My two year old has recently been diagnosed with exczema and asthma partly due to being two months premature. I was told these two conditions go hand and hand by his pulmonologist. He's been put on an inhaler twice a day, and the breathing machine as needed which has seemed to help tremendously. However, his exczema is horrible! It's mostly located on his rear end and the back of his knees. He's had the rashes for a few months, and everytime I'd call the doctor, they'd say try neosporin, try benadryl. I finally demanded that the doctor see him, and as soon as the doctor looked at him, he said it's definitely exczema and it's infected. He was put on antibiotics and a cream called eucerin. It has seemed to help, however, there are two spots on his rear end, and one on one of the backs of his knees, that is just like a huge open sore. I put the neosporin on with a bandaid on the areas, and that helps, but as soon as I take the bandaid off to bathe him or change his diaper, he starts scratching, and they open right up again. I ask him to stop scratching, and he says okay, and stops with his fingers, but will then lay down and rub his little rearend on the carpet. The soonest appointment we could get for the dermatologist is the end of April. Does anyone have any suggestions to help him with his itching?
My pediatrician strung me along for over a year. Finally I demanded to see a dermatologist and the meds she gave us cleared everything up in a week! But because it lasted so long there is scarring. DEMAND a pediatric dermatologist asap.
My son, now 11, had issues in the diaper area when he was little. Dr. recommended 1% hydrocortisone mixed evenly with lotrimin (generic is fine) ... cream applied w/ qtip after gently cleaning with each diaper change. Rash went away quickly. Basically, my son would break out so quickly after wetting in his diaper. We opted for early potty training & the rashes stayed away for good then. This concern really made me question all that was in the diapers! We used the highest quality (conventional, not organics or anything) at the time ... and yet now I hear of the fact that there are horrid chemicals used inside the diapers. The pediatrician referred to it as a type of "yeast infection." Again, I was a really frantic cleaning mother. I never let my child sit in diapers, and here I was with terms that I thought were left to parents who let their kids sit for hours!
You might also consider that coupled with the pulmonolgy concern and the rash behind the knees it might likely be a food allergy or sensitivity. My son I described above got this same rash behind his knees. I say it disappeared after potty training, but in an odd way, it recurred here and there...we discovered it was when he drank apple juice. Funny thing, by that time, I'd heard that because of apple's acidic nature AND the sugar/yeast factor, it made it all add up.
My other two children suffered from really bad spring-time breathing and eczema. It turned out not only were they allergic to the tree pollen, they were allergic to quite a few foods. Of course, those aren't normally tested until 4 yrs of age (and the blood test showed false negative for us!) - so elimination of questionable items (tried the top 8 allergens first...then considered my diet & my own breathing!)
Hopefully something here will help!
i don't beleive they go hand in hand. my daughter has asthma and has NEVER had excema. excema is from the extreme dry air in the winter. good lotions usually help. my daughter and sister both have it and that is all they treat it with. my sister has it horribly and what she uses does great!
Hi A.-
My daughter has exczema also. Her pediatrician gave me a prescription for her. It is a mixture of cetaphil lotion and a hydrocortizone cream that is mixed at the pharmacy. I put this on my daughter after her baths and in the morning. It REALLY helped!
Wearing a diaper is not helping much have you introduced potty training yet? That would help. Try a product from melalueca called "renew" it's all natural and works well for the dry skin like exczema. My grandson has it (but not the asthma)his little body feels like sand paper if we don't keep lotion on it. There are perscriptions your doctor could have tried and they work quit well.hopefully he will out grow it.
