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i f-ing hate eczema

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misdee · 02/05/2007 22:42

dd1 is sore again. has woke up crying and scratching. have given her some pitiron and put even more cream on her.

hate this. hate seeing my girls upset and trying to rip thier own skin to shreads

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:18

oh she is now finally asleep. was wimpering for so long in her sleep

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Saturn74 · 02/05/2007 23:20

It's so horrible to see them like that.
DS1 was the same when he was very young.
Has grown out of it, more or less, now - thank goodness.
Olive oil used to work really well on his arms.
Hope she's better soon.

kittypants · 02/05/2007 23:21

poor you and your dd.both my ds have it.6 year old worse than 16 month old.we use dream cream from lush as seems the only thing that works on him.and piriton.it must be awful for them.i hate summer as all the suncreams effect it,but winters same as wellies make it bad too!plus any change in weather!gggrr

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:21

she is 7, was hoping she would grow out of it by now, but each year its get worse again for a while. not as bad as when she was a baby though.

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SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:22

it is awful when really bad we used to give my dd1 vallergan

wet bandages ultrabase etc
feel sorry for your dd we have been there
I still suffer but my dd1 has almost grown out of it -she gets a bit in her creases and has very very bad dandruff an extremely dry skin

hugs to your lo
xx
(you have 3 dd's like me under6?)

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:24

3dd's 7, 4 and 2. dd1 has eczema, asthma and allergies, hayfever, dd2 has asthma, eczema, hayfever, allergies.

dd3 has eczema and some allergies.

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SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:24

sorry x posts

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:25

wetwrapping irritates her skin more, she is currently on balneum bath oil, aveeno cream and hydrocortsione ointment, am hoping she doesnt start to have allergic reactions to this treatment after a while like she did with the others.

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hairymclary · 02/05/2007 23:26

misdee, have you ever considered homeopathy? I am npo expert on it by any means, but I know a couple of peopel who have had really good results with it.
plus, it can't hurt if traditional remedies aren't helping that much

SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:26

mine are 6 4 and 2 on friday
my 13 yr has all but grown out of it
I never did I have all the allergies etc
sat here b/f dd4 got to help ?!!

three littlest are ok up to know touch wood

SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:29

what about wheat free?
aveno is supposed to be the best my niece is really bad and aveeno is the only thing that helps
when I was really bad last time I got prescribed zinc oxide impregnated bandages that I put in the fridge first

my face is the worse I rub it in my sleep

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:29

hairy, i have but cant investigate it further atm, too much on. sounds awful, but have so many appointments already to keep up with.

4girlz, breastfed dd3 till 2 weeks ago, her skin has really flared up a lot this past week, but has had viral rash and heat rash as well which isnt helping.

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:30

we've done diets before. didnt help her. she is a generally stopic child. if she has food colourings then her skin, asthma and allergies get worse. I think the grass was cut at school today and she played on the field afterwards, so may be because of this.

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:31

stopic/atopic.

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hairymclary · 02/05/2007 23:32

yes, I was reading today how so many additives and things in food have been linked to skin conditions and asthma. scary that they're allowed in food at all really

SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:33

sorry to hear that the poor little thing

does the warm weather irritate it too?

horrible horrible thing ecezma I have had it all my life since i was a tiny baby

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:36

the worst culprit is orange food colourings. i am a right fussy mum at parties and have to inspect everything before hand or else send in a packed lunch. so many foods have colourings in. and though it wont kill her it does make her so miserable and suffer.

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:36

yes warm weather is a pain, but then so is cold weather.

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SNOWBall4girlz · 02/05/2007 23:52

it seems you can not win with ecezma in cold weather it makes it worse going from central heating to outside
in warm its the sweating and humidity
rotten disease

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misdee · 02/05/2007 23:58

cant win at all.

had added pic of dd1 to profile, have to remind myself of how smiley she is when her skin is good.

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PinkTulips · 03/05/2007 00:05

your dd's are all gorgeous misdee, really gorgeous

SNOWBall4girlz · 03/05/2007 00:09

your dd's are lovely
(have just put mine on my profile too)

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misdee · 03/05/2007 00:09

thank you. two of them look like walkign scabs atm one tube of aveeno already gone this week, only opened it on asunday

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misdee · 03/05/2007 00:12

4girlz, you dd's are gorgeous, which one is the one grinnign massivly? loving that grin

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