2.5 year old son with eczema
Hi,
I’m fairly new to the list, and have never posted. I have a 2.5 yr. old son with
eczema. He began showing signs of it almost a year ago and since then we have
been going nuts trying to figure it out. The worst part is night time. He sleeps
with us and my husband and I are constantly monitoring his scratching and
putting lotion or trying to distract him some way so he doesn’t scratch his
hands to bloody stumps! Plus we keep a fan blowing on him throughout the night
to keep him cool, if he gets warm he itches all over. But winter is here now and
it just seems too cold for that! I just had our 2nd baby 10 days ago and now I’m
wondering how to deal with both kids at night.
We found out he is allergic to dairy, eggs and corn and have done our best to
eliminate those from his diet but it still hasn’t gone away. I’ve recently begun
giving him flax seed oil (1 Tbsp a day) but unsure if that is doing anything
either. We use cortizone occasionally on him when we are desperate but this
doesn’t seem to do THAT much anyway.
I just bought the book "Healing Psoriasis, the natural alternative" and it
sounds pretty good but I’m dreading trying to get a 2.5 yr. old to eat the diet
they recommend as well as some other things like enemas!
Does anyone have any experience I can benefit from out there? Any help would be
great.
Thanks
Debra
February 15th, 2003 at 6:25 am
Debra,
There is a great website with people dealing with same issues as you are The
url is:
Dr. Pagano says that eczema is caused by leaky gut syndrome and this board
has a lot of info about LGS.
February 16th, 2003 at 1:42 am
Hello Debra,
My heart goes out to you and your little boy. I’ve had severe eczema
since the age of one year old and just recently experienced a cure (I"m
51 now). The flax oil WILL help in time. My son’s pediatrician, Dr.
Fleiss in LA always gives flaxoil to his little patients when they have
skin condition. The results are almost always excellent.
Food also are often the cause of eczema as you have already discoved
with your son. Pagano explains in his book why nightshade vegetables
(tomato, potato, eggplant, peppers) cause eczema. I have stopped eating
these food for the past several years despite the fact that I absolutely
adore all of them.
My grandmother and parents always tried to prevent me from scratching
and even tied my hands to the bed. This is DISASTROUS! I found out later
that scratching DOES NOT CAUSE THE ECZEMA TO BECOME WORSE AT ALL, to the
contrary. Fluid would build and accumulate under the skin causing
swelling and intense itching. This fluid is toxic and is seeking a WAY
OUT OF THE BODY. Scratching allows those toxins to get out more rapidely
by opening the skin. But if scratching is prevented, the fluid or toxins
would come out anyway sooner of later.
I strongly recommend that you seek a consultation with a homeopath for
your son.
Please keep in touch. I’ll be glad to help any way I can. I feel so
sorry for those babies!
Shirley
February 16th, 2003 at 5:19 pm
Well, if itching is his problem, I have an idea that might work, though
it’s a bit odd. Denorex has the best anti-itch medicine I’ve been able to
find. You could try washing his affected areas with the shampoo (leave it
on a little while even, if you can). And in the colder weather, you could
try to get him to wear gloves or mittens to bed so it would be harder for
him to scratch.
Gail