Anyone's child lactose intolerant or have severe eczema?

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My DD (20m) has severe eczema and I'm thinking of cutting out dairy to see if it improves. Wondering if anyone who has done this; did your child's skin improve? What things did you give them instead of dairy?

When DC started bottles (after about 4/6 weeks of BF) she came out in severe rashes/eczema.

Went away as soon as she changed to dairy free milk

(Also has very runny and frequent poops!)

Had CMPI and lactose intolerance.

@stellenbosch can I ask what sort of things you gave DC to eat? X

She's been dairy free since birth. This all happened when she was four/six weeks old

She was also reacting to being b/f br not as severely

(Also had reflux though!)

My baby is allergic to dairy (CMPA) and it was initially suggested when he was 9 weeks old due to eczema and dry skin.

I went dairy free as I was breast feeding and his skin became much better.

He’s now 8 months old and still dairy free. If I have an accidental slip-up and have some dairy his eczema will flare up again within hours.

Lactose allergy/intolerance and dairy intolerance are two different things. It’s a common mistake though.

I once sent my husband out to get me some butter and he came home with lacto-free butter not realising it was something different completely. I told him that it’s dairy free butter I needed and had to send him out again 😂

What treatment has/is she getting for her eczema?

@InDubiousBattle just using cetraban and a body wash for the bath prescribed by the gp

Has she not has any steroids to try and treat it? I know of some people who have found cutting out dairy has helped but it's a pretty big step if pretty much the first obvious treatment hasn't been tried?

@InDubiousBattle yes Hun we have had several steroid creams but have been told to only use them a week max. Then once steroid cream has been stopped, her eczema always came back 😩

When my ds had eczema the (really pretty strong)steroids didn't completely clear it up and a fantastic gp with a special interest in dermatology prescribed Pro Topic ointment (Tacrolimus) and it cleared his eczema up amazingly. It was an absolute game changer for us. Sorry- that's totally not what you asked about!

When my son was about 4 months and I have been dairy free for about 8 weeks I was advised to do a “milk challenge” which is basically where I have a large intake of dairy and so if anything happened to DS as that’s the method used to confirm there is in fact an allergy.

I drank two chocolate milkshakes and had a chocolate bar (heaven) and then a few hours later I breast fed DS to see if he’d have a reaction. Within about 3 hours the eczema in his arms started to flare up until eventually his whole arms were covered, they were really red and sore, it looked awful.

We’d previously been prescribed a variety of creams from the GP but applying them made no difference. After about 10-12 days I went back to the GP as his arms looked no better and I was just received Zerobase and Hydromol. I used the Zerobase in the morning and again at lunch and then slathered the Hydromol on at bedtime and within 48 hours of having this treatment his eczema had completely gone.

Since weaning we’ve had some issues with minor eczema patches around his mouth so we’ve been applying Hydromol about 6 times a day which keeps things under control. We have also been given some hydrocortisone creams to use as needed.

The only time now that we use the Zerobase/Hydromol combination is when he has bad flare ups if I accidentally have some dairy and it goes through my breast milk. We’ve also had to use it though when his face has a huge flare up if he has a contact reaction in the form of him being kissed by someone who has recently had dairy. When this happens his face goes very red, he gets what looks like hives and little blisters and then the skins goes incredibly raw and red. In this instance the application of hydrocortisone causes the initial symptoms to resolve within 12 hours and then we go back to the Zerobase/Hydromol combination for about 3 days which clears it up completely.