When will the nightmare end (eczema)?

[hayleyhew]

My 17 mth year old has eczema - what age have other ones youngsters eczema gone?

[SazzleC]

Have you tried cutting out all dairy? Friend of mine did this and her little one's eczema (which was severe) has almost cleared by age of two.

[Chandra]

It all depends in the carachteristics of your child and how lucky you are finding out what is causing it or how to control it. D

S eczema is still around (he is 3.5) but it is very much under control, weeping skin is a thing of the past, could also say the same for HC. But... we are still using the emollients religiously, so religiously that we hardly notice that part of the daily routine.

[Chandra]

Dairy intolerance/allergy may be the origin of eczema but... don't remove it from the diet without medical supervision, you need to find good substitutes to make up for the loss of fat and calcium milk provides.

[Jimjams2]

ds1 had very severe eczema at 17 months (was being wet wrapped). He doesn't have any now - he's 7. I can't remember when it went- probably about 3ish or 4ish.

[weimaranerlover]

eczema comes from a toxic bowel enviroment and and overburdened liver. It is important to find out what causes the toxins: food allergies, allergies to fumes, grasses etc and enviromental toxins. to start of with a good probiotic (not a sugary commercial yogurt drink!) will help to improve the bowel flora and introduce good bacteria improving digestion and reducing toxins in the gut.

[donnie]

er, what is your basis for claiming that weimeranalover?

[BernieBear]

My ds was being wet wrapped daily from about 9 months because of severe ezcema. I finally got him allergy tested and found he has dairy/egg allergies (and now peanut). I cut this out of his/my diet (I was still b/feeding) and his last severe attack was around his 1st birthday. He still had some the following months but not so severe and now he is 2.6 and is 98% free. Have you tried Aveeno? Will your gp agree to a RAST test? My heart goes out to you, I remember vividly how unbearable for both them and you it is.

[1n2s]

Try to avoid too many bath as water is very drying for the skin especially when you have a skin condition such as eczema. Bathe only 2-3 times a week (wash of course tho). Put emollient oils in the bath, wash with aqueous cream or emulsifying ointment. Dab skin dry after the bath (don't rub the skin) and pop a good emolleint on the skin (again don't rub the skin let the cdream soak in). The more often you apply an emolleint the better the skin will be as it is re-hydrating the skin and stopping the scratch itch cycle.

[daisy1999]

aveeno was like a miracle cure for us. My dd doesn't have a severe case but she developed one really bad patch that didn't respond to over 2 weeks of hydrocortisone. 3 days after using aveeno the bad patch was gone (in fact we saw an improvement within 24 hours). we use it now at the first sight of an outbreak and no nasties in it .

[geekgrrl]

my dd1 was being wetwrapped up to about 2-2.5 yrs, she's been fine now (age 7) for at least 2 or 3 years - just had the first flare-up for years (thanks to molluscum & swimming)and didn't have any creams at all in the house so had to see the GP.

[weimaranerlover]

Donnie, I claim that as I am studying for a degree in nutritional medicine and have had experience with my own children. Most illnesses and especially eczema start with unfavourable bowel conditions. Let me know if you need more specific info.

[KBear]

My son's eczema went as soon as I realised he was allergic to bananas. Cleared up within two weeks. He was about two I think. Good luck finding the trigger for your child's ezcema.

[moljam]

my ds 1 had severe ezcema from 8 months hes now 5 and only gets it occasionaly and not in big patches,we use dream cream from lush as found that the prescribed creams didnt work.he also now has less baths and we only use perfume free and lanolin free products.mostly lush or green baby.have you asked doctor for allergy tests?

[pointyfangedWeredog]

dd2's eczema had cleared by age 6. I think around 75-80% of kids have no more eczema by about 6/7 - that's what various consultants always told us.

Found things different to you though iin2s. Daily baths helped enormously with dd's eczema as long as we put in plenty of emollient of course. Essential part of her routine.

[worcestercaroline]

I went to see an eczema nurse who told me to put E45 on dd every nappy change, her eczema started to weep and became infected ended up taking her to out of hrs drs who said never put E45 on baby with eczema as it makes it worse. Am trying cream from america 'freederm' at the moment so far so good. u should look at their website. Its more expensive than creams over here but could not cope any longer with my baby crying everytime i changed her clothes or gave her a bath it was heart breakin.

[1n2s]

You can contact the eczema society and they will give you a list of all the emollients available over the counter and on prescription - there are loads!! Its finding one that suit you best. E45 is hopeless as it has wool alcohols in and you can be sensitive to it, its also a lotion which means it is watered down cream.