Eczema..problems

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Sounds like a possible gluten free and casein free diet may be in order. Have you ever heard of celiac disease? In addition to her eczema does she also have any bowel symptoms (not well formed stool or bloating and discomfort)? Either that or do you know of foods she is intolerant to that she can avoid? Removal of allergens usually clears up eczema symptoms. She may need extra fats too such as fish oils.

Congrats on your pregnancy....wow 3 going on 4. I have 3 and know that someday I hope for more, but I couldn't imagine doing it just yet.

I hope you can find something to get her symptoms under control. Good luck!

B. :)

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Hi D.,

I have a five year old son who has suffered with severe allergies and eczema since he was born. Do you have a water softner in your house? We put in a water softner which helped Evan out tremendously! We bathed him in plain dove soap and we would also put Eucerin cream all over his body when he was little. It kept his skin soft and clear. It is hard to smooth onto the skin... especially right after a bath, but it really worked. We don't have too much trouble with that any more. He takes allergy shots every week and is on several allergy medicines, but his skin seems to be much better now. When ever he does get a break out, we apply the Eucerin and it clears him up. Just some suggestions that might help.

Good luck!
G.

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Well i had the same problem, and they gave her Kenalog lotion which is a steroid, but it cleared the rashes up like that!!! Also, have you tried an oatmeal bath or soak? It works wonders!!!!!! Best of luck!!

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I would use the Renew Intensive Skin Therapy Lotion. It's been proven to be more effective than Eucerin and it doesn't contain any chemicals! They did a double blind test between Eurcerin and Renew, meaning that neither the participant nor the person administering the test knew which product was which! Renew hands down! Also, try chemical free laundry detergent! and other personal care products.

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My mom has really bad eczema and she uses Eurcin cream. It helps her hands and arms out alot. I would say give it a try.

My daughter his six and has been battling with this same thing since she was 14 mo. old. She is on Zyrtec, Singular, Flonase and soem eye drops. I Have to use non scented everything. Special laundry detergent, soap, and lotions. Anything non scented will work. She also has a steroid cream that we use when the rash gets really bad. Just ask your pediatrician.

My daughter ws diagnosed w/ eczema when she was about 6 months old. The dermotologist told us that she'd outgrow it by the time she was 11 or 12 YEARS old. I couldn't imagine this poor little girl being so uncomfortable for so long. The dermotologist perscribed hydroxy medication for her and her peditrician had perscribed zyrtec for seasonal allergies. Also, we bathed her in Robothol oil and seriously greased her up w/ Vanicreme multiple times a day. I'm happy to report that by the time she was 12 months old, the eczema had cleared from ugly bumps and rash to a few small flare ups when the weather changes. We give her the allergy medicine 2x daily. This keeps the rashes from itching when they do flare up. Also, it helps her w/ reactions to dogs, pollen, etc. For the flare ups, we still put the vanicreme on her...her skin feels dry and bumpy. Where the skin has actually flared up, we have a perscription creme for her. It's a steroid creme. We used .5% cortizone creme until we got the perscription medication. She doesn't scratch nearly as much and thus the flare ups have all but disapeared. It took us getting her to a dermotologist to get this under control. BUT we don't even have to see him anymore. She's doing fantastic. Her pictures from a year ago to now are so different. I hope this helps. I've given you some over the counter solutions. If you go w/ the Robothol oil, it really builds up, so beware of that. Let me know your daughters progress. Just be aware that eczema is a precursor to asthma.

I have had those same problems with asthma and ezzema my whole life starting when I was a baby----I use Triamcinolne Acetonide cream prescribed by my primary doctor. When it was really bad when I was going through puberty I went to a dermatologist and got cortizone shots which helpped me so much. I got one it lasted for 6 months then I got another and it lasted a year.GOOD LUCK BECASUE A LOT OF DOCTORS TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THESE STEROID TREATMENT B/C YOU DO NOT WANT TO WEAR TEH SKIN TOO THIN, BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE MORE BREAK OUTS. fOR TEH TIME BEING i WOULD TRY TO NOT ALLOW HER TO TAKE BATHS TO ONLY TAKE SHORT SHOWERS THAT ARE COOLER IN TEMERATURE, AND MOSTURIZE WITH A OATMEAL OR COCOA BUTTER CREAM STAYING AWAY FROM ALOE OR FRANGRANCCE, AND TRY TO STY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT IS WATER BASED, SUCH AS VASALINE INTINSIVE CARE. i RECCOMEND aVEENO.

Another idea (that my grandmother told me) is to put baking soda in her bath water. It should ease the "itchiness" of it. My son is 6mo and we are having problems with him too!

Oh and I get it just in the winter but honestly, Victoria Secret lotion... works awesome. My husband doesn't want our son smelling girly so I don't use it on him but you could try it on her...?

