Hi there,
My DD is now 4.5 months and has been suffering with eczema since about 6 weeks old.
I was wondering if anyone has tried salt therapy?
sorry for the long post but here is some back ground on what we've been going through:
We started off with cetraben on the red patches, the yellow crusts (what we thought was like cradle cap) on her forehead spread through her scalp and then when they fell out it took all her hair too :-(
The red and rough skin spread from chest and thighs until it covered most of her little body, we tried diprobase, hydramol and oilatum in the bath. A week of hydrocortisonne also had no effect. Red and weepy we also had a week of antibiotics for the skin infection. We tried no baths for 3 days but that was worse.
We now use 50/50 which is working and her skin is no longer dry, just red and itchy. And oilatum in the bath each night and for top n toe in the mornings.
The dermatologist gave us a week of Eumovate steroid cream and just like that the skin cleared up, but soon as we stopped using it, the red and sore skin returned. We now use it every other day which keeps her comfortable.
The eczema is atopic as we have family members that have small patches of eczema.
We tried some aveeno but our GP is not able to prescribe it, TBH it didn't really help the dryness for us.
Anyway, there is a salt therapy clinic nearby and they have just published an article about a toddler who was cured of his eczema, has any one tried this? Or can recommend it?
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Eczema and salt therapy... Worth a try?
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Loudeelou · 19/04/2013 16:03
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