Eczema? - Fresno,CA

Here's a great website on products you can find - for my daughter and myself, chemical based products like Dove, Eucerin and Aveeno make everything worse. Good luck!

I just posted a question about this. I cut out dairy and my son's red cheeks cleared up almost immediately. I didn't really think it bothered him, but he seems so much happier and more coorperative now. I would address the cause and put lotion on it.

My grandson has eczema and the doctor recommended Eucirin lotion, barely warm baths, and soap like Dove. Baby soaps have so many extra ingredients for smell and the like.

what are you treating it with? I still moisturize my daughters small patches because they get bigger. (I use eczema cream for babies or auquaphor, then lotion on top). I have also found certain clothes irritate her skin even more and turn a very small patch into a large patch.

Hi Trish,

It may be a food allergy, so it's best to get it checked out.

Trish - you may want to ask your pediatrician for an allergy test - it is a blood test. I found out when my daughter was 6 months that her eczema was caused by an allergy to egg white which she was getting through my breast milk. She is 2 and has outgrown it but the eczema cleared up as soon as we cut the egg out.

If you had eczema, or just dry patches, on your skin, you'd want to do something about it even if it wasn't bugging you that much so do the same for your daughter. You can treat it with products like Aveeno Baby's lotions and soaps that will help moisturize her skin and prevent it from getting worse (itchy, cracking, etc.). I would definitely recomment using, if you're not already, a very mild detergent on all of her laundry also, like Dreft or something dye/scent free. Good luck!

Hello Trish,
Please treat it! Chec to see if this is a condition that runs in your family as it does in ours at several levals. I have Porisis which is the more sever form of this and believe me it turns from one to the other in no time at all. It is so easy to keep Hydrocortisone cream on it and to keep it from becoming thick patches.
I have a son that only has it on the elbows, knuckles, and backs of his feet but once it hits the summer and he is wearing tennis shoes inthe heat it gets really nasty. Baking soda and bath oils help some but creams do the best job.
Good Luck. If I can be of any help plese contact me. Nana Glenda

How old is your little girl?
My daughter is 5 years old and suffers terrible eczema on the back of her thighs and her hands only on occasion now. Sometimes her previous break outs were a red bloody mess because it got so bad. The first thing is to figure out what is triggering her outbreaks. I tried diet eliminations such as no dairy for 1 month, no eggs for next month, no wheat next month, not going around pets for the next month, changed all cleaning products to perfume/dye free and nothing worked. Finally she saw a dermatologist and all of their lotions and potions didn't work. We finally figured out she has environmental reactions. Basically every Spring time or when the north wind blows new pollens into the Sacramento Valley she would get a break out. Or if she had to wash her hands frequently at school with their antibacterial soap her hands would break out. On of her pediatricians recommended giving her a teaspoon of local made honey everyday because she was older than 18 months. (Never give a baby honey. Wait until at least 12 to 18 months of age) Think about it. Our local hives get pollen from our area. They then process that pollen naturally. By giving my child a little of that honey everyday her body started getting used to it and she built up her own resistance to it. We have started branching out to other honey suppliers through out CA. I can not tell you how much she has improved. Now she only gets little dry patches. So after her bath I rub her down with pure Joba oil or vitamin E oil. The Joba works better and you can find it at natural food stores like Sunrise natural foods. The back of her legs used to be so bad I thought she was going to have permanent scars. Now you can hardly see her patches. The honey and oil really helped. Also I found out that you have to watch how much sugar or things that turn into sugar she she eats daily because too much sugar can make eczema WORSE. So watch how much fruit, white breads/pasta, candy, she eats daily. Also look for hidden sugars in processed foods like any corn syurp, fructose, dextrose and other food additives made from corn like (remember corn turns to sugar):
Calcium lactate or stearate
Calcium stearoyl lactylate
Dextrin or Dextrose
Ethyl maltol
Fumaric or Lactic acid
Gluconolactone or Glucono delta-lactone
Glucose
Glycerine
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Lecithin
Linoleic acid
Malt, Maltodextrin, Maltose or Maltol
Mannitol
Polydextrose
Polysorbates
Potassium gluconate
Propylene glycol monostearate
Sodium ascorbate or other ascorbates
Sodium stearoyl fumarate
Sodium-, Magnesium-, Calcium- or Potassium-fumarate
Stearyl citrate
Tocopherol (alpha-Tocopherol, vitamin E)

If you look on a labels you might be surprised how many things contain these sugars or corn products like bread, tomato sauce, pasta sauce, salad dressings, etc. I am not saying to completely eliminate all this stuff at first but just keep track on how much of this she eats everyday. By monitoring her triggers she can avoid scaring and still enjoy those indulgences like an ice cream sundae. Remember by finding those triggers you are treating her eczema in a non invasive way. Just because she isn't itching now does not mean that it can't lead to it later. So keep up on it and hopefully she will not have any severe problems. Good Luck!

i would just treat it, because little patches can become larger and inflamed and harder to get rid of.
Has your daughter been alergy tested?
My son was recently allergy tested and has mild allergy to egg. So now i see the redness, and his skin break out anytime he has egg i see how it effects him.

I understand your concern. I have been educating individuals how to create a healthier environment in their home to make a difference in their health. It is better for all of us to get the body healthy so the body can take care of itself. If you ignor symptoms in some cases they get worse.

There are one of two things you can do. You can get active and make a difference or stay non active and see what happens. The choice is yours.

If you would like to know more email me.

Have a good day.

N. Marie
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go ahead and treat it with over the counter before it gets worse. my dd had it slightly and then it just blew up all over the place. could never see any relation to anything she ate or came in contact with. it runs in our family. try the california baby calendela cream at target. it was the only thing that worked for us - after using medicated creams that didnt help at all. used it 2 times and saw an improvement dramatically. also try this - all cotton sheets, all cotton cloths, something like cheer free or tide free, warm bath with no soap (use dove or cetaphil) and then lather up immediately with the cream while the pores are open. good luck!