Eczema worries

[Angeldelight21]

Hi mommas,

My little girl has eczema and it has spread all over her body. We got a prescription hydrocortisone and I also keep her skin moisturising all day but doesn't seem helping a lot.

Can you share your experience what worked for you? Has your little one outgrown it?

TIA

We had horrific eczema. We did this

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/05/daughter-eczema-dr-aron

saved our lives I think! Cannot imagine how we would have coped otherwise. The uk dermatologist we were seeing wanted to move us onto oral steroids. Dark days!

We never looked back. Three days in, he was sleeping through the night (used to wake every 20 mins). Three weeks, skin was totally clear. Three months eczema completely gone.

we get a tiny bit after a bad virus now. But haven’t treated in years.

My 3 year old son has eczema. Had mildly from birth. Got considerably worse from about 18 months to the point where he has red raw skin and would wake every night scratching and upset. Paid to see a private dermatologist not long after he turned 2. Very expensive but totally worth it. Prescribed a stronger steroid, which pretty much cleared it in 2 weeks. We use hydromol cream at least twice a day and steroid cream when his skin flares. Hydrocortisone only made his skin worse.

Which emolient are you using? You could perhaps try a different one. What are you bathing her in? Try child's farm or Aveeno baby or just bathe with emolient. Is her skin oozing? Yellow? This will mean she has an infection so you will need to go back to the doctor's. Cotton clothes next to her skin. Try scratch mitts (but make sure they are cotton). Try an antihistamine as well for a few days to see if it makes a difference (as long as she is over 12 months; otherwise, it's prescription only).
If the hydrocortisone is having no effect, then you need to go back to the doctor.

And if you have changed any cleaning products just before she flared, switch back to the old one (or if the company has just changed the formulation - I'm looking at you Dettol!)

Cut the dairy!

We had to cut dairy and soya then it cleared up dramatically.

We also cut out dairy and it cleared up in under 2 weeks. His eczema was so bad that the gp thought it was impetigo, so he was given antibiotics and steroids at the same time, but neither worked. Dairy free did though!

Does it look like this? We've just done dairy free for 5 weeks and no change. We have been told lots of different things by drs and latest is eczema. We slather her in prescribed creams

She never itches it or complains, it doesn't disturb her sleep at all so we have no idea if this actually is eczema or not as four different doctors have told us different things

For me it was dairy, eggs, something in any drinks 'made from concentrate' and cleaning chemicals (especially the surface wipes that are everywhere). As an adult i used steriod creams when its flared badly on my face - but i'm really really glad that my parents didnt go down that route with me as a child as i can mostly control it now. Completely understand trying to get some respite with something topical - but if you can get a great dr they will help you try and work out what is causing it

As a lifelong sufferer the only thing that's worked is a biological medication. Sadly children can't use that, but in my teens I found protopic ointment in between steroids was very very useful.

I'll be looking into the above method of mixing steroid and emollient though as I have two extremely stubborn patches.

Thank you for all your comments. I didn't realise diet contributs to the condition. We are going back to the Gp so let's see what they say.

Use a water softener, to be installed on the mains. It was the miracle cure for both my kids