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Eczema and swimming

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jenk1 · 29/01/2006 15:16

do you take your kids swimming if they have eczema?

We have joined a health club and want to take dd swimming, she goes crazy when she sees DS in the pool and shouts BATH BATH

Does the water affect the skin and if so is there anything that you can do about it?

TIA

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HenniPenni · 29/01/2006 15:27

Our DD3 goes swimming each week,and although her excema is pretty well controlled at the moment, we always shower her off immediatly after coming out of the pool and apply her normal emmolient. Then bath as usual at home. This seems to help keep her excema to manageable level.

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jenk1 · 29/01/2006 16:14

thanks for that, does it not make her eczema worse then?

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misdee · 29/01/2006 16:16

my dd1 eczema gets worse when we take her swimming. but she loves it. always has. she is now 5, and altho sulks when we go away as she cant swim everyday, she does understand why. i have decided that in future we will book places with baths so she can have a soak afterwards.

HenniPenni · 29/01/2006 16:57

It always looks red and angry, but by following our management plan it's alot better in the morning.

suzi2 · 29/01/2006 19:51

My DS goes swimming each week. When he comes out of the pool his skin looks awful (the cold makes it look worse) but we shower him down, apply his creams and the bath him thoroughly when we get home. I also apply emollient (eg epaderm) to him before he goes in to act as a barrier. He wears a little wetsuit so isn't too slippery to hold!

We were concerned it was flaring his skin up but, with a 4 wk break over Xmas there was no improvement.

wendb69 · 30/01/2006 16:22

Its very distressing if your child flares up during/after swimming. I had that trouble with my daughter. I had to say no to swimming at school as the chlorine in the pool was really strong.

Try and find out if there are any pools locally that are "Oxygenated" rather than chlorine pools. We use our local Oxygenated pool and have no trouble afterwards with itchy skin.

Hope this helps.

Orinoco · 31/01/2006 20:48

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ClareL · 01/02/2006 12:07

My DD is 6 and has swimming lessons each week. Her eczema is from head to foot but not a wet form her skin is incredibly dry and I normally spray her with a very greasy spray called Dermamist that was recommended when I saw a Private Doctor about her skin. Her skin will be very dry when she gets out but as said before I just shower her off and then give her a good soak in the back in Balneum which will then give her skin back a bit of moisture. I can't stand hanging around at the pool afterwards - prefer to get it all done at home. I think my DD would rather go swimming lessons and suffer the consequences. It's a horrible thing to cope with - but swimming for them is so enjoyable I couldn't stop her from doing it. She is old enough to understand that she might be a bit itchy when she gets out but will be better by bedtime.

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