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One Year Old with Croup, Any Ideas?
Asked by N.J. from Salt Lake City
on March 20, 2008
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I am looking for other ideas on helping my daughter with croup. How wonderful that she ended up getting it on her first birthday to the date. I feel so helpless with...
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- You are getting lots of good advice. I have two children who are now teenagers who suffered croup 10 times between the two of them when they were younger. I have tried...
- Hi N., I had the same problem when my daughter was one. She has had Croup three times and is only two and a half. The doc told me to run hot water in the bathroom t...
- N., I am not sure what you have done yet to correct the environment but confirming the filters in the house are kept clean, and if no filtering of air I would start. A...
Natural Remedies for Severe Eczema
Asked by T.N. from Dallas
on January 14, 2010
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Hello mamas,
My 2 y/o son has severe eczema. Mostly on his legs. His legs have red patches, and it feels like coarse sand paper. He is itching badly. I don't want...
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- My daughter (now 2) had it as a baby and it drove us both NUTS! I got a book called Super Immunity for Kids and learned alot about essential fatty acids and all the th...
- Hi T., I know you have tons of responses but I can tell you that Sea Salt in the bath water or pour sea salt water over him after his bath will work. Try to let him ai...
- Oatmeal is supposed to work wonders. Im a hairdresser and one of my co workers father had bad eczema and he started using the oatmeal and honey shampoo and he started ...
Relieving Itching with Eczema
Asked by S.S. from Killeen
on April 25, 2008
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My 28 month old son has had eczema since birth, I done tried all kinds of creams, steroids and liquids. He has severe itching, im wanting to know if there is any home ...
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- I've recently started using a product called Honey Guy on my 15 month old and it works great, better than anything I've used before, and it's all natural. The websit...
- It's true, eczema is an allergic reaction, but not just to a food. Sometimes even Dreft will irrirtate a baby's skin. If your baby has this as severly as you say, yo...
- try tea tree oil. hope it helps.
9 Year Old and Video Games
Asked by D.J. from Lake Charles
on January 29, 2012
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Hello all you wonderful mothers out there. I need a little bit of help. My nine year old son has recently become obsessed with video games! He's always liked them b...
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- During the week, mind you we homeschool so his work is done by dinner, he get's one hour. If it's a new game and it's the weekend, I will allow more time and he can e...
- I have never had a strict time limit but my son did a different sport every season so w/ practices, games, matches, boy scouts, etc, he didn't have a lot of game time ...
- I have a 16, 13 & soon to be 12 yr old here, the 16yr old struggles @ school, the 13yr old is & alwayz has been A-B student, the youngest is in school for the socializ...
How to Keep 6 y.o. from Spreading Poison Ivy?
Asked by S.B. from New York
on May 26, 2012
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Hello everyone! My son woke up yesterday and announced that he had poison ivy. He said he contracted it from a 5th grader on his school bus a few days prior who had a...
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- Have him go soak in a pool right away. If the pool has recently been shocked then all the better. I had it and after swimming at a friend's house then mine started ...
- Poison Ivy causes a rash if the oils of the plant touch your skin. It does not actually spread by scratching and spreading pus. In other words, you would have to act...
- Poison ivy spreads when you scratch open the sores and the pus gets on other people. He NEEDS to stop scratching and wash his hands when he does. I would not let h...
6 Year Old Diagnosed with Asthma/allergies
Asked by L.K. from Port St. Lucie
on May 29, 2007
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Last year after a 2 year stretch of lots of coughs we had my son tested for allergies. He was diagnosed with asthma and allergic to dust mites and pet dander. He has n...
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- Hi, Based on your comments it sounds as if your son will be fine. I can't say that he will outgrow it, but I think there's a very good possibility that you can liv...
- Hello, My son was diagnosed with asthma at 3. I took hime for allergy testing and he is allergic to trees and grass. He has been on many "control" meds, which reall...
- My husband had severe allergies and asthma as a child, and there was no shortage of dogs in his family. From what I understand he didn't entirely grow out of the aller...
8 Year Old Daughter Is Losing Alot of Hair
Asked by D.K. from Detroit
on August 3, 2009
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Hello everyone, my 8 yr. old daughter has been losing, what I think, is alot of hair. It is to the point where I have been brushing her hair out on the front porch. ...
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- Our daughter went through a phase at about 8 years old where she was loosing a lot of hair (like clumps on the pillow lot of hair). She is healthy and vibrant and it ...
- Hi D.---It seems that you've received alot of great advice and possibilities. I would also emphasize the need to make sure your daughter's diet is not contributing in...
- hello D. the same thing is going on with me and my doc did a whole blood and body work up and found out that i had a cyste they are going to remove it ,once i givg bi...
Red Burning Swollen Hands in 7 Year Old
Asked by C.M. from Washington DC
on February 5, 2013
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Hi. My daughter who is 7 (almost 8) just came down stairs (she was in bed) crying and her hands were burning red and a little swollen. She was just crying so hard! I r...
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- My hands and feet swell up and burn when I break out in hives...for me the hives is something new, and I have yet to place what it is in my environment that is causing...
- I hope she was able to get some comfort last night. You mention that they can't do testing for 5 days. Our allergist says no antihistamines for 72 hours (3 days) pr...
- a new soap at school or to much hand sanitizer? good luck and please u pdate us wehn you can
5 Yr Old with Bad Asthma, Frequent Pneumonia, Sleep Apnea Need Special Doctor
Asked by M.D. from Los Angeles
on April 7, 2010
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Does anybody know how we can find a good pediatric doctor. I have a 5 yr old nephew with bad asthma taking steroids, been hospitalized alot lately, getting pneumonia a...
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- i would start with either a pulmonoligist or allergy asthma doc. Go to the link of the national jewish allergy asthma hospital and it should give you links to doctors ...
- Allergy, asthma doctor is the route i would go. they should have a website for medi-cal that you can search for the dr. (they do here atleast). my asthma's pretty bad ...
- If it were me I'd get him off grains immediately. Grains deplete vit A, which is very important for mucosal tissues. Animal meats have a good source of beta carotene n...
Whats Your Trick to Get 6 y.o. to Take Medicine
Asked by S.Y. from Chicago
on August 16, 2011
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Son had tonsils out today....has lots of liquid meds to take...antibiotic (1 teasp 3x) , steriod (1 tsp 3x), pain meds (3 tsp 4x)....so a total of 18 tsp to get down t...
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- Aww poor little guy. After all he had a surgery in his throat and taking anything is a last thing he wants to do. My daughter really didn't want to take anything whe...
- Our pediatrician told me to get the medicine in powder form (in other words, don't have the pharmacist mix it for you and put it in a bottle) from the pharmacy and mix...
- Like another poster said, try letting him administer it to himself via syringe or dosing cup. Have a good drink for a chaser. (coke, sprite, etc...) Definitely find ou...
