How to prevent sunburn in children by avoiding sun exposure

Children's skin is very delicate. Under the scorching sun in summer, if you don't do a good job of sun protection, the baby's delicate skin can easily be sunburned and form sun spots. Some sun spots are very itchy or even painful, which brings great pain to the baby and also causes great trouble to the parents.

How to prevent sunburn in children

1. Protect your skin

To prevent solar dermatitis, we must first pay attention to skin protection. Generally speaking, everyone should pay attention to using warm water to clean the dust and sweat on the affected area, and use burn ointment or cooling talcum powder to keep the affected skin cool and refreshed, which is very helpful for the treatment of solar dermatitis.

2. Pay attention to your diet

Dietary adjustment is also a good way to prevent this disease. You can eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, but be careful about some fruits and vegetables with strong photosensitiveness. Many solar dermatitis can be triggered by fruits and vegetables with strong photosensitiveness. In seasons with low sunlight intensity and low ultraviolet intensity, you should get more sun exposure to enhance your skin's ability to respond to the season. In addition, there is also a diet saying that you should eat less photosensitive foods in summer, such as mud snails, gray vegetables, milk vetch, snow vegetables, lettuce, fennel, amaranth, shepherd's purse, celery, radish leaves, spinach, buckwheat, coriander, safflower, rapeseed, Chinese cabbage, mustard, figs, citrus, lemon, mango, pineapple, etc., which can easily induce solar dermatitis. Some friends who take medicine should also pay attention that some medicines are photosensitivity. Photosensitivity Chinese medicine: Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes macrocephala, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Adenophora radix, Psoralea corylifolia, etc. Photosensitivity Western medicine: sulfonamides, aspirin, sodium salicylate, tetracycline, chlorpheniramine, chlordiazepoxide, oral contraceptives, estrogen, etc. Foods like tomatoes, strawberries, edamame, tuna, watermelon, and lemon are all good for sun protection and you can eat more of them.

3. Avoid exposure to sunlight

Avoiding sun exposure is closely related to the prevention of this disease. When going out, you should take protective measures such as holding an umbrella, wearing a straw hat, gloves, etc. You can also use some sun-shielding agents externally: such as reflective sunscreen, 15% zinc oxide ointment; 5% titanium dioxide emulsion; 5% para-aminobenzoic acid emulsion or tincture; 10% salo ointment, etc.

The above article introduces several ways to prevent babies from getting sunspots. If you want to keep your children away from sunspots, you'd better do a good job of prevention. When going out, be sure to let your children wear sun-protective clothing, do not take your children out when the sunlight is strong, and generally choose to take your children out before 9 am and after 4 pm. In addition, we should pay attention to our daily diet and avoid eating spicy foods. Finally, I wish all babies good health and stay away from sun spots.