Skin & Bodycare: Preschooler, Hydrocortisone

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Little Itchy Bumps on Son's Body

I am having a problem with our youngest 5 year old son. He has developed itchy little bumps all over his body. At first,it was on his hands and I thought it looked exactly like my other son's eczema, so I began putting cortisone cream on him that was given to us for his brother. It seemed to help as those spots have cleared up. Then I started noticing that these tiny mostly colorless bumps are developing all over him and he itches at them until they are red or bleeding. We wondered if it could possibly be flea bites from the dogs but there...

Skin Problems

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Seeking Help with Daughter's Skin Issues

My daughter has been waking up the last three nights between 3-4 am with skin irritation. I put lotion on after her bath. She wants more when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I don't want this to continue as I return to work Tuesday and she starts her second year in Preschool Wednesday. She does have Sensory Integration issues, but we can't say everything leads to that. We have been very busy with my preparing for teaching Preschool my second year and she is going to be at our local preschool under an IEP. She met the staff earlier...