problems with my dd nursery regarding eczema

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my dd has modrate-severe eczema, some days he needs her creams applied constantly throughout the day. it can be quite upsetting for her and quite uncomfortable. she started nursery last week, and they have told me that altho they are fine about giving her inhalors if she needs them they cant apply her cream. they work on the theory that if she has them applied b4 she starts the session then she shouldnt need them again in a 2.5 hour period. i know this not to be true. she also needs to moisterise her hands and arms after painting/sand and water play/washing her hands, but they havent really listened to me about this. the only thing they said i could do was keep her off if she is bad, or come in and apply her creams. i live a 30min walk away from the nursery, by which point a little itch could have turned into a huge scratching session with bleeding and a very upset child. is the nursery right in refusing this, what should i do?
not too sure what toopic to post this under so it may pop up in a few threads. sorry!!

unfortunately Gt Ormond Street will only take you as an NHS ( and therefore free) patient if you are referred by another hospital and it could take ages. Or you can pay and get an appt in 2 -3 weeks. We paid after our GP referred us but as we weren't prepared to wait for an appt at out local hospital we had to pay, although luckily my hubby's medicalinsurance paaid for it later.But it is worth it. See Dr Atherton if you can, he is wonderful, and he will write to your GP and get him/her to give you everything on prescription so you don't have to pay.

£130 should be fine, as i do get high rate dla for her, and this is just what the money is for really. thanks sooo much!! am still gonna wait on seeing her consultant at hertford in oct tho.

DH just told me that he heard that on GMTV next week Dr Hillary will be talking about skin conditions all week. Maybe he will cover ezcema and have a phone in ...

Donnie, we saw David Atherton too, the NHS list was 6 months so we went private, it cost a couple of hundrend pounds but was so worth it. He was the only one to acknowledge the wet-wraps alone were not working and he presribed oral steriods. Ds took them for 12 monthsand, touch wood, his eczema has never returned to the state it was before seeing Dr A.

Hi, carrying on from a message earlier. Does anyone use Fucibet on the face? My parents dr prescribed some when ds (7 months) face got infected. It just seemed a really strong steroid to be using when surely most of the job is being done by the antibiotic. My book has it on the list as a High Potency steroid. It clears it up a treat when the teething dribble gets his chin infected, but I don't want to permanently damage his skin. Any good barrier creams anyone can recommend that will stop it getting infected in the first place?

hi bobthebaby. i have never used fucibet for the face. have always been perscribed .5% hydrocortisone and a course of antibiotics if dd1 face ever got infected (very rarely). tho my docs in harlow perscribed fucibet for very slight eczema my dd2 has. i went mad at him the next day as all she needed was moisertriser. i have no ideas about barrier creams, does he have a dummy? it could be rubbing on the skin making it sore.

The trouble is under his chin. He rubs it against his sleepsuit in the night. He has discovered that if you do this enough times you can break the skin and now seems hellbent on self destruction. Then it weeps and you can't get any cream to stick to it for long enough to get a result. If only these bloomin teeth would come through!

best barrier cream I found was plain old vaseline, or 50:50. Alterntaively I've used sudocreme when its started to get a bit sore- usually seems to clear it up overnight.

When ds1's face was vile the hospital (dermatology dept) gave us fucidin H for his face (it was ages ago but I think it's 0.1% hydrocortisone). They told us not to use anything stronger on his face- and his whole face was very badly infected. We were given oral antibiotics as well.

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Don't know if this helps-there's a new "miracle cure" out for eczema, written about in our local paper. It's been devised by a mum who's daughter had dreadfuil eczema and it's called "SKIN SALVATION". If you need more info about it, the phone no. is 01543-250810 or you can write to Purepotions, PO Box 11503, Earlswood, Solihull, B94 5YH. The lady's name is Natalie Balmond. Hope this helps.LOL

i've heard of that skin salvation. its on one of my lists to try. i think it was originally made by miners, they do a soap powder and a soap bar. its £30 for an 8 week supply of the soap powder, apparently u ditch all other treatment whilst using this, which is the one thing holding me back but i figure anything is worth a shot now.