Eczema Treatment Care

Question by Need Answers: My son has eczema- I heard some vaccines shouldn’t be given ??
My 6 month old son has eczema. Not bad just ocassional dry patches on his skin. I read that children with eczema shouldnt be given certain vaccines with “live cells” in them such as the small pox vaccination because their skin does not contain the antibodies to counteract actually developing the illness- therefore they can get smallpox from getting the vaccine. I havent spoken to my doctor about it yet. I was just wondering how common this is, if anyone has any experience ???

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Answer by Jennifer
I’ve had ezcema my whole life… Been completely vaccinated, and have never had any problems.

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Question by Esther: Why does eczema randomly appears? Has anyone heard of Herose? (so called treatment for eczema)?
OK. my eczema experience goes like this..
i was a toddler, i had eczema on my elbows. then it went off.
then i got it around my mouth when i was 12, that was due to stress.
then when i was 13, it disappeared and i was fine.
it came back when i was 14. turmoil year. i had eczema on my face, front of my neck, folds of my arms, the back of my legs. the areas where i sweat. at the start of the year, i was playing a lot of tennis, so i had white spots on my face, people told me they were sweat spots. then suddenly they appeared on my right hand. my baby finger web. one tiny patch of it. then it went off after a while. then suddenly it appeared on my index finger web. just one small patch of it. then it went off. then it appeared on the side of my middle finger. went off again. then came back on the other side. now, i have it real bad. on my index finger web, whole middle finger, and a bit on my baby finger web. how does it randomly just come back?
and it’s only on my RIGHT HAND. my left hand is perfect. and it’s not on the back of my hand either. just on the webs.
i stopped all steroid usage because i started a homeopathy treatment called herose. has anyone heard of it?
to me it sounds like my eczema is a mix of child eczema and some other weird kind.
does anyone have symptoms kinda like mine?
one other thing i noticed. stress is a big factor of it. when i was in bali, my skin was perfect. it just disappeared. smooth. no scars.
plus, it’s soo hard not to scratch. i tried emu cream. which only made me itch worse.
and for some reason when i put lotion on the affected areas (excluding face) it makes me itch worse,

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Answer by curator
Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is an inborn tendency to have easily irritated skin. It is associated with your immune system which is why stress often makes it worse. Sun can suppress the immune system and often makes it better (Bali). Hands get the most abuse of daily life with all the washing and exposure to cleansers and things, so they have more trouble in adults than the skin folds. I have not heard os herose. I typically use a combination of topical steroids and moisturizers because that’s what works. Tars may help as well.

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i live in australia, so it has to be things that i can get in australia that are not expensive.

I hardly have it anymore, but I’ve had a slight case in the past. It wasn’t very serious and I dont need any treatment for it. Will it still be an Auto DQ for me? If I didnt say anything about it, they wouldnt even know I had it. There are no visual indiciation of eczema on me anymore.

I have in the past needed an epipen on hand to administer when this happened. It has happened a few times. I break out in wheels and hives itchy mouth swelling throat and airway restriction. I went to an allergy dr and he said he has never seen this before ( as though he didnt believe me) but I have been to the er for it a hand full of times. It can happen when I play tennis, run, play basketball, sweating mainly. Anyone ever hear of this? Oh yeah and a contact dermatitis to top it off even when I am not active… HELP!