My 2 year old son also has eczema. In between flare ups I use Natural babies Eczema wash. They sell it at Target and they also have a lotion. When you put the lotion on them give it a minute or two to soak into their skin and don't let them lean on you because it will stain your clothes like grease. I always use it on him and it has stayed under control for a few months now. Good Luck! I hope it works! K. s.

My daughter has it mildly, but what I have found is that if I keep her moisturized - she doesn't get an outbreak. But what that means is that I have to keep her slicked up even if she appears to be fine! So, I have started using the following: Johnson and Johnson Soothing Naturals - bath soap AND lotion. I NEVER put soap on her face. I still wash her clothes, sheets, towels, washclothes in Dreft. After bath, I put the lotion on and for her face, I found that Aveda Brand Moisturing Lotion (for the face) works like a miricle. If I get lazy (because she looks fine), she'll break out, so I just have to do it all winter long..... I hope that helps!

Hi D.,

I also have 3 children and have gone through the same experience with my first born. The only thing that worked for him were Aveeno products. Bathing seem to worsen the problem so this is when we applied the cream and lotion liberally (post-bath) and then continued as flare ups happened. When the baths became literally painful for him I would use the Aveeno bath treatments (w/ colloidal oatmeal). It offered a lot of relief and I was able to still give him baths. Though it did require a good rinsing/cleaning of the tub afterwards :)

From my experience, the baby line of Aveeno products tend to be cheaper and work just as well.

I hope this advice helps. I'm having to start doing with this again on one of my 15 month old twins who seem to be following in her brother's footsteps with the eczema problems. The only other product I used was a prescription cream which he got when he was older (around 8 yrs) but I still saw quicker results with the Aveeno cream.

Good luck and lets hope for a mild winter!
K.

D., my ds had some eczema problems as an infant, and I found some good advice at www.babywhisperer.com, on the message boards. Browse for your problem, but you can also post and get lots of answers fast.

my 1yr old had it on her face a lot when she was younger and off and on in the creases of her arms and legs. my doctor prescribed a steroid cream that has really helped but i don't think it was as bad as yours is. doesn't help to ask tho. also, i have a friend that uses cetephil soap and that's helps her little boy who has it really bad all over his body.

I've used a few options like Eucurin cream, Jergens Ultra Healing, Hydro-cortison creams (even generic brands help), or any lotion with oatmeal helps out. good luck hun!

One of my children suffers from eczema as well. He does the oppposite, its spring and summer months that are the hardest for him.

From all my researching on eczema in the past few years I have found that most children who suffer from eczema also have a food allergy that triggers the eczema. For my child, it was eggs and nuts and some wheat products. Once we discovered this the eczema became something we could keep in control.

We have tried all sorts of medications. The best treatment you can do to help her is this. Bath her every 2 to 3 days. In between do a birds bath. This will help, trust me!! Also good old vaseline. Get her a cotton robe and just grease her down with vaseline. Eczema preys on dry skin and it just "eats" lotions up as soon as you apply it. Vaseline has been the best trick for my son and my nephew.

When my child is battling with eczema really bad we place socks over his hands when he is sleeping. Digging with their nails can cause a more serious problem with infections.

Also you can bath her a couple of times a week in Aveeno bath soak. It relieves the itching and also helps with the dryness.

Yves Rocher catalog or via internet also offers some very good creams and lotions that have helped my child out.

My daughter went to a dermatologist this summer for eczema. He said the best thing for it, better than any prescription, is hydrocortisone ointment. We had tried the cream, but the ointment works wonders.

D.,

My son has had this exact same problem. He got to the point of bleeding in all of his creases. I brought him to doctor after doctor and nobody did anything. They said he had colic. This started at about age 2 months and lasted until he was 1.5 years old. Whenever I asked the doctors about his skin they would tell me to use aquophore, dove soap, baths every other day instead of every day, everything it seems you have tried. I did get the doctors to prescribe the elidel but it didn't work for my son and they wouldn't prescribe anything stronger. I moved to another town and had to switch doctors. (He was always going to the doctors for ear infections, which the doctors never did anything about either until this year when he got tubes, and he is now 3! He had 6 ear infections in the first year of his life and by the time he was 2 he had had 14!) I brought him to this new doctor for another ear infection and he prescribed to creams to put on immediately after his nighttime bath. They are Cutivate cream, 0.05%, which is a steroidal cream, and Protopic ointment. Many doctors don't want kids on these because it's a steroidal cream but it worked wonders on my son. The only time I was to use it was when he was broken out with his rash or else his body would become immune to it. After about the first week of using this his rash was completely gone and I only had to use the creams occasionally. I would DEFINITELY ask your doctor to prescribe these meds for your daughter.

