My daughter(aged 5) has had slight excema off & on for a couple of years but it's recently got really bad - a few weeks ago school asked us to collect her & take her to the doctor as thought she might have German Measles. The cream (non-steroid) is making her cry when we put it on & I don't really want to use it anyway so looking at cutting out dairy,citrus,tomatoes.
So - my question(eventually 😀 ) is that I think that her bath is drying out her skin & making things worse. We don't use bubble bath,shampoo etc (also use eco-balls so no washing poweder/fabric conditioner) - but think that maybe something in the bath might stop the water drying out her skin - but what to use?
Thanks
Your poor little girl. Have a look at this
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On the pharmacists recommendation, I used this with both of my children when they had chicken pox. It feels a bit like sitting in a bath of porridge (the children thought it was great!), but was very effective. I noticed on the reviews that someone highly recommended it for excema. xx
Some of my clients use Epaderm cream - it's been very effective. It can be used in the bath as a wash, mixed in the hand with a little water, and then applied as an emollient after the bath. It's available from pharmacists and also on prescription.
Hi Being Me,
One of the problems with washing is that it removes the natural oils from the skin that help keep it supple and hence it can dry out.
It may be that your daughter just needs, post bath, to have a small amount of moisturiser gently rubbed into the skin. Avoid ones with perfume etc. and go for something with less in it rather than more. E45 is a good one, though confirm with your doctor, and (s)he should be able to prescribe some that is sensative skin friendly, and in larger quantaties than you would get out of the shops (for the price of a prescription I got a massive dispenser thing which must have had about 1 litre of moisturiser in it).
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Hi
There's lots of information about eczema in general on our forums - see both here
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Do have a read of the whole discussions as there are many tips on how to deal with the problem from different angles.
Hope you can help her soon
Hi BeingMe,
my baby has excema and i only bath him twice a week. i use some unrefined Shea butter before he goes in (you can buy this v.cheap on ebay, i buy a kilo for £10 which lasts ages) Its the only moisuriser that has been brilliant. All the others created other probs.
in the bath no soap products only oats in a sock to wash. the oats soften the water and skin so are really good to exfoilate a bit so the skin doesnt get too many layers of dry skin. I have seen some natural excema shampoos that looked pretty good but havent tried them. Lavera do one.
also we are seeing a homeopath and this has improved his skin loads. seems to be changing the excema all the time.
she also said to avoid acidic foods so he is off dairy, oranges, apples, pears. she said for fruit go for soft fruits instead, like berries, peaches, apricots.
also told us to avoid dried fruit.
hope you find whats causing it.
w*w
Another suggestion to add to the bath is a couple of chamomile tea bags. This was a suggestion from a homeopath.
While not meant to be a total solution in itself (think he had also given some creams), this was to help when bathing, which is what your question was.
My daughter(aged 5) has had slight excema off & on for a couple of years but it's recently got really bad - a few weeks ago school asked us to collect her & take her to the doctor as thought she might have German Measles. The cream (non-steroid) is making her cry when we put it on & I don't really want to use it anyway so looking at cutting out dairy,citrus,tomatoes.
So - my question(eventually 😀 ) is that I think that her bath is drying out her skin & making things worse. We don't use bubble bath,shampoo etc (also use eco-balls so no washing poweder/fabric conditioner) - but think that maybe something in the bath might stop the water drying out her skin - but what to use?
Thanks
hi,
try this, i have to good effect and found that over a period of time the skin has healed totally. fill the tub with bath water and place a couple of green aventurine crystals in it. let the crystals stay for 20 mins then bathe your daughter in that water. green aventurine is an amazing healer for eczema. once done wash the crystals and place them in the sun till you need to use them again.
love
I have had eczema for 44 years!
I have had eczema for 44 years and there isn't a lotion, potion therapy I haven't tried from orthodox through to alternative through to the more bizarre urine therapy. Cutting out foods etc etc. I got to the stage I was getting so fed up they are really started to do really indepth research myself.
I have found a great cream from Fushi, Bringer of Peace moisturiser that has no chemicals, paragons and nothing awful added at all, they also do a cream especially for eczema but this actually irritated my eczema (get it from chemistdirect.co.uk as much cheaper than direct from fushi) that was great as a completely softening natural cream but the absolute essential thing that has now in one month made my eczema less itchy to start so you stop the itch scratch cycle which then your body can get on healing itself is taking supplements zinc 50mg a day for the first month then cur it down to 15mg or if too low take 30mg, vitamin d 5000 a day, 3000mg of vitamin c and after 44 years I now have normal hands and wrists and no longer feel I have to wear long sleeves to cover my wrists I can even wear rings now!
Good luck with releasing yourselves from the terrible pain and axiety that comes with eczema quite literally taking these supplements has changed my life
Hi Humbug - welcome to Healthy Pages :wave:
Thank you so much for taking the time to add your experiences and describe what has helped you. Fortunately I haven't had eczema but know those who have and it does seem to have different triggers in the individual, but the supplement regime I would support entirely - with the addition of Essential Omega oils. Too many of us don't consume enough of them, particularly omega-3 which is found in oily fish (ocean salmon, fresh tuna (not tinned), sardines, herring and mackerel). It is possible to get some from flaxseed (linseed) and hempseed if finely ground, but you need to eat 2 rounded tablespoons daily and people often do not convert the more inactive form in these seeds into the more active form.
It is good to know of a useful emollient cream that has no chemicals in it. Some stuff I was given by the Dr just recently for something else was basically mineral oil - vasseline :eek:. The skin is not composed of mineral oil!!!!
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The best thing to do is to consult your doctor to give you the right information, because you don't wanna harm your child's .
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so much for taking the time to add your experiences and describe what has helped you. Fortunately I haven't had eczema but know those who have and it does seem to have different triggers in the individual, but the supplement regime I would support entirely - with the addition of Essential Omega oils. Too many of us don't consume enough of them, particularly omega-3 which is found in oily fish (ocean salmon, fresh tuna (not tinned), sardines, herring and mackerel). It is possible to get some from flaxseed (linseed) and hempseed if finely ground, but you need to eat 2 rounded tablespoons daily and people often do not convert the more inactive form in these seeds into the more active form.