eczema on bottom

Has anyone got a child with bad ezcema on the bottom? Did you ever found out what cause it? look like red burn with flakey dry skin.
I thought might be washing powder, 4th washing powder on, i still haven't crack it
So help me!

Are you using cloth or disposible nappies???

If sposies then it could be a reaction to them.

It sounds like she has a food allergy I'm afraid. Do you find the eczema gets worse about an 20 minutes to an hour after eating something?

I got really bad eczema when I was her age, and it was finally diagnosed as an allergy to cow's milk and its products (but mine was diagnosed at 13 months). I still get eczema when I have something with milk products in it, even though I'm 23!!!! She may have a dairy allergy, or an allergy to something else.

Maybe if you can afford it, or through a referral in the public health system, to see an allergy specialist. At least if you know what the problem is now, she is better able to deal with it when she gets older.

Once the allergy has been identified, you'll still need to use washing powders and soaps that are kind to sensitive skin.

I hope you find out the cause soon!!!!

I found the same too, Stacey - JJ soothing naturals moisturiser (the one in the tube) works far better than the creams prescribed for Ella's eczema. It's trial and error though, isn't it. Unfortunately!
Maybe a trip to the Doc to ask about it, Soph? Though I'm guessing you've already seen them if you're using hydrocortisone on it. Hmmmm, good luck. Might pay to try the food intolerance route, even if it just rules intolerances/allergies out, at least that'd be one more answer.

yeah i got it from the supermarket. theres 2 types of moisteriser. its the more expensive one in the smaller tube/bottle that we use (typical lol). its got 24hr moisturiser on the front i think

get it checked out cause i just saw on the good morning show it can be a sign of coeliacs.

Saw GP this afternoon, he doesn't believe in allergy or intolerance are the blame for her bum's eczema even I explained family history of allergy, ezcema and asthma. So he gave me stronger steriods instead because her ezcema is localised to bum as well as ankles and knees. Not effect all over the body (oddly she got some around her mouth at the moment which she doesn't usually have it)
I will try crack it somehow....that is my mad goal

Some doctors really need to be shot in my opinion. Spencer's ezcema is entirely allergy related, I would be demanding to be referred to a paed and one that specialises in allergies or if you can afford it self refer to one privately. They will be able to the skin prick test for you and help with elimination diets if they think it is an intolerance, I know that coeliacs can be really hard to test for, some times come up negative on skin test and blood test but can still have it.
I would be really reluctant to just use steroid creams on it as that isn't finding out the cause its just masking the symptoms (unfortunately western medicine does this a lot).

Which part of the country are you in? Cos my allergy doc here in Christchurch is awesome if you want his details.

If you can afford it I highly recommend seeing Rodney Ford, he is also based in Christchurch but is private. He is an allergy specialist and deals with children. He will do skin prick testing at the first appointment so it cost about $275 to see him.
He has a website its http://www.thefooddoctor.org/FoodDoctor/RodneyFord.html

I found him really excellent and the test doesn't hurt, Spencer found it tickerlish. Spencer never had swelling with his allergies, just rash, ezcema and poo problems so i'm not sure what your paed is talking about.

I dunno if he does discounts, I know that the price includes the cost of the skin prick test as follow up appointment are only $150. You might be able to pay over a few weeks or something though, I just stuck it on the credit card to worry about later

I think the trouble here is that a lot of GPs and paeds just don't understand enough about allergies. We saw a developmental paed with Spencer before he was 1 and they guy couldn't understand why Spencer was on such a strict diet, yet any allergy booklet/info tells you to restict certains food until after 12 months if there is a history of allergies. He kept banging on about why don't I let him have eggs and questions like "what not even in biscuits?" I had to tell him that egg alleriges are strongly linked to diary allergy which we already knew he had so why risk it when it wasn't doing any harm not giving it to him. And as it turns out when he had the skin prick test he is allergic to eggs.