Eczema with Good Start Natural Cultures Formula, Possible Dairy Intolerance?

Have you tried raw Goat milk or even powdered Goat milk? Those that are lactose intolerant fair pretty well with goat milk. You'll need to sweeten it a teeny teeny bit w/organic, light agave nectar. Slowly mix the milk he can drink with the goat milk (do 1/4 goat with milk, then 1/2 goat 1/2 milk, etc., till you have slowly eased him/her all goat milk, otherwise if you start right off with goat, they may not drink it. Check this site out. http://www.meyenberg.com/ Akins carries it.

Read this link too: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/0...

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Per Dr. Mercola:
Mainstream medicine may finally one day come around to admitting that cow's milk is just plain bad for most people's health, especially when it is:

•pasteurized
•homogenized
•from hormone-treated cows
•from cow's treated with antibiotics
•from cow's which are not fed their natural diet of grass
However, it is a promising sign that they are beginning to realize that cow' milk protein intolerance can occur days and even weeks after ingestion and that symptoms may not be the "classical" ones that accompany many allergies. If you are intent on giving your kids some type of animal milk, a somewhat better choice would be goat's milk, although some children with IgE mediated cow's milk allergies (positive skin prick test) have been found to also react to goat's milk (J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999;103:1191-4).

Lisa,
My daughter is lactose intolerant (which is testable, if you want to, with a breath test or enzyme test). Before we found that out, she had loose stools and terribly itchy skin year round. It wasn't so bad that it was ever diagnosed as eczema. Just really itchy. When we took her off dairy, both problems cleared up. And I was not expecting the connection with her itchy skin. That was a bonus. Even now, if she has dairy (with a Lactaid), her skin will be itchy the next day. My son is neither lactose intolerant or dairy allergic. But he has strong "mucus" reactions to dairy. He also gets very congested, stuffy nose, etc that will stay around no matter what. Very prone to sinus infections as a result. When we took him off dairy as well, as an experiment, his congestion cleared. No scientific proof, but we battled his congestion for 8 years with no success until we drastically reduced dairy.
Give it a try - it's amazing the strangest things can be true.

I have a son who is now 13 who had eczema as a baby/toddler and was diagnosed with allergies and asthma at age 2. Unlike your son, the testing for dairy did come up positive. He is doing much better and no longer allergic to dairy. There are so many things that can trigger these conditions it can be almost impossible to figure out every single thing. How about laundry detergents/softeners? I used detergent for sensitive skin, did extra rinses and stopped using fabric softener all together. What about dust mites? Many people are allergic to dust mites and they can cause the sinus and coughing symptoms you've described. Was he tested for that? One of the best pieces of advice my doctor gave me regarding dust mites was to wash my all of my son's bedding every week in hot or warm water. I also covered the mattress and pillows in allergy covers. It sounds like you already see a chiropracter, other than that I would find a good allergist and pulmonologist (perhaps you already have) and work with them. During my son's dairy allergy phase he drank goat milk, which he tolerated well. He rejected the rice milk and we were advised (like you were) to stay away from soy. Our son also tested positive to soy and unlike the dairy he has not outgrown that allergy. Dairy didn't seem to affect our son's coughing issues, but it did seem to cause diarrhea for him. Allergies change over time so restesting will be needed and at age 4-5 they should be able to do the skin testing, which is more accurate I've heard. My son is no longer allergic to dust mites either, but does have significant allergies to a variety of plants and trees. Those types of allergy develop over time with exposure so that may be something he develops later. Sorry to ramble on so long, but I've been through it. Good luck!

My son had terrible eczema and he did test positive to allergies to milk, eggs, wheat and peanut! I noticed it worsened when I'd eat cottage cheese and then nurse him. So, I have since eliminated his allergens from my diet.... Now that's he's 14 months and I'm weaning him, I've added some dairy back in- and have found I'm having sinus issues similar to your son! And my response was immediate- I was still in the restaurant when it started. So I think it's very likely your son could have some intolerence. Don't forget to skip out on the cheeses, too!

Eczema and dairy intolerance can also be symptoms of a gluten intolerance (celiac disease). Our daughter had an intolerance to dairy when she was a baby. She was them fine until she had the stomach flu. After that she could not tolerate dairy again. In the end she was diagnosed with celiac disease. She does not eat gluten any more and all of her symptoms have vanished. Good luck.

I think you may have written before??? I am not sure so I will jsut give my two cents (possibly again).....I would also give Goat Milk a try! We had our son drinking it from 9 months to 1.5 year. it is a bit expensive but soooo good for them! good luck!