hey ladies..just wondering if any of your little ones has servere eczema? my little boy is going to be 2 in dec and has had it since he was around 10weeks old...its been a hard almost 2 years and night time used to b a massive struggle as i would literally have to rub his skin all over so he could get 2 sleep and then he would wake countless times a nite screaming in pain and scratchin his skin till it bled!

i just wish it was me instead of him..he doesnt know any different as hes had it 4 so long but i hate the fact hes in pain! hes been on a soya,lactose and dairy free diet since he was 1 and im only now just introducing little bits other wise he would stay intolerant 4 the rest of his life

has any1 else had a problem with there little ones like this? if so feel free 2 message me as i know almost everything there is 2 know about it now lol. xxx

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Hey,

Andrew has excema it has got loads better the last year since we switched to dermol! He still has a bad patch behind his knee but that is more because he scratches and picks it until it bleeds but even that is improving !

Andrew has been on nutramigen since he was a couple of months old and still has it because he throws up if he drinks cows milk and will not drink soya not even flavoured soya! He can however have dairy products, oddly enough they are his favorite foods! Cheese yogurt etc

I know how you feel I would swap places in a heartbeat so he didn't have to go through it!

Hopefully your little lad will grow out of it!

heya, elijah has very mild excema (although we aren't actually convinced it IS excema, i think its just some vague dermatitis which he will grow out of) but we haven't had to change his diet. we do use dermol too every night and in the mornings if it's bad - he loves 'helping' and smooshing it all over our faces

i do hope for you and your son that he does grow out of it and you can safely introduce new foods for him

Hiya,

Not a child I know, but a colleague of mine has really really bad excema and recently did a whole skin patch test thing at the hospital. It turned out she was allergic to latex (which she knew already as she couldn't wear the latex gloves), but there is actually latex in loads and loads of skin products, but it isn't listed on the ingredients (sneaky!).

She now uses doublebase gel and is finding that a lot better - all the ointments, creams and lotions all had sneaky latex in.

From a personal front, since having Imogen I've developed a sensitivity to something (but I don't know what) that is in a lot of hand creams including E45 and Aqueous cream. I'm now using diprobase and find that really helps.

Hope you find our what's wrong

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From a personal front, since having Imogen I've developed a sensitivity
to something (but I don't know what) that is in a lot of hand creams
including E45 and Aqueous cream. I'm now using diprobase and find that
really helps.

funny you should say that but i found diprobase, e45, aqueous all suddenly started giving me itchy blisters on my hands...elijahs dermol works great (thief!) though and so does norwegian formula unscented hand cream

sorry a bit of a post hijack there!

Hey girls thanks for the replys.. I've tried all of them creams and they seem to work for a while but then a week or so later it flares up again he has 3 patches on his back that just weep constantly as he rubs them on the edge of the sofa or bed (nightmare).. I'm hoping e will grow out of it like they say.. He has his check up at hosp in a couple weeks so will see what they say xxx

dita hasit and we just use oilatum in her bath and then absoloutly cover her with it after her bath...when it gets really bad the doc gives us some steroid cream to use x

yee ive had alot of steroid creams for jamie but u cant use them for long as it thins their skin if you use it 2 much..i try 2 stay away from them if i can. i honestly cant ever see his legs getting better cos as soon as they start 2 heal he will scatch them and will go back to square 1!..its a never ending circle! really gets me down sometimes xxx

It must be horrible for you both hon. Ive heard oatmeal baths can be great for it

i know what you mean, feel like tieing their hands behind their back sometimes!! ditas main area is just above her bottom, she scratches it to death 24/7, and now we are thinking about potty training we darent do it cos if she is nappy free she ends up scratching so muchit bleeds so we darent leave her nappy off! she does the tops of her thighs too so cant leave trousers off either! x

ye thats what we're like..in summer i just want 2 put him in shorts and no top and we just cant do it cos he scrathes it until it bleeds like u said..

also when he gets it on his face and arms strangers comment as we walk past sayin things like "ooo look at his burns" or "ooo hes had a few nasty falls" it makes me feel horrible as i feel people are lookin at me thinkin its my fault hes like that or that i hurt him xx