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by LMWhip13
Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: general allergy discussions
Topic: Hello! Advice / help needed
Replies: 4
Views: 8795

Re: Hello! Advice / help needed

Hi there It's probably far too late for this response but I just wondered if you've looked up 'atopy'? There's a triad of linked conditions - atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and asthma. Atopy would put some of your experience into context. I'm not sure of the relationship with the t...
by LMWhip13
Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:15 am
Forum: general eczema discussions
Topic: Eczema and food allergies
Replies: 51
Views: 106431

Re: Eczema and food allergies

My son had skin prick and RAST tests done and has a number of 'true' allergies (independent of his eczema). I found the explanation on a local charity site - http://www.dermnetnz.org/dermatitis/atopic-causes.html - to be really helpful in understanding the links between eczema and allergies or eczem...
by LMWhip13
Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:22 am
Forum: eczema flares and infection
Topic: I seem to make her worse!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 19273

Re: I seem to make her worse!!!

Hi there - maybe you could: - use the same cleanser/soap she does - perhaps avoid using aftershave, cologne or spray on scent - be careful how widely you spray your deodorant - keep her skin as cool as poss with a fan in the room if it's summer - be careful with any laundry detergent you use for you...
by LMWhip13
Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:20 am
Forum: babies and children with eczema
Topic: nwe mother ned help please
Replies: 7
Views: 31878

Re: nwe mother ned help please

Two of my children had eczema within a couple of weeks after birth and both were solely breastfed at that point. Our specialist developed a plan to deal with eczema slightly differently depending on what state it was in - we had treatments to manage the eczema and slightly different ones to respond ...
by LMWhip13
Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:04 am
Forum: babies and children with eczema
Topic: Flare up - why why why?
Replies: 13
Views: 19988

Re: Flare up - why why why?

Flare ups are awful. I don't know if it would help you but I developed a system to help respond to my son's eczema in an effort to deal with the randomness of the flare ups (I'm a bit of a nerd). I categorised the flare ups into those that were related to: temperature, infection, dryness, environmen...
by LMWhip13
Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: babies and children with eczema
Topic: Is this eczema? Frustrated
Replies: 5
Views: 31157

Re: Is this eczema? Frustrated

Sorry to hear about your son's misery! I might be a bit late in responding to this - if it were scabies odds are, others in the household would have been infected by now as it's quite contagious but can take up to a month and a half to appear. You can usually see the burrows of the mites but you usu...
by LMWhip13
Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:50 pm
Forum: babies and children with eczema
Topic: My son is tortured with eczema please help!
Replies: 9
Views: 36423

Re: My son is tortured with eczema please help!

I'm so sorry - that brings back so many memories of our son doing the same. Re the eczema - we had a two part system built for us. We had care actions to take for 'active' eczema and different ones when it wasn't playing up. When it flared up we used: - moisturisers which was part of his daily regim...
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