Help- nappy rash treatments? (over the counter or prescription)

[Beatrix]

Hi there,

I usse paw paw cream, there are two brands the easy access one is avaliable at the chemist for around $10 a tub, i find it fantastic. The tub is red. The oitment coats the rash so there for the wee doesnt go throw it.

I also have used something call fake skin or second skin(sorry cant remeber the correct name, the use it on elderly people who are unable to use bandaids as they dont allow their skin to breath and are harsh. It is hard to find but avaliable at chemist aso. It is basically a second skin that is clear that breaths, no creme is needed under it. But again it stops wee and pooh from being in contact with it.

Hope i have helped

[~Belinda~]

Hi there,

I usse paw paw cream, there are two brands the easy access one is avaliable at the chemist for around $10 a tub, i find it fantastic. The tub is red. The oitment coats the rash so there for the wee doesnt go throw it.

Never thought of that, I have a tube here. I have been using Bepanthen lately, my DD has been doing 4 poo's per day and her bott bott is so red! Might do the paw paw thing, thanks for the tip!!!!!

[KatieRabbit]

Just a note- Lucas Paw Paw (in the red tube/tub) is actually pawpaw extract in a Vaseline/petroleum jelly base. The other brand (and I can't remember the name) doesn't have the petroleum base and is just pawpaw. Interesting....

[LisaL]

My DD had a nasty case of nappy rash and two days of consistent applications of COVITAL (you can get it from selected pharmacies - behind the counter) and it was gone. For extra protection, I used Curash powder over the Covital but only at night (and I never use powder!). The Covital stinks like fish (it has cod liver oil in it) but it works a treat. My mum worked at a pharmaceutical company and she assures me its the best nappy rash cream on the market.

THere is also a zinc and castor oil cream (Herron brand) that ive heard does wonders.

BOL hope her little bottom clears up soon

Lisa

[Janie]

I swear by Penaten for nappy rash. Earlier in the year we had baaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd nappy rash and it was the only thing that worked.

[Sequoia]

Hi hun!

Baxter has just completed a course of antibiotics for a UTI and this gave him diarrhea, poor little mite had a very red bottom and Nappy Mate Paste cleared it up in a couple of days. Active ingredient is zinc oxide (I think) which the paed at Attadale thought was most suitable.

Hope her botty clears up soon.

HTH!

xx

[StrawberryMumma]

Thanks mummies Definitely given me some ideas..I was at a bit of a loss as to what to do next

Hey Diedre, she has some faint spots there but the main part of the rash is between her cute little bottom cheeks, so sounds a little different to Catherine's.

Hey Janie what's in Penaten?

Shoegal, aww poor little Baxter (Give him a little smooch from us btw)..Glad it's all cleared up now though. I have heard that nappy mate is good, we give that to parents at our work.

Hi Lisa, that Covital sounds very interesting. I'd like to try that. I have never heard of that.

Snacks, you know I think it could well be infected.. (oh the mummy guilt! ) Maybe it is like an impetigo infection or something, as it is slightly weepy at times. Gee I hope she doesn't need abs.

Hmm, anyway, thanks guys. Will go to the pharmacy 2moro.

[Janie]

I'm not sure what's in it hun, by the time we got to using it I was so depserate I didn't care DS rash was really bad, I hate to admit how bad it was Let's just say that he still has faint scarring from that episode , but has two shiny white teeth up the top to show for it! Like you, I tried everything, and nothing else worked. I rang my MCHN for suggestions, and she was helpful, but none of them worked. If the Penaten hadn't helped we would have been off to the Dr. I went to the chemist as a last ditch effort, and this really old pharmacist put me onto it.......I left thinking I'd been conned again, that it was some old-as-the-hills product that would do no good........but lo and behold it did the trick, and I use it now everytime DS's bum gets the tiniest bit red, lest it become as bad as it did previously.

That's my two cents worth If you would like to try it and have trouble finding some, I'm happy to pick a tub up and post it to you.