Eczema

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8546

Ds has little spot (about the size of a quarter) 2 of them, that I think are eczema. The doc said to just cream him a lot because he has dry skin, but these patches aren't going away. Dh had horrible eczema as a child, so I think he's taking after him.

Any ideas what to put on them? I
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Platinum Member Joined: Sep 22 2004 Posts: 9754

My baby just got a steroid cream (can't remember the name) and it cleared up within 2 days
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Gold Member Joined: Dec 25 2007 Posts: 1247

There are several creams on the market which work well and are nonsteroidal for eczema -- dh and 3 of my kids (and me) all have eczema and we like one called Protopic. It is by prescription. I don't know if what the minimum age is for the medicine, though.

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8546

thanks - I'll call the doc

Gold Member Joined: Jan 06 2008 Posts: 1725

DS3 had major eczema until age 5. We used Elidel (not a steroid) most of the time for scaly patches and to prevent it too. We also used Wescort (Hydrocortisone Valerate) when it flared up for up to 5 days and then switched over to Elidel. Also, we always creamed him up like you do. Didn't really make a difference which cream we used, but we always put it on - morning and evening - to help prevent it. Still, he got plenty of eczema, and sometimes it got really bad, especially when it got realy cold or really hot.
Out of curiosity, how old is your child? (Sorry, I'm not looking at the post and don't remember if it was a boy or girl!) Also, did you consider allergy testing? We didn't, but I'm curious about other pediatricians' opinions. Ours delt that unless it was disturbing his life, finding the allergens (a) could be a needle in a haystack, and (b) might just make his life more difficult because he probably well grow out of it.

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8546

Ds is 19 mths, but there are lots of allergies in my dh's family. Dh was allergic to pretty much everything as a child and still has allergies to all nuts, seeds, etc.

So far, I think that ds is allergic to sesame and mango.

Platinum Member Joined: Oct 27 2005 Posts: 6797

my friend started her baby on probiotics which cleared his eczema.

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According to my PCP it was link with cancer.

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here there is a link
http://www.protopiclawyers.com/index.htm

Executive Member Joined: Jul 17 2006 Posts: 338

cortisones/creams just cover up an internal problem. the eczema on the skin shows you what is going on inside the body too so getting rid of it on the surface will not get you a relaxed/calm kid. their insided bother them.
the source of the problem is usually allergies. blood tests and other basic tests will not show you all allergies. they are very limited testing. you need to find a way to do thorough and accurate testing. make sure to test also for dust, pollen, mold, detergent, cloth materials, cleaning products, shampoos, creams etc. besides for all foods.
their are a few ways to get accurate testing. some I read about first from posters on imamother. for my son I ended up using a bicom machine (magnetic testing) which found over 20 allergies!. with blood test testing, I could have never found out all his allergies. Their are also ways to remove or lesson some allergies. I encourage eveyone with eczema to do more reasearch. most pediatricians are unfamiliar.
(spelling mistakes due to nursing and typing with one hand)

Gold Member Joined: Dec 25 2007 Posts: 1247

I'm going to my medicine cabinet and throwing out my protopic (an older tube which I was using). It's scary to think about. For minor flareups in ds and dd, I will stick to either OTC cortaid or the Aquaphor.