Eczema in a 6-month old baby...HELP

[forveterans49]

My little grandniece is only 6 months old and has had extreme eczema over most of her body. Parents are using Ceptacil (?) and have tried other lotions, even Native American, to no real avail. I was wondering about the oil from the aloe vera plant...would that help get rid of it? The baby scratches herself all the time and we are getting desperate. Anyone know of something natural that will work? I would still like to try aloe vera. HELP!!

[enhancing life's]

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[shellebelle]

My eczema and many of my friends as well as responded well to of all things sea water. Not water with salt in it mind you - real sea water. We've been known to swim in November to get rid of it or tame it at least.


I have used Burt Bees Banana cream to help my sons but his only flares to the chap hand look and on his hands usually.

A glass container filled with sea water and used to either bathe or rinse in (we've warmed it and seems to work just as well) may help. It takes a few times before it tames it (if you are in a full flare up as bad as you are talking) but potentially by the end of say a day at the beach he may be feeling much better.

I use water without chlorine which seems to help keep it to a minimal flair up. The well water locally seems okay but also note water can vary by well so if your water irritates try another well. I have also found that water stored in plastic too long or used from a metal bowl also creates greater reactions. I always let tap water run a bit so it's hasn't been sitting in the metal pipes.

Just a side note my eczema has been bad since the fires have been burning (annoying, painful and awful). Mine can be any where and is always first in the scalp.

Potentially whats burning is not only affecting him by inhale but may be aggravating it by irritating the out break topically.

Oh and I happen to have an allergy beyond smoke that drives it crazy - latex! He may also have an allergy that irritates or even flares it that is unknown. My sons and daughter could not use any perfumed diapers or out break, couldn't even have the things in the same room as they were. That lead us to realize the baby wipes were also a problem, water and little mild lavender soap worked great on natural paper towels as an alternative. Which leads to my out breaks have been less since switching to sheep soap. I just realized that hmmmmm yep all the spots that would normally be flared right now that aren't have had access to sheep soap. If you email me I can give you the name of the sheep soap girl I use or she is often at the Sebastopol Farmer's market. Her soap isn't felted though the felted soap is good too but the other is richer and seems to feel better. I would be wary of felted soap on a baby with an outbreak since wool would potentially aggravate the outbreak.

Hope something in that mess helps!






My little grandniece is only 6 months old and has had extreme eczema over most of her body. Parents are using Ceptacil (?) and have tried other lotions, even Native American, to no real avail. I was wondering about the oil from the aloe vera plant...would that help get rid of it? The baby scratches herself all the time and we are getting desperate. Anyone know of something natural that will work? I would still like to try aloe vera. HELP!!

[edwardmills]

Hi There

My daughter had eczema from infancy until she was about 2 1/2. After much trial and error we figured out that it was from a food intolerance to wheat and dairy. As long as we kept her (and her mom when she was breastfeeding) away from wheat and dairy the eczema was not too bad. But as soon as she had a little bit of wheat or dairy it would flair up almost instantly.

Interestingly she could have spelt flour and goat dairy products.

And happily she seems to have mostly outgrown her intolerance.

So while continuing to treat the symptom is advisable, you might also want to suggest that they determining the cause of it using a food elimination diet.

We also have neighbors whose son had bad eczema until they found out he was allergic to their cat and wool. Once they gave the cat away and kept wool clothes and blankets away from him, he was fine.

Good luck.

Ed


My little grandniece is only 6 months old and has had extreme eczema over most of her body. Parents are using Ceptacil (?) and have tried other lotions, even Native American, to no real avail. I was wondering about the oil from the aloe vera plant...would that help get rid of it? The baby scratches herself all the time and we are getting desperate. Anyone know of something natural that will work? I would still like to try aloe vera. HELP!!

[Dynamique]

Ed brings up a good point to keep in mind: the eczema, like most skin problems, is a symptom of a larger problem -- usually something involving the gastrointestinal system. Cortisone/steriod creams just mask the symptoms and do nothing about fixing the problem(s).

Are the parents open to consulting a homeopath for an assessment of the baby's system, sensitivities and a remedy?

there are some over the counter homeopathic topical products that may help relieve the itching and discomfort until the cause of the problem can be found.

Good luck and please let us know how this goes. Some folks in this group dismiss such exchange of experience as "anecdotal" and therefore not useful information. HA!


Hi There

My daughter had eczema from infancy until she was about 2 1/2. After much trial and error we figured out that it was from a food intolerance to wheat and dairy. As long as we kept her (and her mom when she was breastfeeding) away from wheat and dairy the eczema was not too bad. But as soon as she had a little bit of wheat or dairy it would flair up almost instantly.

Interestingly she could have spelt flour and goat dairy products.

And happily she seems to have mostly outgrown her intolerance.

So while continuing to treat the symptom is advisable, you might also want to suggest that they determining the cause of it using a food elimination diet.

We also have neighbors whose son had bad eczema until they found out he was allergic to their cat and wool. Once they gave the cat away and kept wool clothes and blankets away from him, he was fine.

Good luck.

Ed

[forveterans49]

A big thank-you to all who have responded on this subject of the eczema problem. I have forwarded the emails over to my niece to go thru. I know that the baby was taken off some type of powdered milk and put on something else; they bath her in Method baby bath and they use Ceptacil, etc. They are still waiting for a dermatologist to call back. Their four-year old son had the same thing but in a much milder form, and he doesn't have it much, anymore.

I did mention to my niece that perhaps, aloe vera, straight from the plant itself, might be good...couldn't hurt; or, trying vitamin E cream.

I hadn't checked my email for a day or so, and found all the emails from so many of you and wanted to let you all know they were read and I sent them over to my niece. Hopefully, something will happen to help. THANKS TO ALL!! :thumbsup: