Any home remedies for my baby with eczema?
Monday, January 9th, 2012 at
5:04 pm
He’s 7 months and his doctor is prescribing him medicine but it’s clearly not working? Any help? Rude comments will be deleted(:
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When my daughter was younger her eczema was so terrible. I!didn’t want to use the medications prescribed because the symptoms and side effects seemed too severe for a baby. Like the previous answerer cetaphil and heavy grease worked well. I used the cetaphil when bathing her and then rubbed her down with Red Fox Tub O’ Butter Coco Butter moisturizing grease afterward. Once her eczema became less intense I switched to Aveeno baby products.
did the dr. prescribe steroids? Steroids didn’t do anything for my son and when I took him to a dermatologist (his pediatrician and then an allergist both gave steroids), she gave him a prescription for elidel and told me to apply it twice a day and then also apply cutemol twice a day until his skin is better, and then apply the cutemol once daily. The cutemol is kind of expensive, like 25 dollar a tub…which lasts me like a week. However, I also use vaseline mixed with cetaphil cream which works really really well and it’s much easier to apply on a wet baby (you are supposed to moisturize like asap when they get out of the bath). Hope this helps
oh, and his dermatologist said it’s quite normal to prescribe steroid creams to infants for excema, but they are quite dangerous because they can cause cancer and I think she said liver problems 0_o
we’ve used Salcura Dermaspray Gentle on our son for six months, starting when he was about at his 7th month. It’s all natural, over the counter, made in Britain, leaves no mess unlike most other eczema treatments. It stops the itch in seconds for our child and healed his very inflamed skin. We spray his skin less and less now after 6 months. Only about one time every 2-3 days, but we sprayed him to start 4 times a day.
You’ll need to manage your child’s eczema triggers as well to prevent flare ups. Some children react to cow’s milk. Consider drinking Goat’s milk instead. Some kids react rapidly to eggs. If you’re nursing do not eat eggs at all. Some children react to bread. If your nursing, consider either making your own bread or we’ve found the Arnold brand doesn’t seem to flare up our child’s eczema.
Steroid creams should be the last resort, my sons doctor refused to go that route so she suggested giving him doak oil baths. You can get them at the pharmacy; I’m in Canada & the pharmacy here doesn’t keep them in stock but they order it for me. It’s done wonders for my son, & his doctor assured me it’s safe for everyday use. Mind you he still gets the odd break out (he’s 13 months now) but she prescribed elidel cream which is safer than steroids. I only use the cream when he’s at his worse. Since the doak baths cleared him I only use that when he breaks out as well. After every bath I slather him with unscented cream, I use Aveeno can’t think of the exact name right now but it’s the cream not lotion so it’s thicker. With eczema you want to use creams not lotions as creams will moisturize better.
If you can’t find doak oil, you can order it online
just to warn you if you do choose to try it, it doesn’t smell the greatest! But you only need a tiny amount in babys bath. My son has been using it since 6 months of age, I now only give him it once a week or when he has a break out. It also helped my hands as I have eczema too & my hands crack & bleed from dryness!