The pediatrician says that my baby (3 months old) has eczema and dermititis. She's prescribed hydro cortisone cream and bactroban cream. Is this normal? She has brown bumpy patchy areas on her left ear and next to her left eye. It oozes a sticky "sap" like clear liquid. It looks crusty and flaky around the edges. But this is only on her face and ear. I'm wondering if she's allergic to some soap or lotions that I'm using?....
She is very young now, but I just heard from a friend that the Gluten-free diet (wheat free) helps with exzema. Something to think about if the problem continues.
Best wishes
I have a good friend whose daugter, at age 2 was diagnosed with a severe case of exzema. Something that they have done which works well (and I saw that someone else responded with it, as well) is when she is out of the water (of a bath) and not completely dried off/still damp, to slather her with creme (such as cetaphil), which locks the moisture in. Hope this helps! Good luck!
The bactroban is an antibiotic cream. The oozing may indicate a bacterial infection of some sort that is in addition to the Eczema. Did you ask her Dr. what it was for?
Also, **** and this is important, **** do all the laundry for the entire family with UNSCENTED, dye-free soap. It does your daughter no good if her laundry is unscented, but yours has perfumes and other scents in it that will irritate her skin when you hold her against you.
When our daughter had a time with eczema, we started eliminating foods that we thought we the cause - came to find out that food containing soy were her triger - she can have small amounts, but no more.
Also, we have found that the skin care products that Arbonne offers have been really good at relieving the itch and dryness.
hope this helps.
R.
Both my girls have eczema. My older one came down with it terribly when she was 3 months old. We were prescribed a cortizone cream and it cleared up well.
Going forward I was careful about what I put on their soft skin. On the nights that I didn't wash hair (meaning there was no spit up in it) I would add a little baby oil to the water. After their bath, when their skin was still damp, I would slather on the Aquaphor. I'd use the Aquaphor again in the morning and once more in the middle of the day.
On the nights when I needed to wash hair (the oil makes hair way greasy), I'd use Cetaphil as a body and hair wash.
All of those products are super gentle and very good for their soft little baby skin. Stay away from bubble baths, a lot of the kid soaps and kid shampoos - they irritate the skin.
Good luck!
Have you tried anything else on her before going directly to the hydrocortisone? My daughter has eczema and we use Eucerin (in the tub, not the tube as the tub is much thicker than the tube.) After a couple of days I notice a huge improvement, and usually within 5 days it is gone. You have to be religious about applying it, but it worked for us. They did tell us if it didn't work to apply the hydrocortizone cream, but we have never had to do that. I don't know what the bactroban cream is, so not sure what that is for, but you may want to try some other lotions before going to the hydrocortizone.
