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- Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:13 pm
- Forum: Children's Skin Conditions
- Topic: My Daughters excema, need help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2144
Re: My Daughters excema, need help
I'm so sorry to hear your daughter is suffering. I would advise a referral to a dermatologist. You want to make sure that the anti epilepsy medicine isn't making things worse. It sounds like you may need to up the strength of the steroid for just a short period of time to get the condition under con...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: Children's Skin Conditions
- Topic: Allergies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2666
Re: Allergies
It's really positive that you have an appointment in dermatology. Generally urticaria, including physical urticaria can be controlled with a multi step regime of histamine antagonists, sometimes at much higher doses than normal and montelukast. There are also other options. Urticaria is unpredictabl...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:57 pm
- Forum: Children's Skin Conditions
- Topic: 6 year old
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2862
Re: 6 year old
I think it depends on a number of factors, including the type of psoriasis. However, growing out of it is much less common, and is probably the exception, than compared to say eczema. Guttate psoriasis can sometimes be a one off, triggered by infection. In general, psoriasis is a chronic condition a...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:49 pm
- Forum: Children's Skin Conditions
- Topic: Eczema and itching
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2160
Re: Eczema and itching
Is it usual to have itch & no rash? Yes! Very common. Studies have shown that often, even though eczema skin can look normal from the outside, there are still inflammatory changes under the surface. Does infection exacerbate eczema? Yes, I see this all the time in patients. If the immune system ...