Eczema???

poppy · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:22 PM

Tristan has extremely dry skin on his chest and stomach. It comes and goes and is really red after a bath or baby massage. It is like really small red dots, a rash almost. Sometimes it gets a bit better and the red dots go but then it comes back. Does this sound like eczema? Tristan keeps trying to scratch it.

We have been using Aveeno and Oilatum and it doesn't seem to have improved it that much.

Any advice? Have any of your babies had skin complaints like this and how has it improved? What did you use?

momandpeanut · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:26 PM

Sounds like it to me !!

Logan has it and we are using oilatum bath everyday and oilatum cream 4 times a day and its clearing up really well.

Sorry i dont know of anything else you could use i know the last resort is steroid cream if it gets to bad !

PitBullMommy · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:36 PM

Char has eczema, but it's dry round patches on her arm/back/leg, no red spots. Our doc has us putting cortizone 10 with aloe on them and using aveeno baby wash for her.

1st_baby · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:38 PM

Yeah my Lo has it too , I keep putting aveeno baby on it and it seems to help a bit

poppy · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:43 PM

I feel so sorry for my little man.

No-one in my family or OHs family suffers from eczema (although hubbie does have dry patches on his knees and elbows) and I ate well during pregnancy and avoided all the 'forbidden foods.' I also have breast fed exclusively and only started weaning two weeks away from the 6 month mark... and Tristan still is suffering from this dry skin. I don't know what I have done wrong!

Maybe it is just one of those things. I just hope it is just a baby thing and he grows out of it.

I once taught this boy who had really bad eczema and he had red raw bleeding skin that would flake everywhere and he was always crying and asking to go to the nurse for cream. I just hope Tristan doesn't get this.

xxx

1st_baby · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:46 PM

aww he may grow out of it , I know I did ..I only get it again when im totally stressed out

caggimedicine · Mar 26th, 2009, 16:59 PM

Harry has had a dry red rash all over his face for almost 3 weeks now. He's seen 3 GPs, 3 paedeatricians and the head of the paedeatric unit, had swabs taken, and still no one seems to know what it is.

Initially he was just given some mild cream. Then the rash got worse and even more dry so he was given antibiotics. A week of trying to get antibiotic medicine down him 4 times a day the rash was still there and had spread down his chest and arms so they told us to stop using the antibiotics and just "see what happens".

He had his 6 week check on Monday and the GP asked about it so I went through the whole story again. She's now prescribed Oilatum and Dermol 500 cream and thinks it's eczema. Just started using the oil and cream so don't know if it's going to work or not yet.

princess_bump · Mar 26th, 2009, 17:02 PM

maddi has patches of this from time to time, i had it as a child and have grown out of it. our gp prescribed citerban (sp) and its been excellent, all cleared up now x

PitBullMommy · Mar 26th, 2009, 17:02 PM

I don't think the 'doing everything right' has anything to do with it. I ate what I wanted while pregnant, Char is formula fed, started solids early, etc and she has it too. I think it's just one of those things. It sucks, but hopefully it doesn't progress. The cortizone 10 works really well for the itching though.

alio · Mar 26th, 2009, 17:23 PM

fin has little patches of this on his tummy..... a lot of babies get it and quickly grow out of it. xx

Mar 26th, 2009, 16:22 PM	#1
poppy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,947	Eczema??? Tristan has extremely dry skin on his chest and stomach. It comes and goes and is really red after a bath or baby massage. It is like really small red dots, a rash almost. Sometimes it gets a bit better and the red dots go but then it comes back. Does this sound like eczema? Tristan keeps trying to scratch it. We have been using Aveeno and Oilatum and it doesn't seem to have improved it that much. Any advice? Have any of your babies had skin complaints like this and how has it improved? What did you use?

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:26 PM	#2
momandpeanut Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: coventry Posts: 3,472	Sounds like it to me !! Logan has it and we are using oilatum bath everyday and oilatum cream 4 times a day and its clearing up really well. Sorry i dont know of anything else you could use i know the last resort is steroid cream if it gets to bad !

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:36 PM	#3
PitBullMommy Other BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 3,332	Char has eczema, but it's dry round patches on her arm/back/leg, no red spots. Our doc has us putting cortizone 10 with aloe on them and using aveeno baby wash for her.

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:38 PM	#4
1st_baby Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: montreal Posts: 3,873	Yeah my Lo has it too , I keep putting aveeno baby on it and it seems to help a bit

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:43 PM	#5
poppy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,947	I feel so sorry for my little man. No-one in my family or OHs family suffers from eczema (although hubbie does have dry patches on his knees and elbows) and I ate well during pregnancy and avoided all the 'forbidden foods.' I also have breast fed exclusively and only started weaning two weeks away from the 6 month mark... and Tristan still is suffering from this dry skin. I don't know what I have done wrong! Maybe it is just one of those things. I just hope it is just a baby thing and he grows out of it. I once taught this boy who had really bad eczema and he had red raw bleeding skin that would flake everywhere and he was always crying and asking to go to the nurse for cream. I just hope Tristan doesn't get this. xxx

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:46 PM	#6
1st_baby Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: montreal Posts: 3,873	aww he may grow out of it , I know I did ..I only get it again when im totally stressed out

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Mar 26th, 2009, 16:59 PM	#7
caggimedicine Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Trafford, Manchester, UK Posts: 1,654	Harry has had a dry red rash all over his face for almost 3 weeks now. He's seen 3 GPs, 3 paedeatricians and the head of the paedeatric unit, had swabs taken, and still no one seems to know what it is. Initially he was just given some mild cream. Then the rash got worse and even more dry so he was given antibiotics. A week of trying to get antibiotic medicine down him 4 times a day the rash was still there and had spread down his chest and arms so they told us to stop using the antibiotics and just "see what happens". He had his 6 week check on Monday and the GP asked about it so I went through the whole story again. She's now prescribed Oilatum and Dermol 500 cream and thinks it's eczema. Just started using the oil and cream so don't know if it's going to work or not yet.

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Mar 26th, 2009, 17:02 PM	#8
princess_bump Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 31,450	maddi has patches of this from time to time, i had it as a child and have grown out of it. our gp prescribed citerban (sp) and its been excellent, all cleared up now x

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Mar 26th, 2009, 17:23 PM	#10
alio Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,942	fin has little patches of this on his tummy..... a lot of babies get it and quickly grow out of it. xx

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