with chemicals (in food, cosmetics or cleaning/washing products) | 1. Disinfect and remove the source of it: change cosmetics to hypoalergic ones; wash in natural products ( washing nuts, washing eco-balls ), take rarer baths; eliminate dairy, soya, gluten or highly processed food from diet. | ||
| 2. Moisturize the skin with emolient or natural coconut, almond, chamomile oils | |||||
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