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swimming has made eczema terrible again :(

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hayleyhew · 04/02/2007 10:45

We have just come back from hol in Centre Parks - our little boy (20mths) has eczema but we have managed to get it well under control with elenas cream just on backs of legs but didnt really bother him a lot. Also have a 3 year old and we thought we would just try swimming - hate him missing out - he was great in the pool. We stayed in for an hour but his oil and cream straight on when came out. It went so well that we decided to go again the next day - again all good. But the day after he flared up terrible and he was clawing himself (it was like going back in time 6mths - to hell!). Now 4 days later his eczema is starting to look a little better not so red but still worse than before the swim. He has it on his face again (which had been clear for ages). Feel so guilty at taking him and stupid. Really fed up just want the little one to share bath times etc - he is missing out!

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Notquitesotiredmum · 04/02/2007 10:54

Aw bless. My ds2 has terrible excema too, and we have to be really careful about swimming. I find that it helps to cover him in vaseline (which is water resistant) first, although it does make him very slippy/ hard to hold.

I was recently advised not to put any other creams onto him before swimming, as the chlorine identifies them as impurities and so attacks the cream/skin beneath, which makes sense.

We have been lucky enough to find a local pool which uses salt rather than chlorine which is wonderful.

Our boys have shared baths but on the understanding that it is with water only, no soap or bubbles. They are fine that way - we just have dozens of bath toys to play with instead of bubbles (and I have to wash the bath out with loads of clean water to remove shampoo residue, or else he has an awful flare up.

As a matter of interest, we took ds2 swimming in the sea when he was tiny - and it did more to help his excema than anything else has ever done - worth waiting until summer for though! (We went to Studland bay/Swansea in Dorset. It was perfect - shallow beaches with almost no waves. He spent hours, sitting, wandering about in the water, and his skin changed overnight.)

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