Exzcema

hey all, just thought id post a topice letting mums know of different ways of he xzcema. my son was toatlly cover in it, we tried litterally everything we were then told to use cows milk and lavender oil in his bath every nightand saw an improvement after just one bath. i hope this is helpfull to other mums with the same problem

Cory has eczema, and its directly related to his food...Wheat is his cause, and because we still get some cross contamination, he still has a little bit on his shoulders but thats it.

We havent had to use any creams since cutting wheat from his diet

yea my son cant have any wheat and is totally lactose intolerant we used the aqeous cream but it burnt his exzcema we are slowly geting it under control as long as i use lavender oil and milk in his bath all the time it seams to keep it away just the odd break out now and then

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yea ive been told by a few people that peoplo are lactose intolerent find that cows milk works wonders on their skin. when my sons exzcema was really baeeping and bleeding etc we used 1/4cup cows milk with the lavender oil and withn a wk it had almost toatly gone but now the neem oil soad is working better only started using it once his exzcema had died down and now he has none and the neem oil soap is keeping it at bay.

If it's just started once you've introduced solids then it might be to do with those veges. You can get tested for foods but my dairy intolerant boy didn't react to the skin prick tests. I think that is because he's a delayed reactor which is the eczema.

I would switch her food around try & figure out what she's reacting to. It will take a good 3 to 4 days for eczema to subside.

Miraxine - both my kids have severe nut allergies. IMO it's not something you mess around with. My DS is allergic to dairy, nuts, soy and eggs, and while his other allergies are reducing as he gets older, his nut allergies are getting worse.

Our specialist recommends total avoidance to give my kids the best chance at out growing their allergies.


If I were you I would stay nut free and get your little girl tested asap (my two were tested with RAST and SPT at around 4-5months).

Lily has it food related too, we use Dermasoft Sorbolene cream. It's an emollient cream that has a neutral ph and none of the stuff that normally causes reactions like other moisturises. While it hasn't cleared her eczema we have noticed that it keeps it from drying out and getting itchy as such. Although after almost a month of use her eczema is pretty much gone bar one patch on her elbow.

For those whose kids have issues with wheat, is that Gluten?

I'm just wondering if anything I'm feeding Mac solids wise could be causing it but it's only Baby Rice and Fresh veges with EBM in it.

i have a few questions..i know most excema is food related... though i guess some of those ids have environmental triggers?Ethan had heaps but then even though neg to skin tests (not very reliable under 12 months paed said) he went on Neocate and all but one patch..called something special that goes away at 2 yrs went?

Liam has it and is fully BF doc wanted me to trial creams as he said only 10% of this excema is dairy related..but i find that hard to believe..normally he is so right in things? he gave us aqeuous but in his bath that made him worse but putting that and sometimes hydrocortiszone cream seems to work..
i need to wait the two weeks then cut dairy and then maybe go to paed...i really want him FF but he wont take that anyway.. with Ethan they suggested cutting everything except meat fruit and vege till 1 and we did and he grew out of his but it was only intolerance.. how do you know without the tests what they are reacting to before the start solids...I'm writing everything down cause I am on WW so can clearly see ..so far i think its dairy but i guess its quite hard to tell about wheat etc..hwo did you guys find out?