Our struggles with my sons Eczema

I remember his first birthday celebration and all those photos where he had this clear complexion and his smile on his face .. Never did I predict what was to come just a few days later .. We had always wanted to shave off his hair and we had procastinated it all the while thinking he would not look great in his birthday snaps and hence once that was out of our way , we decided to give it a short .Our in- house barber ,my husband ,shaved off his hair and I guess along with the hair went off all his good days ..

He slowly started developing rashes on his back and his head had dandruff like flakes all the time.. Worried I went to the doctor , he told me it was fungal and gave me a fungal cream.This made no effect and slowly it moved down his back and to his hands and knees .. I was devastated and worried .. I went back ,he told me to continue the cream ..

I was sure that something was not right , he too started being fussy ,icthy all the time and crying was a daily affair .. I went back again , this time another doctor diagnosed it as eczema ,prescribed me an emolient bath additve and a petroleum jelly like cream .. He also prescribed me steriods ..He asked to avoid everything with perfume in it ..

This made some progress . when the cream was applied he was ok for sometime but when it dried out it was back to square one .. I remember then, he used to always be so squishy cause he had so much cream all over him all the time..

I never wanted to put even a small dose of steriods on my son. Yes I knew that the doctor told me that this was the most common practice to treat eczema and yes in such small doses it was ok.But I just did not want to use it at all..

As a mother , the worst thing that could happen to you is to not know what and why somethings happened and then to know that there is very little you could do and that you just have to see him suffer and wait for one day hoping it would go away on its own ..

I was too stubborn to take that as an answer .. I did not want to give up on my son , never .. not to such a small thing .. I researched the internet day in and out and read about everything that was written about it.. I read books, I spoke to doctors ..Now I was a little relieved cause I felt I knew something about what it was and all I had to do was to try and control it with my own combination.

Here are some of the facts I discovered from research

• Its hereditary ( Its true for my son, it was in our immediate family )
• If the parents of the child suffers from Hayfever , the children are at greater risk of eczema (Yes my husband had hayfever)
• There is no sure medicine to completely cure it yet ..
• Steroids are the commonly used treatment
• Fragranced products , detergents , dust etc are some of the external triggers for eczema
• Its also believed that it could be triggered by some food allergies commonly for foods like Dairy , gluten ,eggs etc ..
• Its is a very common ailment in UK among children.

Having done my fair bit of research I began my experiments with products and foods.. and today after nearly 6 months of trial and errors I can quiete happy say I have found my magic portion that works for my son

His eczema has cleared out completely , and now the scars are fading away too , though if I dont follow the regime he still can get his very occasional spots .It is never the same..Yes I have taken away a lot of food from him that he probably would have loved to have , but he is a happy child and that all I ever want