Hydracortisone: Myself
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Anyone Ever Have an Older Child Get the Chicken Pox Virus?
Asked by K.C. from Hartford
on September 1, 2008
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My youngest daughter, who is eleven, has a case of shingles. She, along with her older sister and brother, had chicken pox when they were young. She was only six mon...
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- Hi K., When my oldest son was in 1st grade he too brought home the chicken pox. He missed the vaccination due to a bad batch and a change of pediatricians. A few we...
- I too just recently had shingles myself and I will tell you they are not fun. It's very dangerous to get them on the face though. So keep a close eye on her that it ...
- Have you looked into Reliv nutritional supplements? They are great and designed to support the immune system. They are 99% absorbed (vs. vitamins or many other suppl...
Excema and Poor Sleep Habits
Asked by S.F. from Santa Fe
on September 10, 2008
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Hello fellow mamas! I am going a little bit crazy with sleep deprivation. My daughter has excema and wakes up very frequently scratching herself, at least every 2 hour...
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- When I worked in childcare most of the parents who had infants and even older children with excema used aquafor. Some were severe enough cases that they were on prescr...
- I totally understand not being able to get sleep for the itching. For me, I could never co-sleep unless i was physically past exhausted or ill. That was "mommy and dad...
- S., The poor sleep habits may be related to the exzema. The company I represent does have a clinically proven intensive skin therapy that works against eczema and pso...
Rash Under the Armpit and Under arm..Help!!!
Asked by S.C. from Detroit
on March 4, 2012
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I have been working out for over a month now. I.have developed a bumpy rash in my armpit and under my biceps. I have tried vaseline, corn starch,hydrocord. Cream. The ...
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- I'd try taking an antihistimine like they do when kids get rashes and see if that helps.
- I'm not clear. Did you see a dermatologist and if so what did he say? If not perhaps it's time to see one. Like CW, I've had a rash under my arms and it was cause...
- My daughter had something similar a few weeks ago. The rash seemed to be caused by a virus, but then it got infected and kept spreading. The doctor prescribed mupiro...
Cradle Cap Question
Asked by A.C. from Salt Lake City
on February 5, 2009
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Help! My newborn - 10 weeks old has cradle cap. I've been putting oil on his scalp daily, but then it lately looked like it was getting irritated, so I stopped. The...
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- My pediatrician had me use Selsun BLue a couple of times a week. Put a little on his/her scalp and gentle rub with a soft toothbrush. It will usually be gone in a we...
- I know how you feel--my 5 month old still has it and when she was really little she actually had it on her face too. Our doctor recommended mineral oil and we put that...
- My pediatrician told me that cradle cap actually forms in the presence of excess oil, so the scalp-oil remedies are somewhat misleading. Washing the hair more often wi...
Dry, Irritated, Red Patch of Skin Between the Chin and the Bottom Lip?
Asked by D.F. from Albany
on January 20, 2009
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Hi there, My 3 1/2 year old son has a dry, red patch of skin just above his chin.
It seems to be getting worse and he is complaining that it hurts.
Any ideas of wha...
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- It could be chapped skin. Does he lick his lips alot? My doctor recommended hydrocortizone cream.
- When I don't want to go to the doctor, I usually just call and ask to speak to the nurse who usually provides good advice about little things like that. I use Cetaphi...
- Hey! It sounds very similar to what my 4 year old girl had. Hers was right below her mouth. It would not go away. We used Aquafor for awhile and that helped at fi...
What Can I Do for My Son's Dry Skin?
Asked by S.T. from Albany
on April 16, 2008
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My two year old son has such sensitive skin and there are dray marks on his legs especially behind the knees and they are sooo big and and I want to take care of those...
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- Hi S., it may be be excema, our son has had it since infancy he's 3 now. The rash behind the knee is classic of excema. It responds very well to prescription cream. It...
- Have you tried Vics Vapor Rub??!! It has cleared up me and my children's dry skin and eczyma!! Good luck!!
- Have you tried Burt's Bees. It is usually 95% or higher natural ingredients. I won't use any other lotion. They do make a baby formula that is buttermilk. It goes ...
Baby Acne
Asked by K.J. from Dallas
on April 7, 2007
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My daughter is a month old and has baby acne (as the ped calls it) really bad she says it will go away soon but it looks really bad and seems to be irritating my baby....
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- My youngest had the same problem plus ezcema so I used Aveno wash and lotion and aquaphor in between, It worked great and was gone within a week. I still use aquaph...
- Hi Catrina. I know how difficult it is to watch your baby suffer like that, and not know what to do to make her feel better! Believe me, I've been there before too wit...
- My 10 week old daughter started getting baby acne 2 weeks ago. It is hormonal, and cremes etc will only irritate it. Today (2 weeks later) it looks like it's finally...
Question About a Weird Rash on My Son's Hands.
Asked by J.B. from Great Falls
on March 14, 2009
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My 7 year old son has a weird rash on his hands. It started today, but I've seen it once before. It's just on the back of the hands, mostly around the knuckles at th...
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- I had a similar rash once. Bright red, with little tiny bumps only on my hands. Turned out that one of my roommates was using a deep heating rub that I was allergic ...
- Our doctor recommends Vanicream, and I love it. We also use Gentle Naturals Baby Eczema Cream. I like it better than Aquaphor, and it doesn't burn. It could just be...
- Hi J., My entire family has this problem! It happens to us when our hands get really dry, so keeping them lotioned up will help preven this but now that you've got i...
Rash
Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on November 8, 2008
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Tonight while giving my five-year-old son a bath, my husband noticed a series of raised white bumps on his thighs and buttocks. The rash was definitely not there last...
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- My son is 3.5 and has gotten two unidentified rashes in his life..once on the back of his knee and it grew worse to to the back of his leg and once just recently on th...
- I'm not a physician but this sounds like something we've been battling. We did go to the doctor with our 2 and 4 year old who had bumps that were basically flesh colo...
- R., My son gets patches of hives when he has a virus running through his system. He wil get a couple patches then they dissapear and come back in different spots. Th...
Wedding Ring Rash
Asked by A.P. from San Francisco
on July 16, 2009
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Ever since my swelling went down after my son was born (3 months ago) my Skin has been irritated by my wedding ring to the point that I can not wear it. My skin get li...
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- Hello A., I too had that problem after my son was born. I was told that I had become sensitive to one of the minerals (due to hormonal changes) used to make my ring. ...
- My wedding band used to do this all the time (in fact I hardly wore it because of this). It has stones in a channel setting - so there is room for lotion/soap/dirt to ...
- I got this, too - it's an allergic reaction, unfortunately, and I don't think there's any real way to be rid of it other than changing rings :-( I ended up having to g...
