Child's eczema

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Sorry if I've posted in the wrong place. Feeling guilty as son's leg has been sore during last week of school. Looked at it after a shower on Friday night & we creamed it up & I put mittens on him so he didn't scratch. It's been a crazy few days & ive just realised how sore it's got. He never Miami's but today he begged me to get rid of his eczema. Any ideas on how to look after & prevent it getting worse before I can get a dr appointment?? This is it cleaned.

Thanks in advance!

Urghhh so sorry, this was what my ds’s inside elbow looked like a few weeks ago I’d been using emollients but the GP gave us an antibiotic cream (fusidic acid 2% cream) to use alternately throughout the day with some steroid ointment (eumovate) (& also showed me how much to use, as previously I’d not put enough on) and after 2-3 days it was sooo much better.

Sorry to hear about your daughter too! It's horrible to see them uncomfortable. That's really good news to hear though about the cream. My other son had 3 suspicious looking pussy spots in one place on his chin. I rushed him to gp as we were going to be away for a week. As precaution in case it was impetigo she gave me some of that cream. But the next day it looked so much better. It was just 3 spots & with a combination of teething and dribble it looked worse. So actually have a brand new one unopened in my cupboard. Might smother it tonight & see how it looks tomorrow. Thank you for responding

This is a bit of an investment but I can't recommend highly enough getting a water softener put in. It totally got rid of all the eczema in our family.

You should be able to get 1% hydrocortisone from the chemist. They tend to be pretty good with advice too so I would recommend going there.

Oatmeal wrapped up in a muslin cloth in the bath helps too, you can squeeze the water from it onto the affected areas which can help with the itching.

Try and put him in soft trousers instead of jeans which can rub the backs of the knees too.

Interesting my other. Our water is really hard here & I had a guy come to the house a year ago to sell it to me. But I didn't know much about it. Will have to look into it.

Sit-up. I'll have to get some oatmeal. He has Epsom salt baths etc & only really wears school trousers but ms & soft or joggers. But all the fluff seems to be getting caught every day. I've actually put that cream on & an adults tubi grip for now to stop it rubbing & getting caught on clothes.

Completely forgot about getting the 1% cream from chemist! Wonder when they're open....

Thanks everyone!

We get flare ups whenever we go stay in a hard water area and it's all so much better when we get back to our softened water. Seriously worth looking into.

As an adult, with bad eczema (dermatology etc), the main thing is moisturising - you can never do too much.

Also, when on steroid creams etc, don't skimp. That is what everyone tends to do.

Topcat you're spot on. We haven't moisturised for a while & now I feel terrible. He hates being creamed & as soon as it looks ok I let him off a few nights & we're back to square one. I need to really make it part of the routine so he just accepts it. But it's always a battle . Interesting about the steroid cream. My GP has always told me a little goes a long way so I'll be sure to use it like you suggest when we get some. Thanks

You shouldn't use too much steroid either. It does tell you how much in the leaflet. Looks nasty. Possible infection too.
What emollient do you use? Slather it on often to prevent recurrence.

Lush's Dream Cream is absolutely amazing. Obviously visit your GP and use any prescription according but I cannot recommend Dream Cream enough for this. A PP mentioned oatmeal, which is effectively what the cream is, with some extra soothing ingredients.

It's not overly expensive and works like a charm in many cases of eczema.

Good luck!

I used doublebase gel for DD's bad eczema...still use during flare ups and works a treat. So sorry OP , stressful managing eczema

My Dd gets this occasionally, we use a really thick waxy cream that sits on top of the skin and a hydrocortisone cream when its really bad.

When she's scratched it so bad its bled we use tubigrip (bigger size than she would need for a sprain so it isn't tight) to cover her knees at night so she can't get her nails in.

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I was coming on to say oatmeal in a sock in the bath. Works will for my itchy lot.

As per PP, yes you shouldn't use 'too much' but the problem is that most people interpret that as the tinyest thinest sliver - which then doesn't do much.

I think NHS have recently changed the guidance to try and encourage people to use a little more.

Better to use sufficient, for a few days, and get things under control, than not use enough.

I think the problem is continuous use for weeks, rather than the amount used in each application.

My dermatologist also told me that moisturising will not cure the eczema (which makes sense) but is required to prevent recurrance.

Thank you everyone for all your advice! He's had a shower today to clean it up & then we've stuck him in shorts to air it dry. This was it before he jumped in the shower.

Have you looked at foot allergies ? I believe it can be cured from the inside . I had extremely bad infantile eczema and also IBS . I eliminated foods until I worked out what was causing it .

That does look like you may need some antibiotic cream or tablets, are the yellowish bits scabby and pus filled or is that very moist excess skin?

They were scabby & looked a bit like pus. However I've left it free to air today after a shower & it's looking a lot cleaner now.