Urgent excema advice needed

[naturopath]

Hi, my 4-month old ds has woken up screaming because the excema on his neck/chest area has suddenly flared up and he has scratched it to shreds.

I had already put hydrocotisone on before he went to bed, and have gen used hydrcortisone / cetraben all over his body.

Question is - what can I do with the area that is bleeding? I have just put scratch mitts on his hands so he shouldn't do any more damage, but can I put anything on the bleeding area to ease the pain/itching? Obvouslt don't want to irritate it further.

(am picking up presciption for various other creams etc. from dr. tomorrow)

Thanks!

Hi, my son is now 8 and has had excema since about the same age. He was intolerant to dairy (we went onto soya milk). BUT, he was also intolerant to CITRIC ACID. This stuff ia used as a kind of "natural"(hah!)preservative everywhere. Once we eliminated citrus products and stuff with Citric and Ascorbic acid from his diet, his excema all but disappeared. Many of the products recommended above are good, but nothing succeeded in making as big a difference as excluding Citric Acid. On the positive side, because he couldn't have choc or fruit sweeties for the longest time, he developed excellent eating habits (probably cos he had to have lots of veg and other fruit to perk up his vit C intake).

That's interesting teccx - how did you find out? Did you have him allergy-tested?