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2 MONTH OLD HAS REALLY BAD ECZEMA?
please help if you can. my son's eczema has gotten out of hand. so bad that when i took him to go see the doctor about it, he says its the worst hes ever seen. when it first started it wasn't as bad, it was just on his face, we went to see a dermatologist who prescribed cortisone 1% ointment. after using that it seemed to clear up in a couple of days. only to come back with a vengeance a couple days later. now its everywhere, his arms, legs, back, face, neck and scalp. his hair seems to be falling out due to it. hes so itchy all the time, n he scratches it to the point that he cuts his scalp. please if anybody knows what i can do for him, please help. its heartbreaking to see him so uncomfortable. we were referred to the dermatologist yet again but it takes forever to get an appointment.
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- call me AlLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your son's eczema sounds worse than mine at that age. Please accept my sympathies for your son's suffering.
In the short term, keep him cool and as comfortable as you can. Put him in as much cotton as possible, including diapers. Experiment with different ways to keep his skin calm, like vaseline, Eucerin, Aquaphor, Aveeno, CeraVu, or Cetaphil. I was told baby powder did wonders for me.
In the long term, use as much force as is necessary to get into the dermatologist. I've gone so far as to call daily to find out about cancellations.
They've made a lot of breaktrhoughs in linking immunology and dermatology over the past 10 or so years. Problem is, this knowledge hasn't worked its way to a lot of dermatologists. Do your homework and quiz the dermatologist. You may have to do research in a medical school library or hospital library. (For example, in my case, I think my CD4 cells are overactive, summoning CD8 cells to attack a non-existant enemy. With intruders to attack, the CD8 cells then attack healthy skin cells, resulting in eczema / dermatitis.) If you decide to find another dermatologist, do what I did: See someone at a medical school. Compared to dermatologists in private practice, medical school staff doctors are more collaborative and have smaller egos and they're more aware of cutting edge research. I saw two dermatologists at George Washington University before they got me to see my current doctor, a real expert whom I'm very happy with.
Another possibility is to get an appointment with the Mayo Clinic. If your dermatologist gets stumped, ask the doctor to make the appointment for you -- you'll get much sooner. Just go up for a diagnosis and recommended treatment. Then return home and find someone who can administer that treatment.
In short, don't take NO for an answer. I didn't, and I stubbornly struggled with mine for 38 years. Now it's under and my life is immeasureably better. It can be done, and you must believe -- no, you much know -- it can be done.
Hope that helps!
