First, the collodion baby and its main symptoms collodion baby is a kind of ichthyosis, a rare skin genetic disease, and a high incidence of premature infants, which is an autosomal recessive skin desquamation disease. Babies with homozygous recessive genes may get sick at birth.

The main clinical manifestations are redness, edema, smoothness, tightness and poor elasticity of the whole body, and the surface is covered with a layer of hard yellow oily gum (like oiled parchment). This tight membrane makes the baby's limbs confined to a special position, and the skin is stiff and feels like plastic paper. Cracks and peeling occurred within 24 hours after birth, and a large number of keratin layers fell off. The skin at the joint is cracked, the ice edge at the crack is inclined, the upper eyelid is everted, the lips are slightly everted (fishmouth-shaped), the nose wing collapses, and the nostrils are blocked by horny debris, which needs to be removed. Ears are deformed by colloid damage, forming wrinkles. The upper and lower limbs and fingers are half bent, and the toes are bent separately. Facial skin is tense and expressionless. The appearance is seriously ugly, the treatment effect is poor, and many people may die because they can't suck or have secondary infection.

Secondly, other types of neonatal diseases are not only collodion-like infants, but also ichthyosis vulgaris, lamellar ichthyosis, sexual ichthyosis and congenital herpetic ichthyosis.

Third, the treatment means include wet compress with diluted iodophor; Application of epidermal growth factor; External application of hydrocolloid dressing; External use of vitamin d; Oral vitamin AD drops and vitamin e capsules; Children with double eyelid ectropion can be disinfected with sterile saline after applying chlortetracycline ointment; Ventilator assists breathing, cleans respiratory tract and so on.

Fourth, other suggestions as parents, don't be overly nervous and depressed, communicate with medical staff in time, cooperate with treatment, respond to diseases with a positive attitude, and increase confidence in overcoming diseases. As a parent, it should be noted that the baby's immunity is still low and it is vulnerable to bacterial infection during treatment. At this time, the key is to protect the child's skin and prevent bacterial infection. After treatment, you should still go to the hospital for follow-up visits regularly, and seek medical advice in time when your condition worsens or infection occurs.