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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 7:32pm |
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Anyssa has got a small patch of rash on the back of both her knees. DP had bad eczema as a child, and also has asthma and hay fever.
Do I need to do anything about her rash - could it be bothering her? Should I take her to the dr? Could the rash be something other than eczema?
She is exclusively breastfed, I use ecostore washing powder, she only wears cotton clothes, and we are not using any soap in her bath.
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Bizzy
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 8:40pm |
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when toby got a dry patch that looked like exczema i just asked the doc next time we were there - he said it was exczema and gave me some cream but i didnt use it on him at all and it sooned cleared up...
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 8:43pm |
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I would get it checked out. Isla's eczema started like that,..and quickly turned to bleeding raw patches when she began to scratch. Probably will just need some sort of moisturisation like aquous cream or lemis fatty cream(we prefer this). If u get on to it sooner rather than leaving it, hopefully it wont get worse.
Isla was also exclusively bf, ecostore powder to wash clothes/nappies, nothing of any sort used in bath or put on her skin,....turns out he excema was due to dairy allergy, and so far nothing envirnomental has caused her excema to flare,...like animals, grass etc,...just dairy, soy, eggs.
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 8:55pm |
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Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Try to put some moisturiser on it straight after having a bath, we like the 10% glycerine non ionic cream as it seems to rub in much better than the aqueous. you need a script for it though.
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Posted: 18 February 2008 at 8:09pm |
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Next time you're at the docs he can write you a script for cream to help out. Excema can occur because of environment (most of the things you are eliminating but also sweat, dryness, heat) or because of food intolerance such as from dairy. Most kiddies grow out of it in their preschool years and most often it's nothing to worry about.
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Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:40pm |
Like everyone has said, a bit of moisturiser will help if it feels dry, tight or itchy for her (and can prevent it getting worse if it's going to). I swear it isn't because of doing the promo for it, but Johnson's Soothing Naturals moisturiser - the one in the tube, not the bottle, actually works better on Ella's knees than our aqueous cream does.
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 12:08pm |
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Thanks girls. I used bee balm on it to start with (because I already had it). It helped for a few days, but then the rash got red and angry looking (after a spa, so might have been the chlorine).
I went to the pharmacy and got some very low strength hyrdocortisone and that cleared it right up in a couple of days. So now I'm just keeping it moisturised and it is looking good.
Let's hope it doesn't amount to much. I decided to try a dairy free diet for a week or so because she is spewing a lot and crying after feeds - it will be interesting to see if the excema doesn't come back too.
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Posted: 01 March 2008 at 1:22pm |
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Yes the chlorine would have made that impact
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Posted: 02 March 2008 at 2:11pm |
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And heat.
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Posted: 28 March 2008 at 6:20pm |
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If I wanted to get Rowan tested for intolerances that might be triggers for her eczema what would be the best way? What would I ask for? Where would I go etc?
My doctor has given me a medlab script for testing for the 5 main allergies just before her 5 month shots but this is for allergies rather than intolerances so my understanding is that she could test negative to all of these but it could still be something in her/my diet that causes the eczema.
She has just broken out in patches of it over her torso, inner thighs, armpit and chin and I'm pretty sure it's related to something I'm eating.
I've already cut out milk as that is my trigger and it helped for a while but now it's worse than ever. I have a horrid suspicion it may be wheat. She's EBF and we use Eco store powder and haven't changed anything lately that would indicate external factors. I don't think it's the heat or she probably would have got it earlier. I did substitute soymilk instead of milk though but I don't drink that much of it.
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Posted: 30 March 2008 at 6:35pm |
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My eldest daughter Ella had eczema from around 12 weeks onwards. She's now 2 1/4 and still gets it every now and again, mainly to do with the heat. She was skin prick tested for allergies at 4 months and showed she is allergic to eggs and cashews so I had to avoid anything with those in them while breastfeeding her and have to avoid giving her food with them in it. The Paediatrician we were seeing wants me to get her rechecked at 3 yrs. I have a cupboard full of all types of creams that we used - lemnis fatty cream (which I like), aqueous cream, different strength hydrocortisone creams, elocon, locoid ... just to name a few. The locoid and elocon contain hydrocort and are good at controlling the eczema when it occurs whereas the lemnis and aqueous creams are better for prevention of the skin drying out and when eczema does occur. Hope this helps.
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Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:26pm |
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Thanks Hailsb - yes it certainly does help. We have some aqueous cream so I'll keep using that and I've cut down on my wheat intake and it seems to be clearing up. I guess I'll look at an elimination diet and then maybe do a skin prick test when she's a bit older.
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Posted: 07 April 2008 at 11:36am |
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Isnt it all so hard when they have these problems.....
I am so hoping Blake grows out of his eczema...His skin is quite olive bu white pigments all over due to all the flare ups and cream use.
Funny this week.....he has had some kind of gastro bug and FUNLY ENUF...his eczema has cleared up something a treat....BUT...figured out the reason why.....Its cause he is not eating stuff all so of course nothing triggering it...So I know now DESPITE all RAST tests etc that food is causing it..Just have no idea which ones.
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