eczema in a non-vaxed toddler?

[PlayaMama]

my dd is un-vaxed and according to the dermatologist is starting to develop eczema. i thought that eczema was mainly a problem for kids that have been vaxed? does anyone have an unvaxed kiddo that developed skin issues?

fwiw, no one else in our family has skin issues or allergies to anything so this is really coming out of nowhere.

[jocelyndale]

Nobody knows what causes eczema, but it seems to be a failure in the barrier of the skin itself (at least that's one current theory).

My never vaxed kiddo developed eczema. It turned out to be an egg allergy. We are a rather atopic family, however, so I wasn't terribly surprised.

[Dolphin]

Us too. Ours are unvaxed, breastfed until 2.5, mostly organic and all of that, and both boys have eczema. Frustrating!! I have found that our is seasonal, but I don't know why.

[sierramv]

My sons both had eczema and it was dairy related. You may want to try an elimination diet and see if it clears up it up. Good Luck. A good Naturopath should be able to help you along, just make sure you go to one that specializes in little ones. I have found that makes all the difference.

[Cristiaz]

Eczema is an allergic reaction. My sisters DS gets it if he drinks regular milk but it goes away if he only drinks raw milk. He's not vaxed.

[PlayaMama]

the weird thing is that i jut had my older ds on a wheat and dairy free diet for a bit to see if his dry spots would clear up (no luck but the steroid cream from the dermatologist is doing wonders) and he's NEVER liked dairy products. my dd on the other hand LOVES cheese and yogurt and such.

we mostly do raw goat but occasionally she gets some pasteurized cow. hmm... definitely something to think about.

thanks mamas!

[Sonneva]

My DD is not vax'd and has a dairy allergy which caused eczema until we figured out the allergy

[MyLilPwny]

Originally Posted by PlayaMama

my dd is un-vaxed and according to the dermatologist is starting to develop eczema. i thought that eczema was mainly a problem for kids that have been vaxed? does anyone have an unvaxed kiddo that developed skin issues?

fwiw, no one else in our family has skin issues or allergies to anything so this is really coming out of nowhere.

Yeah, my daughter is unvaccinated and she had eczema as a newborn, which at first it looked like baby acne and then I thought it was just sensitive skin and skin irritations would happen like along her jawline where her face touched her clothes, but then when she started scratching when she could control her arms around 5 months or so, the we figured it was eczema. It was mild to moderate and mostly on her cheeks. I did an elimination diet for 2 months, excluding all dairy (even raw) and all gluten and it did nothing. Then I started having my raw milk again and then her eczema went away 99% by the time she was 9 months old, and the remaining one spot on her thigh went away a few months later and any little bits on her cheeks too and she's been 100% free from it for about a year now and she eats everything with no reaction and I've been eating everything too. So apparently it wasn't caused by food allergies or anything. The best explanation I could come up with was perhaps my toxicity was passed on to her. I had a hair elements test done because I used to have 8 amalgams in my mouth for 10-15 years of my life and I have high levels of tin and although mercury wasn't showing as high, my body is probably storing it, and I also have higher than normal range levels of arsenic, uranium and lead. Her blood test at 12 months showed normal lead levels so that was good at least. Oh, and no one from either of our families has any allergies either. I used to have acne though, until I did liver/gallbladder flushing, so maybe I passed on a weaker than normal liver to her and maybe her liver wasn't able to detoxify as much, so her skin took over and became inflamed when processing all the heavy metals that I passed on to her?

[frontierpsych]

My son is not vaccinated, and has had eczema. He's had it since he was a few months old. It's genetic. I had it as a child, and my husband still has it. His is due to multiple allergies, both food allergies and environmental. It has gotten better since I eliminated eggs and dairy from our diets, but his skin is still sensitive to environmental factors, and possibly other elements of his or my diet.

