Does anyone know of something you can use for eczema during pregnancy? I have heard that cortisone creams aren't good cos they get into your body & can affect the baby.
Mine is stress induced & usually only shows up on my arms unless I am really really stressed then in migrates to the backs of my knees. I'm feeling great atm, no stress, but it all came from worrying whether bub was ok befoe we saw him/her on the ultrasound last Monday. But the eczema just doesn't seem to be clearing up on it's own like it usually does....
When i was pregnant with Kimberley i brought cream just for pregnancy called Avent. The pack had different things you could use. Not sure if they sell if here as i brought it in the UK. But i think i have seen something in the chemists.
Sorry not much help.
I would suggest checking with your chemist and seeing if medihoney would be ok, I don't see anything on mine that says you can't but a chemist would know either way.
I think it depends on the strength of the cream. I had to use some cream with cortisone in it during my PG and was able to use one that was 1.0% (was called Sigmacort 1.0% and was available over the counter). Mind you, it wasn't for eczema, but something else, but cortisone is the ingredient in it. I bought the cream after consulting with my GP and was told that it was safe to use that, but nothing stronger.
Thanks guys I'll see the chemist on Thursday night about medihoney (thanks Cai) and talk to my Dr at my appointment next week.
Most cream make me worse, so it's just so hard to get something that works. It was ok during winter cos it was covered up, but coming into summer you can see it really obviously & that's the main thing I worry about cos it just looks yuck.
Christy mentioned to me this thread was here,. I had no idea. I also suffer from eczema, at the moment it`s taking over and so itchy, wake up in the night tearing my skin apart - have it over my face, hairline, back and has now just developed on my arm and back of my neck. I have some new shampoo and conditioner which I haven`t used before so I`m wondering if it`s making things worse.
At my first Dr`s visit I was told not to use my existing cortisone cream, today when I saw Dr I mentioned how bad my eczema is and what could I use, he gave me a script for sigmacort, only 1% cortisone and safe to use, also said to keep using sorbolene. I use it instead of soap in the shower also.
I was at my wits end so hopefully the sigmacort cream will help.
Sarah, don`t feel bad about whinging about your ecezma, I know exactly what it`s like even a little bit can send you around the bend, hope you find something to sooth yours.
I committed a HUUUUUGE eczema sin last week & now I'm paying for it! None of my pants fit atm, so I bought new maternity pants at KMart on Sunday afternoon & wore them to work for the week. The first pair were fine, but the second pair have left my legs totally covered
For me, I have to have everything washed in a specific washing powder or I totally break out - so I should have known better.
Hey Kate, can understand about the psoriasis, I suffer from it too. One thing i noticed that when i was pg with DD, my psoriasis cleared up.
I had heard that being pg can clear up psoriais, but I had it all over so it was quite a welcome shock when it started to go.
I have severe ecezma, and have had since my last pregnancy.
I am current undergoing UV therapy 3 times a week for this, and take the strongest cortisone cream you can purchase in Australia.
I have questioned my obs and dermo extensively, the only studies that showed problems with use of cortisone during pregnancy were with actual injections, and was told that it is 100% safe to use the cream as there is no evidence that it causes problems. That being said, i tiry (which i should anyway) to use the weakest cream possible to fix the problem, but last night it was so bad that i had to use the strongest again.
I have excellent information about how to work on contact irritant dermatisis, i might try and post it later on.
Personally, after trying Ahava (the original dead sea product) and from swimming in the dead sea, i found they both caused me huge reactions with my skin. Ahava has a lot of additives, as does all the other dead sea products, but i know many peope who have had sucess with (what i term) mild eczema.
From seeing a friend with horrible psorisis, she went to the Dead Sea for 6 weeks and it was gone. I believe it works very well for psorasis.
Basically, my feelings are it does work well for mild skin problems, but if you have something as severe as i do, it isn't the magic solution, and it did a lot more harm then good. But you can always try it, but only use a small amount at first, becuase if you do have a reaction, you don't want it all over your body.
Any questions, feel free to ask - i've done a lot of reading into this problem!
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I'll see the chemist on Thursday night about medihoney (thanks Cai) and talk to my Dr at my appointment next week.
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