It is believed that diaper rash is a disease of infants. But full women often have skin inflammation in places of folds, for example, under the mammary glands. This disease manifests itself first reddening, then pain, skin cracks and erosion may appear. The best treatment of diaper rash under the breast is its prevention. It is necessary to observe the rules of personal hygiene, carefully dry the folds of the skin. In the summer and with excessive sweating do it several times a day to prevent the presence of sweat under the breast. Avoid products and cosmetics that cause allergies and try not to sweat much.
But even clean women can skip the beginning of diaper rash, because it can develop in a few hours. If you do not start treating it in time, the inflammation will go to erosion, pain, itching and burning and a bacterial infection with suppuration may appear. Therefore, every woman should know how to cure diaper rash under the breast.
How to treat diaper rash under the breast?
It is easiest to cope with this disaster, if it is just beginning. To do this, you need to eliminate the causes that cause inflammation - moisture and friction. Skin folds are washed with soap or antiseptic solutions and well dried with a soft cloth. Do this with cautious, blotting movements, so as not to damage the skin. If the inflammation is already strong and the touch causes pain, you can dry the skin with a jet of cool air from the hair dryer. After this, skin contact in the folds should be eliminated by padding them with a soft cloth or using talc, baby powder or starch.
Than to treat an intertrigo under a breast in easy or light cases? Although it does not cause severe pain and ulceration, it gives women unpleasant sensations. Therefore, it is necessary to use medicines. Which of them is the best?
- oily drying ointments containing zinc, for example, zinc paste, Teimurova paste , Linin and others, are very helpful;
- effectively use children's cream, especially Desitin;
- You can grease skin folds with sea buckthorn oil or calendula cream;
- when triggering diaper rash, it is necessary to treat skin folds with drying resorcinol solutions, copper sulfate or zinc sulfate;
- For the healing of severe ulcers, ointments are used: Lorinden C, Clotrimazole, Solcoseryl, Levomecol, or Lokakorten-Vioform.
In severe cases, treatment of diaper rash under the mammary glands is carried out with a restriction of mobility and bed rest. In addition to the treatment of skin folds with medicines, one should carry out their toilet and, as often as possible, expose them to air baths.