Illnesses & Symptoms: Tween, Steroids

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10 Year Old Son Has Hives

My 10 year old brock out Tuesday with hives. We did not know that's what it was till yesterday. Poor thing is miserable!!! The Dr. said it could be from the antibiotics that he had been taking but had been on them for over a week. But there is nothing else we can think of that is different. We didn't want to do steroides but they are not getting better. Does anyone know of anything that might make him feel better? TIA for any ideas! Add: We are going to give the the steroids but I didn't know if there was something anyone...

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Steroid Nose Spray

HI moms, I am at my wits end with fluid in my 8 year olds ears. It...

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Dealing with Eczema

I am the "momma" of a wonderful 9 almost 10 month old boy. He is having a tough time with the itchy, dry skin that eczema causes. There are times when it seems that it just drives him crazy and he scratches himself, at times to the point of bleeding. I try to distract him but I wish that I had something that would help with the itching. We rub him down 2 to 3 times daily with Aquaphor and his pedi has just given us a prescription of a steroid cream for bad outbreaks. After reading the precautions on the cream I really want to use it...

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Is It Eczema?

My 7 month old has been having these dry, rough pinkish places come up like...

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Baby with Hives?

Hi. My 5-month-old baby seems to keep getting what looks like Hives. I...