Has anyone figured if there is a connection to kids with cradle cap and eczema?

Question

My son who is 10 months has had ezema since about 4-6 weeks old. He had a terrible case of cradle cap. Has anyone else have a bad case of cradle cap and now hows a eczema issue is there a connection?

Answer 1

They are pretty much the same thing. Both similar forms of Dermatitis.

Answer 2

In my experience with newborns I thought all of them have cradle cap. Some have it worst than others. Although ten months is a little too old for cradle cap. My son got it within a month of his birth. I think your son has more eczema than anything. Cradle cap is like a scaly flaky white substance in your child's head that you can scrap away gently, You need to talk to the doctor I am sure he can give you somethin to rid this.

Answer 3

my son is also 10 months and from a very young age has had exczema as well as having cradle cap.
i have never thought about wther it has a connection or not.
but exczema runs in my family especially the boys. my baby brother who is 9 has had to deal with a very bad case of exczemasince about 9 months or so he is fine now but the poor thing was was in and out of westmead childerens hospital here in sydney with eczema that was so bad it looked like burns.

anyway i just figured (so did my Dr's) that since most of the biys in my family have had it at some point it was just passed on.

but i suppose its something to think about although alot of babies have cradle cap and dont get eczema.....

Answer 4

Good question. I've been curious about this as well.

My daughter had cradle cap and colic as a newborn. On a hunch I eliminated dairy from my diet and both cleared up. I slowly reintroduced dairy into my diet when she was 4 months old and she tolerated it fine.

We delayed introducing dairy in her diet until after a year and went slowly, but when we started giving her cow's milk, she developed eczema all over her body. It was awful! I eliminated all dairy (including anything with lactose or casein) for both of us for 6 weeks and treated her eczema with shea butter and calendula cream, and it healed up. We did another slow reintroduction of dairy and switched to raw milk, and she seems to be fine as long as we don't go overboard.

I'm keeping an eye on my son, as he's had cradle cap since birth as well and at almost 4 months, it isn't clearing up yet. I'm going to be very cautious about introducing the common allergenic foods.

Answer 5

Nice connection you made. I had never thought about it but my daughter also had cradle cap and had eczema until she was approximately 3 years old. She doesn't have it now but does seem to have sensitive skin. If she uses certain products her skin will get red or break out a bit.

Answer 6

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?

Answer 7

I had to put Vit. E oil on my baby's head to help remove the cradle cap about 2-3 hours before bath time. it did help. I also used the Vit E oil on his skin to help the itching of eczema since using the steroid hydro-cortisone all the time is unhealthy for an infant in my opinion

Answer 8

My daughter had cradle cap, but it wasn't that bad. It was flaky, but went away after about 2 months. She still has eczema and is now 2 years old. It's very slight, but we don't give her long warm baths and stay away from bubble baths.

Answer 9

I found this website that tells you what each condition is:

Hope this helps you..

Answer 10

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