Eczema Treatment Care

Question by Maria: Does/Did your infant have a milk allergy? How and when did it start?
My baby is 9 weeks old. This week, she had diarrhea with blood in it, vomiting, and what looked like eczema. The doctor thinks it was just a GI infection. She is on Nutramigen right now and will switch back to her regular formula in a day or two to test if it was the infection or if it was a milk allergy. I’m just curious if this would be a typical onset of a milk allergy or not.

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Answer by WI MOM
Could be. Should have breast fed.

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Question by dangurl07: How to treat eczema on 5 week old infant?
My 5 week old daughter started having little red bumps on her forehead and cheeks at two weeks old. I thought it might have been just a heat rash. Then it started to get worse. Now it’s spread all over her face with dry patches(cracked, scaly and rough), all around the neck, and on and behind the ears( pus behind the ears). Her father also had this as a child. How do you treat eczema and what products should I buy? Also I am breastfeeding. Are there any foods I should stay away from that might make it worst? I will be calling the doctor’s on Monday.

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Answer by Vani
I had eczema ever since I was a baby. I had it on the insides of my elbows but got rid of it in the eighth grade. And a few months ago, I (I’m in high school) started getting it again but on my neck.

My mom re-ordered one of the prescription cream called fluticasone propionate that apparently worked for me when I was younger but she had forgotten to re-order is so we hadn’t used it after that. It got rid of my eczema really fast when I had it a few months ago and I had no scarring.

Check with your doctor though to make sure it’s okay for your baby though.

Also, evening of primrose oil is said to be good for getting rid of eczema. I’m not sure if you should be taking it though if you’re breastfeeding. It might be a good idea to read up on it.

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Question by MelB: Infant has dermatitis/eczema. What can I do for him?
He’s 2 months and has some type of dermatitis/eczema. His face is peeling and he has cradle cap. His face is not rashy, it just looks dry and peely but he has a red rash on the back of his neck and on the inner part of his elbows. The dryness and peeling is all around his ears too and it sometimes looks wet, as if it was puss or something, on his ears. I don’t know what I can do for him. Doctor keeps telling me no lotions, creams, this, that, etc. What are my options?

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Answer by future fate
This may sound a bit crazy, but I’ve (several times!) had young children and babies as chiropractic patients where really SEVERE exzema has completely disappeared after about 6 treatments of upper cervical diversified chiropractic treatment!
It works by releasing pressure from the autonomic nerve branches that regulate skin function – no more interference, no more exzeme, just like with back or neck tension.
Find a good one on an HMO list.

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Question by Josibelle C: Best treatment for eczema in infant?
My 5 month old was diagnosed with eczema at 4 months, he had it long before and I suspected that it was eczema because his rashes look just like mine and that’s what I have. I started using aveeno unscented baby products on him and they don’t really work, but they dont further irritate his skin the way other products do. His doctor suggested that we use a hydrocortizone cream and eucerin baby aquaphor, i’ve been using them for a month but his rashes only seem to get worse and spread.
MariVi, what kind of Eucerin is it that you use. I’ve been using Eucerin Aquaphor but I know that there are many different types.

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Answer by military mommy and wife
for some it may be on the pricey side but Aveeno brand baby wash and lotion, it has a dark blue cap and says for eczema on the bottle! It did wonderfully for my daughter, though hers was not severe!

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Question by IslandBeauty340: what infant formula is good for eczema?

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Answer by hannah
According to my fiance who has had eczema since birth, none. He suggested using cortezone on the area.

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