Eczema Treatment Care

Question by calliope_13731: When has your doctor allowed peanut butter in your child’s diet?
My doctor has said no peanut butter until two years of age. We don’t have any food allergies in the family, although my son does have eczema. But before my son was born, my pediatrician said the same thing for my daughter, who has no allergies or eczema. I’ve talked to other people who have heard different things from their doctors, so I guess what I’m looking for is a wide variety of answers and maybe a few sources for why there is such a wide range. When did you give your kids peanut butter? Do they have any allergies?

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Answer by Amie G
Wow! My pediatrican told me 3 years old. I would listen to your pediatrican! My kids got peanut butter at 3 years old.

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Question by pengworm: Has a change in diet helped your child’s eczema?
My three year old son has had eczema for as long as I can remember. Before it used to get mildly bad in the winter and pretty much go away in the summer. This year it’s just been getting worse. Just these last couple of days the poor thing is covered in it.

We already use special soaps and everything we’re supposed to on him. So now I’m wondering if anyone has had any experience with a change in their child’s diet.

Another big problem we’re having is that one of his nipples keeps getting it really bad and then turning into impetigo. This has beyond extremely painful for him and it’s just so hard seeing him go through this when we are doing what we were told to do.

I’ve been trying to think if he’s had anything out of the ordinary in his diet these last few days since it’s been flared up so badly but I can’t think of anything.

Any parents have advice on this when it comes to diet? Neither my pediatrician or dermatologist have really had all that much to say about it.
hey jolie- you are an idiot. I’m not asking for spam to learn about how to put my kid on a diet to lose weight. Get a life and actually pay for some decent ads instead of messing things up here!!!
I should probably add that we do have different steroid creams as well as the newer stuff like elidel and protopic. Up until this point we’ve been able to keep it under control using these and aquaphor (the thick clearish stuff).

I was told about the wet wraps briefly by the dermatologist. I honestly cannot imagine my son allowing us to do this to him though with him being only 3. He’s also taking something called hydroxizine right now that’s supposed to help stop the itching. We’ve only used it twice and I hope to not have to use it much more.

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Answer by Nurse Mollie
NO! changing diets wont help childhood eczema. I have had eczema since i was very young and later when i went to medical school i learnt that diet changes don’t help young children’s eczema. If his case gets bad the doctor should subscribe you some steroid cream but don’t use this stuff all the time, its very strong and can thin your skin. I have a few home remedies for eczema that may help you now before you can get to a doctor-

1. The wet wrap treatment, wrap a cold wet towel round the affected area and leave it over night (this reduces swelling and stops itching)
2. Moisturizing, Sanex is EXCELLENT for eczema it makes the skin lovely and moist.

Understanding what eczema is will help you with your son.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any worries/problems.

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what are the results?
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My daughter has a bad case of eczema on her thigh, the doctor gave me the diagnosis so dont say it could be an allergy because it isnt. They prescribed eucerin but its not working, what do u use and what kind of soap do u recommend and give me any tips please, its starting to bleed and get really scaley and dry im so scared