Anyone have any alternative or natural remedies for eczema?
Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at
6:44 am
Our family doctor prescribed hydrocortisone for my daughter (she’s 3 going on 4 in January) to treat her eczema. She gets it quite badly about 2x per year – on her arms, legs and sometimes on her stomach. The pharmacist just cautioned me about not using the hydrocortisone too much on her – why would that be? Is it a steroid?
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She gets it twice a year – probably when the big changes in weather come. This is a trigger for eczema.
My son was the same way and at the time he was an infant/toddler we had an "older" ped who was wonderful. he said all of the expensive skin creams in the world – nothing is better than good old fashioned vasoline. Take a big glop while she is standing in the bath and then let her play for 5-10. Of course, stay close to make sure she is sitting as the tub gets slippery. When she gets out gently dry her off (don’t rub as it irritates skin conidtions). Cortisone is helpful but can lead to think skin, white patches on the skin and photosensitivity so try Vasoline first. Worked wonders for us and others I know
Keep an eye on her as she grows for allergies and asthma as they almost always go hand in hand with ecxema.
try using gentle naturals baby eczema cream. i use it on my son and daughter(4 and 20 mons). it helps alot. not only does it relieve the itching but their skin keeps getting softer everytime i put it on them. keep in mind my son’s eczema is covering both his leg from hip to ankle. i think that qualifies it as severe?
sun shine works best and yes there is steroids in hydrocotisone its a low level (sister in law has eczema)
http://nationaleczema.org – check here for information
I had it as a kid.. I’d get it mostly on my stomach and whenever my family went on vacation and I’d be out in the sun it would seem to clear up (even though I don’t believe it was recommended).
I did end up naturally growing out of it and there’s no signs I ever did have it. I hope for your daughter’s sake she has a similar experience.
Too much hydrocortisone could lead to side effects. The side effects of hydrocortisone, a corticosteroid, can be rather severe. Very little of topical hydrocortisone is absorbed into the blood stream, but it does do so. Since your daughter is still very small, it’s more of an issue.
You can use it, just don’t get fanatical about the amounts.
You can find an excellent treatment
here
http://www.geocities.com/mikorange/Eczema_Treatment.html
and here
http://eczemafix.blogspot.com/
I have used it myself and wrote the blog!