Eczema Treatment Care

There may be nothing more frustrating than the itchy, red rashes that accompany a widespread case of childhood eczema. In this Children’s Channel video podcast, Neera Agarwal-Antal, MD, director of pediatric dermatology at Akron Children’s Hospital, offers parents some guidelines to help treat and comfort their kids through even the worst flare-ups.

Question by Sam S: My niece is having eczema since her childhood. What is the best creme/medicine to treat eczema?
My niece is having a really bad case of eczema since she’s a little kid. She’s 17 now and she still has it. She’s asking me what is the best creme or medicine to cure her eczema. I feel really bad for not able to answer her that. She went 2 doctors and they prescribed for her some anti-itching creme. However, after using the prescribed creme from the doctors, her skin has lot of white spots. So she’s afraid of using it. She have been using ucerine creme lotion, but it only helps a little bit. If you know any creme to prevent the itching and the flare-up of the skin, please let us know. Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by china
Try letting sit in warm salt water for about 20 minutes and after the 20 minutes rince her off and put on the creme it worked for me and hopes it work for her.

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Question by Linda J: What to do about childhood eczema?
I have a son who has always had eczema; and in the winter it gets especially bad. It makes him itch and scratch until the point where he bleeds!
I’ve already tried so many things, but it seems to do little good.
Do anyone have some ideas what I can try to help relieve my son’s pain and itching from this?

Best answer:

Answer by Sudeep Holia than thou
Same thing with me. Anyway, add 2 table spoons of baking powder in his bath water. It reduces itching removes body odour and dries the skin too. Dry skin is a no no in winter. So add a few drops of coconut oil in the bath water. That way the skin stays supple and less itchy. Cut his nails so that he cannot itch.

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i suffer from 【atopic eczema】since childhood for more than 30 yrs.
1) Anyone can share his / her experience with me ?
2) Usually, under what situation does your eczema flare up? stress ? allergy?
thx