please help!!!!

[marie1979]

my son has medicine for his ezcema to stop him scratching but its not working has anyone got a suggestions please i am going mad here i feel so helpless he wont stop and hes still up and got school in the morning and his legs are full of blood

oh it is i knew that eddiejo it was the other one not priton u know the other one threw it in the bin cant rememberf name hehehehe wot a twat i feel

clairerton dont know how to spell it

Claritin otherwise known as loratadine
You can give both in bad cases. Loratadine is long acting and piriton is short- might be useful at night to calm him and get onto good sleep?
My DS is on three antihistamines three times a day at the mo( on Paeds advice)> he also has food allergies too but his skin is clear for now!!

I just know when we had bad times andI didn't want to give him lots of meds - I resorted to Bicarb of soda/ chamomile/ and lavender baths with calamine/aqueous cream (in one). He would then sleep well for a long time!!

Dd used to get phenygen [sp] on precription if she had a bad flare up. Its a antihismine and a sedative so helps at night short term.
Also I still oil her after every bath with olive oil and can't remember the last time she had a flare up.

Yeh...Sometimes you end up doing full circe having exhausted all prescribed meds and going back to more natural ones again.

largeglass yeh think hes had that one, yes eddiejo hes tried loads of meds and creams its hard to remember them all hes had this since he was 1 and hes now 6 so u must igore me if i get confused.

You are tired and worried - cut yourself some slack sometimes.
You are doing your best for him! He's lucky to have you

thankyou for your kind words their must b something more i can do for him but i dont know what??

i was going to phone up nhs direct but then i thought they cant do anything then i thought doctors in the morning but their crap and he thinks its funny then i thought hospital but they cant do anything im on the pc for hours trying to find someting i mite have missed what can help him but i think im just going to drive myslef mad

marie, i didn't mean anything by my allergy comment I was just curious...

Anyway, how is he today? Is it any calmer? It wasn't the cream that made my itch worse, it was that the sensation of the cream on my hot, itchy skin just made me want to itch more. IMHO when a breakout is bad only prescription creams make a difference. And as long as you only use them for the breakouts and not for daily prevention, the skin should still respond. This is where I am with my eczema and I have had it since I was born (now 36).

I think you are really needing an empathetic dermatologist. Some regular outpatient treatment could get you over this hurdle. In seriously bad cases I think they still do UV therapy. Sunshine makes a huge difference to me. I get beautiful skin after a few days of glorious sunshine overseas. Our summers don't do it though.

You are doing a great job. Don't ask the doctor for help, tell the doctor you need a referral quickly.

i know u didnt frumpygrumpy, had to take him to hospital thats why only just come on for a bump on the head but hes fine. ezcema still bad but not quite as itchy as he was and hes sound asleep, thankyou for all your help and yeh hoochie some more info would be great

he loves milk and drinks it by the gallon!

just read the hidden diary that you gave me and theirs loads what can they eat??? and he loves hotdogs fruit and veg but heres one good one least hes not keen on chocolate but also loves icecream

my son is dairy/soya intolerant lives off pasta rice etc drinks ricemilk the rule of thumb tenda to be the cheaper the product the less chance of dairy you probably won't get it right instantly very confusing and does not always seem to make sense for example bourbon biscuits are normally milk free chicken gravy powder is not

posting in allergy was a good idea because many people with allergies also have eczema or a family history of it. Although eczema isn't actually an allergy food intolerances can often make it worse and milk is the usual culprit.

Sometimes switching to goats milk can help but as it's so bad now I would try 2 weeks totally free of cows or goats milk. Try rice milk, watch out for skimmed milk powder in some bread. I bake with stork hard margarine when I need to make totally dairy free cake.

He can have Kinnertons dark chocolate - sold in Sainsburys free from area. Sainsburys is a good supermarket when avoiding milk.

Just Bouillon gravy granules for chicken are milk but not egg free and Kallo organic beef stock cubes seem to be dairy free. There used to be a Bisto Best onion gravy but I think that may have changed.

Momma you are an oracle! Thanks for your wisdom x.

Your posts took me back to childhood, it is awful. We get very stressed when we want to scratch and it is agony.
If he loves guzzling milk I reckon thats the culprit - at my eczemas peak awfulness with A levels, driving test, hot summer and I looked like a peice of raw meat I finally saw a homeopath who took me off all diary and I also followed the Hay diet. He told me I would suffer withdrawal symptoms which I thought was crackers but omg what I wouldn't have done for a bit of cheese!
Bath sparingly, some of those creams do just heat up the skin and I think the skin gets used to any one substance. I so feel for you though my ds has none of allergies but I so know where you are coming from, hope he is feeling a bit better.

thankyou everyone i will take note and let you know how my baby gets on if it makes him better then i dont mind spending extra i was also thinking about psychotherapy does anyone think that will be helpful??

hi just a quick message phoned dermatolgist and have got my boy an earlier appointment for next tuesday fingaz crossed x

will do cant wait ive wrote down what im going to say to her and suggest so i dont forget cause ive got so0 many questions and loads of things goin round in my head probly forget and im not exactly on form with lack of sleep

Marie, one thing to watch out for/ask about- dd's eczema is often infected- she is 17 now so treats herself, sees consultant evry 6 mths, he is an immunologist, we got to see him after she had a nut reaction, but her worst allergy (which causes the eczema) is to house dust mite.
I remember what it was like when she was little (she has always had it) nothing really helped until she got PROTOPIC from consultant, do ask dermatologist about it. They don't like giving it to v young ones, but it really has helped.
Sorry- I've rambled, the point about infected skin is that you then need anti biotics- on skin and by mouth, that can help if it is infected- and then to use anti bacterial emmollient as routine hand wash.