Nappy rash. Better than Metamium?

[RainbowLoom]

16 month old has super bad nappy rash, upgrades sudocrem to Metamium. Can I get the fungal infection creams from chemist or do I need to wait to get a prescription?
Any other good creams...v red and skin is bleeding in areas slightly.

Poor thing. Ds had it awful after a bad bug and the gp said no to fungal creams as it was too sore. She suggested washing it with cetrabin, water and cotton pads (v gently of course) then sudocreme or metanium, it worked a treat. We had cetrabin for ds' eczema but you can buy it over the counter.

Thanks will try that!!

Poor little thing, sounds so very sore.

Metanium always worked a treat on DD but DS responded much better to Bepanthen. Both had this sort of awful rash on occasion and the GP advised to lightly coat the open skin with cornstarch before applying the cream so that it didn't 'float' off the wounds.

They use orabase (get over the counter for bed sores etc.) in NICU for really bad nappy rash to protect the skin from urine and allow it to heal. Cetraben bath emollient will help, we use that for our three. Lots of no nappy time will help too.

Thanks again. Poor little thing. Dreading her next poo in sympathy for her!

Oh chamomile tea bags soaked in the bath water can help too.

Stick her in a bath straight after looking to relieve it :(

Desitin. This is the best cream ever. Smells awful, but it's amazing.

Metanium has always been fantastic for my two. The only occasion it didn't touch dd's sore bum, which was sore to the point of bleeding and lasted a few days despite using the metanium, water/cotton wool and having nappy-off time, I took her to the gp who said it was either a fungal or a bacterial nappy rash (scroll to the bottom of the page for the symptoms) and prescribed Canestan (I think; whatever it was it didn't improve) and then fucidin, which cleared it up.

If the rash doesn't clear within a few days, or gets worse, I'd suggest going to the doctor.

Are you still using wipes? If so, def try moving to warm water and cotton wool until it clears up.
Boots do own brand Sudocrem. Castor Oil and Zinc - its fab stuff.
Metatanium cream cleared everything up in my experience. The only time it didn't, we needed stuff on prescription.

DD got dreadful nappy rash from wipes though. Only WaterWipes didn't do it and they are still harsh I think.

Zinc and castor oil cream! You usually get it OTC. I just use ordinary thrush cream if DD seems itchy.

bicarb of soda in the water for cleaning at changes and bathing.

Coconut oil, used it on my dcs for bad nappy rash and really helped

RainbowLoom, all of the products mentioned here will do the trick-if used correctly!
Nurse here, and we had patients on tube feeds=continual liquid other end. Horrendous nappy rash when the patients came to us...
Within 24hrs the difference! Amazing.
The secret was told to us by Tissue Viability Nurse.
Clean the area and let it dry thoroughly.
Slather on loads of barrier cream-we used Metanium.
LEAVE IT ALONE.
Do not remove this cream unless there is more poop. If only wet nappies just change the nappy. Add more cream if necessary. This cream can stay on all day. It will promote healing, because you are not tearing at the skin all the time.
If you do need to remove the cream due to poop, DO NOT USE WATER OR WIPES.
Barrier creams are made to resist water, it just tears the skin if you try to clean using water.
Use Baby Oil on cotton wool. The cream will slide off.
Then pat dry and reapply.
Watch and be amazed.