Good luck. Let me know what happens.

B.

Hi D.,

I think you have been given a lot of advice. The only thing I can add is that eczema almost never is the ONLY thing your child has. It almost always is a symptom of something else - usually allergies or celiacs or even asthma. I'd try taking your child off all foods except a core set of foods that are highly unlikely to be allergenic, like chicken, rice, apple sauce, green beans, and then I'd add one food every three or four days into the diet and see what happens. It sometimes takes three days or so for an allergic reaction. It could also be the detergent you use. If you're not already using hypoallergenic detergent, switch. It could be something in the yard, the dog or cat, etc. You will have to experiment around, because the allergy testing that works for adults doesn't really work (for reasons I'm not sure about) for little kids. Also, look through the old postings on eczema. This is the third or fourth time someone's asked this same question since I joined MamaSource, and you might find even more info by reading back a little ways through the old posts.

Good luck to you - my daughter has eczema badly, and we tried everything. Eventually you will find some things that work, and hopefully as she ages, things will get somewhat better.

Products with extract of Wild Pansy have been known to help with eczema. You can find these at Natural food stores or even in regular drugstores. Aveeno products also help to relieve the itching sensation. I hope this helps.

I'm so sorry to hear that your little one is suffering from this. I, too, had an eczema breakout just before I got pregnant with my son. My cause was fabric softner. Obviously, I quit using that, but I still had a horrible, itchy rash that blistered. The only thing that worked for me was lotion from Melaleuca. I know someone else mentioned this and they are FABULOUS products. I would check Nature's Pantry or Wild Oats market to see if they have a lotion with tea tree oil or look for a Melaleuca rep that can order it for you! When I was with Melaleuca, it was called Renew.

good luck!

My son has eczema and he is 2 1/2 years old. His doctor prescribed him an ointment that works wonders! He too gets it really bad in the dry weather and he even seems to get it in his diaper area on occassion. I would ask the doctor. There are meds they can prescribe if it is that bad.

my nephew has exzema really bad too and he does the same thing. His mom has tried everything and nothing really helps all the way but sometimes when he wakes up i put him in a bath and let him play a while and soften up his skin and then i rub him down with some exzema lotion which is basically for sensitive skin and rock him to sleep or watch a cartoon with him. depending on how old she is it might work it helps to sooth the itch and gets their mind off it plus the bath helps them relax and sleep better also maybe make sure she isnt getting to hot cause that is bad sweat on their already raw spots is a bad deal. he has a bad spot where his undies rub on his belly and he wont leave it alone cause it is always fired up from his pants so i put a big bandaid on it and we call it his no more scratch patch he likes it and u can find cute big ones at the local drug store usually. that helps too. a bath even before she goes to bed might help too if u dont already do that. it soothes the skin and calms their nerves so they sleep better and dont get so cranky if they do wake up. watch waht kind of clothes she is sleeping in too it mgiht be her bed of clothes rubbing on it and that always flares it up so i hope any of this helped a little. good luck mom

You know, I saw that you got a LOT of responses about this and I was wondering what you had decided on? I have a friend that had eczema HORRIBLE and she got rid of the chemical cleaners and changed her soap and uses Renew lotion and you can't even tell she ever had it. She also takes a product called Florify, that I also take for IBS. Eczema and allergies are VERY closely related. And eczema is from the inside out usually.
The products I mentioned above are from the company Melaleuca and I help set up accounts for people so they can get them shipped right to their homes. If you are interested you can send me a message privately.
Thanks,
R.

A friend says that she has had success with Arbonne products for her son.

D.,
I would try Tea Tree Oil. I was with a company called Melaleuca and the products were awesome!! All the products are all harsh chemical free and all natural. I just wish now I could afford to keep all of the products in my home but money is tight right now. Wal-Mart does carry it on their shelves in the area with band-aids.
K.

Both of our little girls have small patches of excema on their bottoms, and our oldest gets it occassionally in small spots on her arms. We've been lucky that neither of them have had it very bad, but we did still have to get an Rx cream from the pedi to help keep it under control. The dry weather does seem to make a difference in how badly it flares up. Good luck helping your little one get hers in control so it doesn't bother her so much. (hug)

I am a firm believer in Arbonnes baby line my son had the same problem not as bad but I have used it for over a year and we have had no more problems I even signed up to sell it because it worked so well. if you need some or want to try call me I will halp you out. L. ###-###-####

my daughter had eczema problems once and I was told to buy a lotion called Moisturel and it works wonders I bought mine at a local drug store . I was also told to bathe her every other day and not use alot of soap until she cleared up soap just tends to make it worst . Unless she is like mine and plays rough just like the boys . But anyways lots of moisturel 2 to 3 times a day put it on everywhere it works good for diaper rash as well . She no longer gets eczema but we use the lotion more in the cold months as she tends to dry out more .

