DS1's nail has grown through with a spilt/hole/manky bit
he has had eczema on his thumbs for months
is there something else causing this do you think?

I have had really bad eczema on my fingers over the years and it has never made a difference to my nail growth.

Any thoughts?

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really - no-one?

I have eczema on my hands and it makes my nails ridged - mainly if I pick at the skin around the cuticle & nail bed then they grow out bumpy. I think it damages the nail while it's soft and forming. Could your ds have hurt his finger sometime back & that be what's damaged the nail?

Is it his thumb nail or another finger nail? Is it soft and spongy and greenish/black - if so it could be a fungal infection.

If it is growing out with the nail it is probably damage that has been done earlier in the nail growth cycle and will grow out - eventually.

thanks ladies,
I was just worried that it was something else (fungal nail infection) that requires different treatment to eczema.

thanks

My dd has always suffered eczema and has two large toe nails that are thick and discoloured. Did seem to improve/grow out but not looking so good again at the moment. We did once mention it to a doctor who said to come back if it didnt go. Yesterday I noticed they were rather crumbly again when I cut them. I always wondered if the wet wraps caused it originally.

I am allergic to certain paints and stupidly did some painting thinking it would be okay in Jan. I have severe allergic excema.

For the last few months i have lost three finger nails and warped two. My fingers literally swelled up and produced alot of gunk before falling out.

I currently have one left on my thumb that is growing back now. All the other have eventually grown back in the meantime. My nails looked upside down - with the healthy nail pushing the raised horrid nail off.

Not at all pleasant for me but very much worse for a child i would imagine. You and he have my sympathies.

I found a bit of Betnovate rubbed on worked well.

I have dermovate for me, eumovate for DS1, should I use a dab of mine or get a dr's appointment for some betnovate for DS2?

Wow you really sound like you are ogin through it with your eczema... do you take painkillers?

Betnovate is really good - that and steroids are the only things that work for me. I'm not sure if there's a lower age limit on Betnovate as it's quite strong.

I don't usually take painkillers as it's more sore than hurting (and it looks such a flipping mess too).

Try massaging the nail daily with extar virgin olive oil - it will improve the blood supply and help it to grow and smoooth out the ridges. I would aslo suggest you think about visiting a homeopathic practitioner to see if they could prescribe some pillules to help with the eczema.