Child eczema

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Would anyone know what this is..is it eczema or psoriasis or something else tried everything no dairy but mother is still breastfeeding the twins at 17 months I cook food that has dairy it...I don't want oilitum or steroid creams we've tried that too we will try anything more at this point

This is what it looks like

It could be ringworm.

Why haven't you tried the eczema creams? That would have been the first port of call to rule eczema out and then it wouldn't have got this bad.

How unhelpful and also untrue.

We were in the same position as you. We stayed clear of steroid creams and took a natural approach and his skin has cleared up pretty much. We also had to cut out some food and give probiotics and a vitamin D. The main things that causes his skin to flare is dairy but he also can’t have gluten and some other things. Feel free to message me and don’t listen to the above person.

It looks a bit more like ringworm to me. Fungal infection. Pop to Pharmacy and they can prescribe/sell you Clotrimazole cream

Not that unhelpful or true.

Even you didn't solve eczema by doing nothing.You cut out dairy and gluten, other food and gave probiotics and vitamin D. Dairy takes about 3 weeks to work through the system and 6 weeks for gluten. So potentially 6 more weeks of suffering for OP's children.

OP has excema cream available. A week of those and then a trip to the GP eczema would have been ruled out and other investigations started. Could be a week ahead. Instead, they allowed two children to suffer needlessly. They even admit they went no dairy for the children but the breastfeeding mum didn't. So, actually they have done nothing.

Once you know what the issue is, then a natural cure can be found but don't do natural until you know what you are dealing with.

My dc had eczema but never on their back. Mine had dry flaky scalps and sore skin on the backs of their legs particularly behind the knees. Do yours have this anywhere else?
It looks more fungal to me so I would see gp for advice. If they advise steroid cream then emollient I really would give it a try. It must be quite painful so anything that helps is good.

Ignore HOP2024, fake poster.

It doesn't look like ringworm to me. That looks very sore and angry, which steroid cream did you try? I find them better in an ointment. Stop washing in anything other than warm water, once it calms down think about a cream to rehydrate the skin, only one patch at a time until you find something that works. Aveeno cream is good, and hemp hand cream from the bodyshop if they still do it.

Sorry I'll explain...he's been to the hospital theybsaid fungal and gave us athlete foot cream didn't work went hospital again they then said it was eczema told us to bath him in oilitum which flared him up because its petroleum I then avoided the hospital went to the chemist they gave me Oat meal to bath him in and a hemp cream which took away the flaring and itchiness his aslo gets bathed with a anti fungal bar of soap....his twin brother got bathed with him and never got it so its not spreading...I went to the gp they gave us a steroid cream which cleared it a great bit buy its come back scaly and dry I moisturise him when dermol 500 because the doctor said she will contact the dermatologist that was supposed to get in contact in a week but it's been 5 weeks no contact...I don't want anymore chemicals on him he gets sock too much...to be fair at the start it did look like ringworm now it looks like psoriasis I will literally try anything...he's still being breastfed and I've cut dairy put of our diet only thing I havent changed is washing uo liquids

His gp said psoriasis is more scaly dry and flaky and attacks elbows knees in and out...and he clearly had it on the inside of his arms and knees but she ignored that and said his was eczema bit she wasn't too confident cause she was going to contact a dermatologist

OP, if it is eczema then steroids are going to be part of the ongoing management of it, and the dermatologist will tell you the same thing - even where food allergy is a factor, the basic principles are still going to be daily application of emollients, plus careful use of steroid creams during flares. For kids who have very severe disease there are stronger meds that can be used, but I don't think you're going to get a handle on this without steroids. This page has good advice: patient.info/skin-conditions/atopic-eczema

It’s not just daily emollient either, I was told 6 x a day. I kept it where I changed nappies and slathered a pump on each time.

My little one was prescribed a steroid cream and hydromol and when she had flare ups I'd go to the steroid cream thinking that was the best thing to use.
However, I was speaking to the health care assistant and she said with excema the main thing is moisture and to primarily use the hydromol which is an intense moisturiser (I don't know the specific ingredients). Now when she has flare ups I put a nice, thick layer of that on before bed and a lighter coat in the morning and it makes a huge difference. I'm not sure if hydromol is different to the dermal 500 or if it has an ingredient in it you shouldn't be using so you'd have to speak to a professional.

It looks like discoid eczema to me...

If it is eczema don't use steroid creams....yes it gets rid of it temporarily but doesn't treat the underlying cause of eczema (which could be dietary, environmental, or stress, any recent changes like childcare?)
My child stopped responding to steroid creams and is now going through topical steroid withdrawl. It's horrific. Stick to the moisturisers and try and find the cause