Exzcema
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Topic: Exzcema
Posted By: sharaz
Subject: Exzcema
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 4:16pm
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 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:27pm
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We used Alpha Keri oil & that seemed to help.
Only real thing that has helped is fully cutting out dairy. Aqeuous cream from the GP is really good. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 8:38pm
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 22 March 2010 at 9:22pm
Same here Kazzle, it's good to see them with nice soft skin  ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: sharaz
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 9:56am
| 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 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 23 March 2010 at 10:25am
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It's really interesting to see what works for one but not another. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: sharaz
Date Posted: 10 April 2010 at 12:31pm
| hey just thought id let you all know i hav found an awsome new soap its called neem oil soap by nzsoapman.googlepages.com hope it helps you other mums |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 10 April 2010 at 1:39pm
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Us too, no wheat for Jody. Apparently they often grow out of a wheat intollarence when they get it this young. I have found lately that Jody can have a little bit, like a piece of crust off my toast and she gets no patches anymore. I am going to try her out on a larger amount of wheat soon and see how she goes.
When I (and my sis) had excema the only thing that helped us was pure emu oil. Sharaz, interesting about the cows milk. There is a product over here called Moo Goo or something along those lines that is cow milk based products for skin problems. -------------   
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Posted By: sharaz
Date Posted: 12 April 2010 at 9:51am
| 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. |
Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 7:34pm
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My DD has terrible eczema. Do you think it's worth having her tested for allergies? She's 100% FF. The eczema started badly around a month ago which is also when she started on solids. I just feed her Wattie's veggies from the jar.
The eczema seems to really irritate her and she scratches it a lot.  Am using xma-ease which seems to be helping.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but when you say cows milk and lavender oil in the bath, is it literally milk from the fridge? ------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:36pm
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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. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Miraxine33
Date Posted: 26 April 2010 at 10:11pm
| My exclusively breastfed 4 month old had excema. Thought it might be inherited from her father so i cut nuts out of my diet for 2 weeks, and the excema went in a week. Going to slowly reintroduce nuts now to double checks its nuts related. Worried she will grow up to have a serious nut allergy and all that entails-anyone know anything about this? |
Posted By: Mum_me
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 12:01pm
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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). |
Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 8:36pm
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Im struggling with DS allergies at the moment - he scratches his face raw overnight He is BF so Im not sure if its something i am eating or more of an environmental thing? We are back to the GP again tomorrow so I really want to get allergy tests done. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 21 June 2010 at 8:40pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 25 June 2010 at 10:52pm
OMG Lightbulb on!!!! Mac has always gotten a bit refluxy when I eat dairy. Now he has eczema but I never ever put the two together until just now! Sigh...I will have to cut every bit of dairy out now. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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AandCsmum wrote:Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 25 June 2010 at 10:54pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 25 June 2010 at 11:29pm
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Wheat is a type of gluten. Gluten covers most (or all?) of the grains. So someone who was gluten intollerant shouldn't have porridge, but if it is just wheat intollerance then porridge won't be an issue.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I am certainly no expert! -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 26 June 2010 at 10:43am
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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? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Chickaboo
Date Posted: 10 July 2010 at 11:13pm
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I have a 12 year old who has had ezcema all her life and now it seems my lil 6 month old daughter is getting it too She has the tell tale red marks in those trouble areas (elbows, knees and also top of her bum) She has been Breastfeed mostly except for one formula feed a day but when we went to fully formula (except early morning) and solids she has started getting it so unsure if its the stage 2 formula (as before she was on stage 1) or the solids - process of elmination I guess!
Does anyone get the child disability allowance for the ezcema? i want to find out what is causing it as we have no clue with my DD12 as never got tests nor elminated things earlier on (although we have some clue now) ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 11 July 2010 at 8:12pm
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Lily's eczema flares up bad if I have white bread but not brown bread like multigrain or wheatmeal, etc. What's in white bread that isn't in the rest?
We initially thought it was cheese/dairy but that just seems to upset her bowel motions and we discovered it was white bread.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: drumstx
Date Posted: 11 July 2010 at 8:20pm
| there is more soy flour in white bread.... just a thought |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 11 July 2010 at 8:36pm
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Cool thanks for that! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kimnthekids
Date Posted: 19 July 2010 at 9:13pm
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My DD seems to suffer from this, thought it might be a teeny dose, but now she's getting it increasingly worse. Is 12 weeks old, EBF so it must be something in my diet. I dont eat anything excessively argh. Plunket tomorrow then heading to the doc later in the week to see what their advice is. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 9:39am
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So do you guys reccomend cutting dairy from bubs diet to improve excema? Clodagh is still BF but has psoriasis type excema all over her trunk, poor kid We had her skin prick tested and she reacted immediately to egg white and less so to cats and dust lol. We are waiting to see a dermatologist as I'm sure she is senstive to dairy or wheat...but I'm loathe in some ways to start cutting things out of her diet as she is a vegetarian and already can't eat egg.... Sigh. Maybe trying soy versions would be ok...how long does it take to show an improvement and do you need to cut ALL traces of just the 'striaght' milk and yogurt from her diet IYKWIM? -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 8:21pm
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Does she have the mucousy poohs? That is a huge thing that dairy is upsetting them.
Did she not react on a skin prick to Dairy or Soy? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 8:06am
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A&C- they didn't test her for those things!!! We orginally went cos I thought she had a problem with pollens as I do, and at that stage she was having tiny bits of milk and seemed ok.... so they didn't bother testing her for those or fish (cos she's vegetarian). However on the occasions I have had fish (which isn't often), she seems to get an upset tummy so grrr I wish I had've insisted they test for everything!! I'm hoping the dermatologist will test her for these things when we see him. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 2:30pm
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Wonder why not when they tested for egg. Bizarre!
Yeah that is hard if she's a vegetarian. I take it she's fine on a dairy formula or are you exclusively b/fing her? We haven't been able to cut out more until I got Neocate, I found I have had to cut out 100% dairy, soy & wheat. On the flip side there isn't much food he will eat either. Go to your GP and ask for a RAST test for both of you & get it done all all the foods and pollen type things. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 11 August 2010 at 8:50pm
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Emmecat my son is allergic to dairy and egg (and cats and dogs) so we cut all dairy out of his diet. He was covered in eczema just like your wee girl, and we found that even after we cut everything out of his diet his skn didn't actually clear until we used some antihistimine (histafen) and a stronger hydrocortisone (still only 1%, but we were only using 0.5% before that) for a few days. Almst like the cycle needed to be broken with some meds even though he wasn' t having the foods any more? Not sure if that makes any sense lol.
Anyway, being dairy free really isn't that hard once you are used to it. We use rice milk (has calcium added so it's got the same amount as normal milk), he has that in porridge in the morning, and we make custard with it. And has soy yoghurt too. For baking you can just use dairy free spread (like golden harvest or olivani) and rice milk to replace butter and normal milk. Oh and (sorry, rambling a bit), we cut ALL dairy out of his diet, so nothing with any dairy. But with egg he can have it in baking but not by itself. It depends how bad the allergy is... Hope that helps a little bit. Sorry for the novel, I just had such a terrible time with my boy's eczema so want to try to help people who have the same problem! |