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Eczema, any ideas?
Hi guys,
I'm hoping that someone can give me some suggestions to make my little boy happier. He has eczema in patches all over, although worst on his stomach. He's been to the doctors, took him back again today, and has been prescribed hydrocortisone and diprobase. We've been using them for a while, the hydrocortisone clears it up but as soon as we stop using it it comes straight back. I don't want to have to plaster him in hydrocortisone constantly long term but the doctor doesn't seem to have any other ideas. It's disturbing his sleep, we can't bath him properly because as soon as we take his clothes of he claws at his stomach making it bleed, he screams every time we try and dress him because either he manages to scratch and it hurts, or we stop him scratching and it itches. Does anyone have any ideas we could try to make him comfier, it's making me feel horrible seeing him so unhappy and not being able to help.
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I'm hoping that someone can give me some suggestions to make my little boy happier. He has eczema in patches all over, although worst on his stomach. He's been to the doctors, took him back again today, and has been prescribed hydrocortisone and diprobase. We've been using them for a while, the hydrocortisone clears it up but as soon as we stop using it it comes straight back. I don't want to have to plaster him in hydrocortisone constantly long term but the doctor doesn't seem to have any other ideas. It's disturbing his sleep, we can't bath him properly because as soon as we take his clothes of he claws at his stomach making it bleed, he screams every time we try and dress him because either he manages to scratch and it hurts, or we stop him scratching and it itches. Does anyone have any ideas we could try to make him comfier, it's making me feel horrible seeing him so unhappy and not being able to help.
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I don't really know what to suggest, can you use camomile to soothe the itching?
You could try putting scratch mits on his hands to stop him scratching and making it sorer.
Sorry i can't be any use to you.
Gabe's bad bits are also on his stomach & it is a nightmare as its the easiest place for them to get at. We used to bath him in scratch mitts but even then he rubbed it raw so a bath was a 2 person job - 1 to hold his hands and one to support him & wash him.
What do you use in his bath? Oilatum?This made Gabe way worse and seemed to irritate his skin so we stopped it, and bathtime was better after that. We used plain water for ages, and only bathed him once a week, this helped loads, although we've started doing it twice a week again now. I find Boots Expert baby bath products are good as well, I use the foaming wash stuff.
At his worst Gabe was waking every half hour in the night!!! It was hell! I never realised eczema could be so bad. Big hugs to barney
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http://www.skincareworld.co.uk/libraryscw/Learning/Articles/treatmentofeczema.htm
HTH xx
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all my kids have eczema until they are about 3.
What I do.............
use only non bio wash powder and never softner.
use only simple products or hair, baby wipes etc..
boil wash bedding regulary and any toys that they cuddle a lot i wash then freeze then deforst (mad I know but this is advice given)
mattress protector on bed to stop bed bugs
damp dust bedroom and hoover everything..tops of curtains etc..
keep food diary for you (if BF) and for lo to see if anything makes it worse.
my hippy mate has a recip that works..I will ask her for it and send it to you. It involves melissa oil bergamo or something like tht. One oil is about 10 quid but it works and lasts for ever as you mix it with huge thing of aqueos cream.
Keep finger nails short and when they get out of bath before you dry them but vaseline on to keep the water in...
good luck. its an awul thing to see them suffer from
d xxx
we're in the same situation and i've just made another doc appointment for Louise, though as I want to see a specific doctor it's not till the end of the month. She has the same problem with worst patches on her tummy where she stratches them.
we have oilatum bath stuff and the matching cream - might be worth asking for as using matching products is supposed to be best. We were told to keep using the steriod cream a day after we think the patch has gone to ensure it has gone but that doesn't seem to help but makes sense.
we were told to keep trying different creams until we find the best one for Louise, there are lots of different ones. the 1st one we tried made Louise's worse but the oilatum doesn't seem to keep her skin very soft.
we've tried the whole food diary thing but i'm not sure how long a food would take to effect the skin?
diprobase made Ollie worse, Halos and Horns stuff is ok for the occasional use but not all the time and we found the boots expert stuff really dried his skin out. (
we use aqueous cream as a daily moisturiser (sometimes twice a day) and use the hydrocortisone twice a day at the moment (morning and night) but Ollie does seem to be gradually getting better with it...
Have you tried E45 itch relief cream? Vaseline intensive care for sensitive skin?
Our local naturalist shop has some good remedies for skin complaints so it might be worth asking a shop near you if they can recommend anything...?
Another thing we were told was to only use one type of product at once, so only the hydro cream, or the dipro, or the oilatum... and not mix them together as it confused the skin... ?
Really hope you can get some respite for it soon.
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OH put socks over his hands this morning while getting him dressed and apparantly in was a huge success as Barney thought having socks on his hands was hysterical and kept looking at them and giggling :lo:
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http://www.e45.com/index.php
the ecxema leaflet is really good
He also said that the majority of cases where excema gets bad is because people are scared to treat it with steroid creams and that they are perfectly safe to use long term.
This was our first appointment so will see if this helps. Good luck with barney. x:\)