He's very itchy & he often gets short tempered from it. He's allergic to dust mites,pollen,mold,rice,corn, soy, & egg. I bought a Hepa filter vacuum,encased his bedding to keep dust mites away, run air purifiers,change the furnace filter frequently,use fragrance free detergents,run clothes through a second rinse cycle,use no dryer sheets,keep baths tepid & brief, lotion with Eucerin immediately afterward, & have him wear only cotton clothes. I can honestly say NONE of this has made a difference. He starts Kindergarten in the Fall & I worry about him. How can he concentrate if he's itchy? Keeping my child drugged on Benadryl indefinitely isn't an option to me. I currently started him on probitotics with his allergists approval & give him 2 tsp. ground Flaxseed in his cereal every morning. I'm now trying Emu oil on him. I spend all my free time searching for answers. Has anyone found relief from dry eczema? Perhaps a Homeopathic Dr. is my next step. Thank you in advance for any help!
2006-07-12 16:58:21 · 8 answers · asked by Jeannie B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
i have had eczema AND psoriasis since i was born and i'm going to be 16, even though eczema can't be cured the symptoms can be helped. First to get rid of any possibility of irritation don't wash him with soap unless its dove. Also use Purex Free and Clear. This has no dyes or scents in it so the skin won't get irritated. Try Eucerine and Aquafore. These are over the counter ointments/creams that really do help. If he has a bad itchy rash put him in the tub for 15 minutes with nothing in there and let him soak. Meanwhile take his pjs dunk them in water, and then put them in the dryer to get warm. Take him out of the tub put on the perscription or the Eucerine/Aquafore all over his body and put the wet pjs on. This is so the moisture stays on his skin because people with eczema don't have the moisture layer like normal skin because the skin cells reproduce quicker. Also to get rid of the flakes use a soft bristle, anything will work and lightly go over his body when he's in the tub to get rid of the irritating flakes that may cause him to itch. We have tried everything for my skin but that's usually the way we keep it under control. Sometimes the just you see is dry skin that came off his skin, like my house i dust constantly because dust is made up of other things and your own skincells but mine is so bad that i dust all the time.
Also don't let him have acid foods like tomatoes and oranges. When i was little like 3 or 4 my dad showed me pictures of me after i ate pasta with tomator sauce. of course little kids get it everywhere and he said that when he took off the noodles and wiped off my arm there would be a red ring that would burn me and turn into a patch of eczema, and it still happens like that today. Anything can irritate it also, try to stay away from hair dye or any hair chemicals that you might use or someone might use. They will burn his skin. I got a perm and that was terrible the solution burned my scalp, my forehead, my ears, and my neck and i got first and second degree burns from it. And i still have scares to prove it. And even though the burns are gone, my head is now a problem area because it burned away the healthy skin so it itches constantly and i get patches on my forhead all the time.
Thats all the advice I can give you, hope it helps! check ya later ♥
2006-07-12 17:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both of my daughters have eczema, and my husband is a pediatrician and he and our girls pediatrician always advise not to bathe them every day if they have eczema. It dries out their skin. It is also important to get the eucerin on their body within 3 minutes of coming out of the tub- it will absorb a lot better that way. We bathe our daughters (ages 3 and 4) about every 3 days, more often if they are dirty. In the Winter they don't get as dirty because they are inside a lot more. It may sound gross, and I would never let them walk around dirty or nasty, but it does really help their skin not to bathe them every day. Hope that helps!
2016-03-15 23:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My little boy had eczema on his cheeks. I was not sure what method to use but I didn't want to make my boy go through any surgery treatments at this young age. Some suggested a plastic surgeon since it was in a very visible location but our family doctor recommend this natural guide.
Best Eczema Treatment?
2016-05-14 19:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my brother has eczema and the doctor said as weird and dumb as this sounds use crisco. When he gets out of the bath tub don't dry him lay an old towl out and have him stand up and put new not used crisco all over him and put a pair of long sleeved shirt and long legged pajama pants and it will soak into his skin and make it better do this for a few nights and it ahould help b/c it helped him......o yea use old pajamas b/c the crisco is almost impossible to get out........good luck and hope it helps
2006-07-12 17:43:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you ever tried rubbing nutmeg (use a grater or something to shave the nutmeg) into some water to make a paste? It seems to work for me whenever I put it on where it itches. Hope that helps cuz this stuff gives me hell too.
2006-07-12 17:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by leigh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my sons gets this in the winter on his hands, Dr gave him a cream. I had a friend who had it all over and she would go tanning and it helped her. I hear the heat from the sun even relieves some of it.... sorry about your little guy, poor thing:(
2006-07-12 17:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by Rexy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter has it also and it is hard to control. One thing I did was switch to Ivory soap and baby shampoo. She was using Dove for sensitive skin and it made it worse!
2006-07-13 04:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by 2shrrp4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried Aveno Oatmeal bath?
2006-07-12 17:00:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