Should my daughter see a Dermatologist?!
Question: My 14 month old girl has Exzema. We have the medicated creams from the doctor, we use the special soap, special laundry detergent, baby oil, the whole deal.
But she still has dry patches (almost like welts) all over her body. From head to toe - literally. She will scratch the dry patches on her head until they bleed, and her back seems to be covered in welt-like dry patches. I feel awful for her.
She does have allergies and takes an oral medicine as needed for that. Her doctor says she's young to test for allergies (and I hate to put her thru that anyways) and to keep doing what I'm doing.
Should I skip over my doctor and see a dermatologist? Would it be worth it because my insurance would not cover it?
Thanks.
Answers: My 14 month old girl has Exzema. We have the medicated creams from the doctor, we use the special soap, special laundry detergent, baby oil, the whole deal.
But she still has dry patches (almost like welts) all over her body. From head to toe - literally. She will scratch the dry patches on her head until they bleed, and her back seems to be covered in welt-like dry patches. I feel awful for her.
She does have allergies and takes an oral medicine as needed for that. Her doctor says she's young to test for allergies (and I hate to put her thru that anyways) and to keep doing what I'm doing.
Should I skip over my doctor and see a dermatologist? Would it be worth it because my insurance would not cover it?
Thanks.
There aren't any miracle treatments for eczema, so a dermatologist my recommend a different medication or offer a few more tips, but theres not much more in the bag of tricks beside the things you are already doing.
An allergist would make much more sense - allergists commonly treat infants with allergies and eczema and it is a very common problem. The the welts suggest that the problem could be caused at least in part by allergies, and foods can be the culprit. Contrary to your doctors advice, if there are food allergies, its important to identify the food allergies as soon as possible.
it would be worth it.. GO. what you are describing definately needs to be seen by a dermatologist!! he may be able to prescribe something different that may help her more..
Good Luck and hope she gets better soon :-)
well i think it would.
P.s. its possible its something shes eating cause that was the case here to.
try..EILIDEL (if he'll prescribe it)
Cant you wait and consult it to your doctor first?besides its her doctor you might wanna let him know that your gonna see a dermatologist i have a son and he have the same thing ,when he rub it it looks watery or raw his ped even my friend shes a nurse in a ped. office told me just be very patient of cleaning it, use unscented baby products ,it works but sometimes it comeback, but most of my friends (mothers)says its normal for babies some dont some it takes a while to go away.but the decision is yours thats up to you,but as what ive said just let your doctor knows beside if you bring her to derma maybe they will prescribe you the same as your doc. give you.
yes..it is always better to get a second opinion...I have seen a doctor do those allergy tests on a 2 year old. They weren't comfortable for him, but the pain was temporary and worth it in my opinion.
My son had excema from 6 weeks to 6 months and poor fella had scratches all over his face it itched so much. My doctor told us to bath daily, dry well and put cortisone cream 1% (available over the counter in US ... need prescription in Canada) up to FOUR times a day (we applied it in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and always at bedtime after the bath) ... you should apply this until all the welts are gone and for a few days after they are gone (or it will just come back) ... My baby is now 16 months and now only gets occasional dry patches we use aveeno baby daily moisturizing cream (emollient cream) when it seems dry and it helps a lot.
He will out grow it ... I know how you feel. If the little one seems really uncomfortable you could give her benadryl for itch (antihistamine) or motrin (antinflammatory) .... my son was so itchy he could not sleep ... :(
hope this helps. If she is not on cortisone cream I would try it ... if she is not improving I would definitely see a dermatologist.
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Go to a nutritionist. Eczema is an auto immune disease and her body is attacking it's self. She needs to be tested for allergies so an allergist would be best for that. Maybe she is allergic to the detergent or a fabrics or even a particular food.
I have asthma which is an auto immune disease and began getting eczema on my eyelids due to my allergies. I have been building up my immune system and using supplements and diet to do this. I no longer need my inhaler and my eczema has gone away. A nutritionist/herbalist did an analysis of my body for toxicity, vitamin and calcium levels and such. This can be done via urine or hair testing.
It is worth a shot as she may be deficient in something and I am willing to bet her body is on the acid side of the PH scale vs alkali. When the body becomes more acid in the PH scale diseases like this and cancer grow freely.
Our son had similar symptoms. We took him to an allergist and it was determined that he was allergic to corn and eggs. As soon as we took him off of those two foods. Presto - all gone. Occasionally he'll eat something with either of those two ingredients and he'll break out A FEW DAYS LATER. Yes, some of these reactions are hard to pinpoint due to the lagging time associated with the exposure. This was true for our son. It may not be true for yours, but at least it is one place to start. Oh, by the way, we had to pay for it ourselves because our insurance said it was unnecessary (60 dollar-ish).