Patchy Excema on 2yrold

[TopCat1]

Hi There, My little girl has have a rash on her arm, it looks like a cluster of hard spots and extremely itchy for her.

I brought her to the doctor yesterday and he told me it was patchy excema and gave her steriod/Antibiotic cream. But when I asked him what would have caused it, he told me, bad luck, just one of those things.

Would anyone out there have any experience of this, or know what might have caused this, as I find it hard to believe its just bad luck. Also, anyone know of any natural remedies I can use.

Thanks in advance.

[andrea_h]

Hi,

That sound like exactly the same kind of exczema that my son has too (3yrs) - I've no idea what causes it, but there are links to genetics, does anyone in your family have exczema, asthma, hay fever or any other allergies? as they are all related.

Like your daughter, his is mostly on the arms too - just inside the elbow, but also get it behind the knees too. I've found that the majority of the time it is under control with aqueuous cream or epaderm for washing/after baths etc but use a hydrocortisone cream for when it flares up. I also recommend Diprobase for general application to keep it at bay and treat flare ups - available on prescription or over the counter for about �10 for a big pot.

Also - my friend has recently developed this condition too, she has been getting a rash for a while now - all over the lower arms, she has never had it before and no family history of anything - she got it for the first time at age 26 - so maybe it is just bad luck!!

Hope this helps

A xXx

[little coojy]

it somtimes tends to run in familys my daughter has it so does my uncle and nephew, all of which seem to be triggerd off when they eat certain foods, mainly cheese and eggs, try to keep a record of what she eats and try eliminating foods she ate when excema worsend and see how skin reacts, you should eliminate for at least 2 weeks then try some if skin flares up youve found the colprit or at least one of them, also you could try porridge baths (old tights or something filled with porridge oats any make and tide to the tap of running water so water goes through it) this is great for dry skin problems and very soothing. hope this is of help, i no how upsetting it can be to see your child itching like mad, keep the skin cool and if itching realy bad put a ice pack on it.

[Sparkles3]

You may consider this mumbo jumbo - but anyway! My nan is very into 'dousing' to see what food causes reactions in her or others. Through this method she suggested to my cousin in law that her daughter's excema was caused by salt - and in her particular case, weetabix being a key culprit. My cousin cut weetabix out of her daughter's diet and her daughter's excema reduced massively.

Whether you believe in the dousing method or not, I think 'we are what we eat' stands true in many instances and agree with little coojy's suggestions.

Good luck, hope your daughter improves soon and it isn't 'just one of those things' that she has to live with.

[unruliejulie]

my son's patchy exczema tends to flare up when he's cutting a tooth. he gets patches on his back but more recently, on his face. Not a lot you can put on there being so close to the mouth. My Dr gave me a steroid cream. rarely use it though.I was told that it runs in families, like andrea_h said. Take comfort in the fact that she will more than likely grow out of it. Thats what i got told anyway and my son certainly doesn't get it as often as he did when he was younger.

[Gef]

My older daughter (but not my other two children) had this as a child. However she now has no problems at all in her twenties. There was no previous history of this in the family.