This is in response to Becca's previous post about her daughter's eczema-but I thought I would share, just in case there are others who have the same problems with eczema...
My 3yo niece also has very bad eczema as a result of vaccines. Even though my sister has stopped having her vaccinated, it was still really bad. Her poor arms, legs, face, everything is always so scratched up, she'll make herself look like something out of a horror movie in her sleep!
The first thing was fish oil. The fats from this oil are sooo good for eczema. She takes a teaspoon (or a little less) every day. It's lemon flavor, so you can sneak it into juice etc. I take it too, it's really not too bad at all. We use "carlsons".
Also, pro-biotics. Not the small dosage that you get from certain yogurts, but pure probiotics. (We get them from a helath food store-refrigerated.)
Second, they went to a naturopath who did a food sensitivity test. Sometimes, when young children are exposed to vaccines or long term antibiotics, they can develop sensitivities to the foods that they were eating around the times that these medicines were ingested.
These won't show up in a typical "allergy" test that a pediatrician will take. These are sensitivites which are a whole other bag of tricks. These sensitivites, while they won't make your child break out in hives or go into anaphylactic shock, they will cause extreme inflamation within the digestive system-which causes reactions like eczema, and emotional behavior. (think ADHD)
And these sensitivites aren't forever-but the foods need to be eliminated for a while, and then re-introduced.
My sister found out that my niece had sensitivites to wheat, rice, milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, garlic,corn, apples, tomatoes, asparagus, cranberries, msg, soy, nuts (ok, the list was really long.) She could still have goats milk, and quail eggs.
They elliminated all of these for almost a year, and then started re-introducing them, one by one. Rice for three days, and a break. If her skin, and behavior had improved, it's a keeper. If it get's worse, it's obviously a no-go. (with apples they had to stop after day 1, her eczema got so bad. They'll try again in probably half a year.)
She's now back to eating almost everything but wheat and cows milk (but cheese and yogurt are OK! ) The naturopath assures my sister that she'll most likely out grow all of these sensitivities.
Anyway, i'm sure you get the idea. My sister originally had taken my niece for a regular allergy test, and nothing came up. Yet, her sensitivites were so high that they were causing horrible eczema breakouts.
Her eczema is almost completely gone now, and her behavior is entirely different. She's calm enough now to be able to sit and read a book, or play, a typical 3 year old. (she hadn't sat still for two seconds since she could crawl.) And it wasn't your typical busy toddler. This was like "eyes wouldn't focus-where's the ritalin" kind of crazy.
I never had that symptom as a kid-but I did have the ear infections, which is also a symptom of food sensitivities from inflamation led by vaccines.
Thought this might help some of you who have the whole eczema issue. Knowing first hand how absolutely painful it is, my heart goes out to you and your little ones!
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