[PlayaMama]

see but the genetic thing doesn't make sense since no one else in the family has anything even remotely related. no allergies, no hayfever, i guess my mom had asthma as a child, but that is it!

which is why i'm sort of leaning towards something environmental, maybe it's that darn bio-kleen laundry detergent i had to try!

it is nice (or not so nice) to know that she's not the only unvaxed kiddo with these issues though. thanks so much for evveryones stories, it's interesting to see where we meet and where there are differences.

i had amalgams but they were removed after maybe five or six years? no signs of any toxicities in me or my other child or even her really, she's top of the charts for everything and hitting all milestones very early. i just don't know... off to research!

[lemurian]

This is my first post, though I've lurked for a long time I just wanted to say that my ds, who is completely unvaxed, has had eczema since he was born. He was breastfed for 2.5 years, eats an all organic diet, takes flax seed oil, CLO, etc. Nothing diet-wise seems to make any difference. If someone has a well-researched medical explanation for eczema and what to do about it (besides just treating the symptoms, which we do successfully if we keep at it, but it's exhausting), I'd love to hear about it, too!

Another thought for the OP, have you tried changing up baby's skin care products? It is possible for her to develop a sudden allergy to something you've used regularly.

[PlayaMama]

sorry this took so long!

we did switch up fro california baby to little twig (i think) but that was several months ago and i've mixed them up in between times. i think it might be a reaction to the weather changes out here which are pretty extreme and maybe partly a result of a kerosene spill from our oil heater. we've moved out of that room and blocked it off now.

i'm not really sure...

[rabrog]

I would look into allergens (dairy, eggs and environmental).

Jenn

[tessie]

I wasn't vaxed and developed eczema and asthma as a young child. Not that surprising though as there is a family history of it.

[fruitfulmomma]

Three out of four of my girls have skin issues. The oldest has eczema that is NOT food related. Two of her triggers are stress and dog hair but she gets it at other times too. My 3 yo dd has a gluten intolerance and will develop patches around her mouth if she ingests it. She also reacts very badly to MSG. My youngest dd has several food intolerances, including gluten, corn, latex and latex cross-reactive (banana, avocado, etc...) foods, foods high in salicylic acid, etc... She gets rough spots all over her skin and if I ingest any of her bad foods, especially corn, she gets "butter-butt" where her skin is literally melting off her butt when she poops.

All of my children are 100% vax-free.

[PaisleyStar]

My youngest son has had 0 vaccines and has had food-allergy eczema since he was a newborn. (no family history) And he was the kid I did everything right with. Great, healthy pregnancy, amazing non medicalized birth. Go figure.

[PlayaMama]

boy, there seem to be quite a few mamas with unvaxed kids and skin issues. i wonder if it's something in our environment that is making this worse? i know there are higher numbers and i'd always just associated it with vaccines... but it seems like that's not the only cause.

especially those with no family history... it has to be something! anyone have interesting suggestions? links?

thanks again!

[fruitfulmomma]

especially those with no family history... it has to be something! anyone have interesting suggestions? links?

Hop on over the the allergy forum. Many, many interesting threads there. Health is multi-generational. I think that even though I've never exhibited signs of eczema myself, I have many things going back 2-3 generations in my family which could explain a lot of my girls issues.

[PlayaMama]

that will be my next stop

we're actually pretty lucky in my family to have reproduced while young , except me at 27 i'm the oldest.

when both my kids was born we had five generations alive on my mom's side and four generations on my dad's side. when i was born i had all my grandparents and four great-grandparents alive, on my mom's side my great-grandparents lived until i was 25 and 32 respectively.

so, when i say no family history of skin issues or asthma, there really is no one alive that has those issues except my mom who had asthma as a child. my husband's family wasn't so extensive but again, no one had issues.

frankly, i'm leaning towards something environmental because it's what makes sense.

thanks for all your replies!

[Dolphin]

funny my mother and sister have asthma as well... no eczema at all in the family, but lots of asthma.