Different types of Eczema? - Page 2

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Originally Posted by attachedmamaof3

At this point, we finally gave in and agreed to try steriod cream. I know. : I know. It was a sad and solemn day at our house. We were truly at a loss. We do not put it on daily and we apply VERY lightly with the tip of a Q-Tip (because I'm scared of it!!! Seriously.) when he begins to seriously flare up. It clears it up within the day. The rest of the time, we try to keep it relatively dry and we've taught him to rub/pinch his skin instead of rip it with his fingernails/teeth.

I was SO one of the people who wanted nothing to do with steriods. NO-THING. Until it was the only thing that worked in almost 2 yrs of trying everything else. I know this goes against everything I believe in and it's taken me a long time to get over it, but I'm not sorry.

I have really bad eczema, and there are times when only the steroid creams help. Don't beat yourself up--sometimes the benefits really outweigh the potential drawbacks.

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I just posted this under another thread, so sorry to be repetitive. My son has dyshidrotic eczema. With his first break out he had a secondary infection. Six weeks later another breakout it then spread to his entire body. I recently saw two NDs for my 5 yo ds' eczema. We had been doing both probiotics and fish oils, but what made a big difference and what was recommended by one of NDs was digestive enzymes. She believes that he was not digesting properly. After 3 days on medical grade probiotics (VSL#3), Similase, and Coromega, my son's flare up was dramatically improved. We did the VSL #3 for 10 days. I also have been using NAET to begin to eliminate his food allergies. I used this technique for mine 8 years ago and my eczema is almost non-existent now, along with eliminating my food allergies. One of the NDs also gave us Wise Woman Herbals All-Purpose Salve which has really helped with during the time the eczema is oozing and "open." During the second break out, it kept him from getting a secondary infection. It is anti-microbial, but doesn't create an anarobic (sp?) environment so that the bad germs don't multiply under the salve. Good luck!