eczema? Post Reply

[nvmof3]

My sister in law is a dermatologist and together through trial and error, we have found a "recipe" that works for my son and daughter. Epaderm as a twice daily moisturiser as it is super greasy. Then if there is a flare up, some hydrocortisone (eumovate is good) to see it off. If there is a bit of bacterial infection in the red cracks (you can sort of see spots and dark red elements in the cracks and the eczema seems to spread more than normal) use Dermol before Epaderm for a few days as it has good antibacterial properties. I know everyone has their own methods, but none of the previous posters have mentioned the bacterial infection which is often present in cracked raw skin and needs treating.

[Racheleh]

We have 3 generations of eczema sufferers in my family and over the years have found the information and support available from the National Eczema Society very useful.

www.eczema.org
email: helpline@eczema.org
or telephone for eczema help: 0800 089 1122

The website provides helpful information and there are also several excellent leaflets available on different aspects of childhood eczema (which I found meant that I was much better informed when visiting the GP).

Also a word of warning re the use of almond oil - while some sufferers do find nut oils help eczema, there is often a link between eczema and nut allergy.

[toadstool]

My 3 year old also suffers from eczema and has had no joy from the various creams prescribed by the doctor.

This is a weird one but really works for her - we rub in Aveeno cream (properties within it calm down the inflammation) and follow it up with 8 hour cream (for moisture). It's amazing! 8 hour cream costs a fortune so I sometimes use that nipple cream stuff in the purple tube (Lanolin or something).

Good luck hope you find something that works.

[Honeymummy]

Hi, I sympathize with you. Finding the right treatment is really difficult and you will find many contradictory advices as some things work for some and make it worse for others...

for my daughter what worked was a change of diet, bathing 3x a day with an emollient called Diprobath followed by cetraben cream, calendula cream or hard patches and steroid creams on the most severe patches. Remember that steroid creams must be stopped gradually (once it starts working you apply less and less every day rather than stopping it all at once) or the eczema might come back a few days later.
We sometimes had to use antibiotics as eczema can get infected.