If you want to discuss this further plz msg me
Good luck

Arbonne International has a fantastic baby line. The oil and lotion work wonders on my little girl.

D., I have a nephew (now 5) who was like that, and his younger sister (now 2) is the same. For those two out of the 4 children in their family, it is related to food allergies, and both of them only drink soy milk and have frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. My sister-in-law had a prescription from an allergist for Elidel (a cream), which worked really well. She's also used some kind of aloe cream that she ordered online, but I don't have the details for that. That one was some kind of miracle for both children's skin! I hope this helps, good luck!

Arbonne Diaper Rash Cream is well-known for working wonders with eczema. The entire baby line is very gentle and beneficial to sensitive skin like this, child or adult. Here is the link to the info.

https://www.arbonne.com/shop_online/showCatalog.asp?categ...

I personally use it and have testimonials from pediatricians of it's efficacy for that exact purpose. If you would like me to get you some, let me know. I am a consultant.

Best of luck!
M.
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My son is 2 1/2 years old and has had the same problems. We even went and saw a dermatologist last year. We use Eucerin behind his knee where it is the worst and it seems to help. He does the same thing at night..he wakes up crying because it itches so bad. They did prescribe him a steroid last year that we used on a couple of spots that were really bad. Check with your doctor...thye can probably prescribe something.

Have u taken her to the doctor to see if maybe they can give her some prescription medicine? Try maybe vaseline lotion without the fragence.

My daughter just turned two at the end of January. She has had asthma and eczema also. At the beginning of January she was so bad that she couldnt stop itching and I got her up one morning and she had scratched so much that she was bloody along with all her bedding. I took her to a different doctor and he gave her medicine and she was completely cleared up within a week. He put her on a topical steroid called triamcinolone acetonide cream 0.5%. It is a strong one for her age but we needed to get it knocked out. He also gave her a liquid medicine to stop the itching to give the spots a chance to clear up with the medicine. I put the topical steroid on her 3 times a day until it was cleared up and the oral medicine ran out in a week but she was no longer itching and was cleared up so she didnt need it anyway. Now that she is cleared up I only use 0.1% (hydrocortisone) cream that you buy over the counter on her spots unless it is red and inflamed which doesnt happen very often. Also, when you give her a bath, make sure the water is at the most luke warm and as soon as you get her out rub her down with plain vaseline. Vaseline works better than anything else I have tried. Make sure until you get her cleared up that you keep it cool in your house. Our peds doc that we started taking her too specializes in kids with problems, he was my doctor when I was a child because I have spina bifida. He likes to say "the greasier the better". Just make sure she's not too greasy if you dont put socks on her or she'll fall. Hope this helps because I know it did me and my daughter was to the point she couldnt sleep and was bloody a lot.

My son dylan has eczema also, I use Aveno baby wash for him and the doctor gave me a presciption and the minute i put it on him it seems to work.

The paper from walgreens says its MOMETASONE (pronounced-{ moe-MET-a-sone}). Common Uses: its a corticosteroid used to reduce itching, redness, and swelling associated with man skin conditions.

This medicine works very well on my son.. ask your doctor about it.

The only thing I can really add is bathe her with oatmeal soap and when the itching gets real bad put her in an oatmeal bath Aveeno has an oatmeal cream tht works great. My daughter and I both suffer from eczema outbreaks. We found a Cortaid lotion. We put it on everyday and it really helps us.
Wish you the best. I know this tough but there is releif.
P.
Ps.The steroid cream is also great it got mine under control so that I could maintain it.

I have a son who is that has asthma and eczema. I know what you are going through. When he was in the hospital for a week, the Dr. told me to try eucerin. I have not had a problem since. I put it on him everytime he gets out of the bath and is doing great. You can get it at Target, Walmart, etc...It is a little pricy, but well worth it.

I have these same problems all my life. I can only think of a few things, I know you might not feel comfortable about giving your kids medication,but I do know depending on what your doctor recommends for a dose that Benedryl does calm done that itching feeling. I know that really warm baths will flare up the eczema also. Another thing that helps is the sun and it may sound crazy to you but I have been told that going and laying in a tanning bed helps. I also put on a lotion Eucerin and then cover up as much of the problem area as possible and let it soak in. Well I hope that I was able to help a little bit. My name is T. E. I have 3 kids and a full time job.

other than possible allergies, to dairy,chocolate, eggs,etc....
can try florosone cream, a natural, homeopathic NON-steroids use that can help...or for a little one younger than 2yrs, borage cream may help. Both items can be obtained at a health foods store. Does help!!! Good luck