Hi girls, sorry i didnt notice this thread before, and thought i would sare my experiences with my two youngest having eczema.
When my DS#2 was around 2, he was suddenly convered with huge patches over both legs, both arms, tummy, back and face (basically EVERYWHERE!!)
I took him to the doctors and was told after the doctor just gave him a casual glance over his desk,,,,"it is school sores",,,,and he told me to put a cream for it on him, and as he said he had a severe case, to wrap him in glad wrap for an hour at night just after we had put the cream on, then take it off. By the next day, the red patches were weeping, and he was in agony with the scratching and soreness of it.
So off to yet another doctor,,,,this time, the new doctor also took a casual look over the desk,,,,and told me it was scabies (like wtf????) I was horrified at the thought that my child had something like that. I ws prescribed another cream for him, and was told he needed it for at least a week.
Within seconds of me putting the cream on him, he started full on screaming and screaming. I pannicked, and rushed him to the hospital thinking he was having a reaction to the cream.
It was at the hospital I met the most lovely doctor towards kids, who stripped him off to his undies,,and got his light thing with the magnifier on it, and actually LOOKED at my son.
He then shook his head in disgust, and told me it was eczema, and one of the worst cases he had ever seen thanks to the other creams, that had just burn away his already fragile skin.
I was given some pretty strong cortisone cream,, and had to yet agai wrap him in plastic every night for a week for an hour at a time. (the plastic clingwrap allows the cream to soak into the skin more effectively for really bad flareups).
Within a week, his skin was clear except for the pale patches of coloured skin from wher the raw patches were.
Since then, i only use an allergy washing liquid (cant think right now the name, but it is a tea tree based one formulated for allergy/ashma/eczema sufferers. I also use QV bath oil, never let him (or his little brother who also gets it now too) wear wool as it flares it up badly. they also must try to avoid sand, although this is a really hard one as the preschool and the primary school they both go to both have sandpits, and they love to go diving straight in.
I have often wondered however if one of their main triggers is dairy, as they both had problems with cows milk when weaned,stirring up their tummies and causing diarroeah etc.
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