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5 Year Olds Very Low Pain Tolerance

My 5 year old girl has had this very low, to no pain tolerance since I can remember. I dont really know if she is hyper-sensitive but I think its starting to get on my nerves. I will of course have her checked out, but this has been for years since she started expressing pain in a coherent way. If she gets a hangnail, its the end of the world. Combing hair is a disaster. Stubbing her toe requires hours of coddling or ignoring depending on where we are. Banging her knee is a Shakespearean play. Everything has to have a bandaid, and...

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My 5 Year Old Has Excema

My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that she has scratches all over her face. She was reffered to a determatologist. He gave me some cream w/a prescription in it. This does not help her at all. We have controlled the dryness on her scalp by using T-gel ut her skin is still very dry. Last time we couldn't control the dryness, the doctor put her on steriods for 7 days. I hate the fact that the only way to help her skin is to put her on steriods. I have heard lots of bad thing about steriods. The doctor...