Extremely inflamed Skin

[BrightSparkles]

Miss S has a patch of bright red and inflammed skin under her arm. I was just using paw paw thinking it was just some dry skin but tonight it has a really yuky smell and looks allot worse.
I'll take her to the dr on Monday but does anyone have suggestions on what to use in the meantime? She crys in pain when I dry it so I would like something gentle.

[Olive]

it sounds like its from moisture.. bath water etc... you can pop some cornflour etc.. on it, it will clear up quickly, just keep the area dry

[Shanti]

It sounds like it's possibly a fungal infection?! (like candida) they love warm places..... maybe some canesten cream like you use for thrush would do the trick but you'd have to check first it's okay to use on newborn skin..... I would say it would be ok but you'd have to check first that that's what it even is anyway.

[~*Kat*~]

I agree with Shanti it sounds fungal I would try canasten as well but check with a pharamasist as to if its ok on such little ones

[Schmickers]

If it is foul smelling, I would take her to the doctor. It might be worth swabbing to see whether she needs any antibiotics. Try squirting a bit of breast milk on it as well, and letting that dry.

[Little Chicken]

If you want to use an antifungal, use nilstat or daktozin as they are safe for baby skin.

[Esme]

Hi Sunshine,

My 3 month old little man has the extremely red and weeping and sometimes bad smelling arm pits too. I have tried the cornflour several times a day but it doesn't seem to be absorbent enough. This morning I cleaned it with BM and put some Curash corn starch/zinc powder on, seems to work better than just starch, but I don't like the parfume (sp?) in it. Do you mind me asking what you ended up using to help your DD?

[BrightSparkles]

Hi Sunshine,

My 3 month old little man has the extremely red and weeping and sometimes bad smelling arm pits too. I have tried the cornflour several times a day but it doesn't seem to be absorbent enough. This morning I cleaned it with BM and put some Curash corn starch/zinc powder on, seems to work better than just starch, but I don't like the parfume (sp?) in it. Do you mind me asking what you ended up using to help your DD?

Moo Goo msm crm

[Esme]

Thanks Sunshine! Will have to get some of that...