Eczema Treatment

Information / Tips which you may find useful in managing you or your child's eczema

• Surcare washing powder recommended by the Eczema Society in the Uk, the best alternative on the market for people suffering from skin conditions.

• Diet - foods like apples, pears, tomatoes, carrots, any food which contains pectin, may possibly make the person itch more, you need to experiment with this yourself.

• Try to control the temperature as much as possible, if the child gets too hot or too cold, the eczema usually flares up more.

• Highly recommend that you purchase a mattress cover from the soundersleep company, their web address is www.soundersleep.co.uk they are quite expensive, however they are invaluable, as children sleeping in their cot for the entire night, without constantly itching. They make the only 100% organic cotton, dust mite proof, mattress covers that are available on the market, very worthwhile investment.

• Try to purchase some organic cotton clothes, particularly for night wear. Most clothes for kids are treated with chemicals so that they are flame retardant, particularly night wear. Try www.eczemaclothing.co.uk (specializes in clothes for kids with skin conditions).

• Only use clothes that are 100% cotton and can be washed at 60 degrees. This is the washing temperature necessary to kill house dust mites.

• Use a product such as silcocks base, or aqueous cream to wash the child, available from the chemist, very inexpensive. Don't use soaps or shampoos for the hair, use small amount of Aloe Soap or use silcocks base.

• Highly recommend Dr. John McKenna, in Naas, Co. Kildare, long delays in appointments, 045-898243. He treats children with homeopathic remedies. He suspects that they have reacted to the whopping cough vaccine, which turned out to be correct. Once they complete the treatment the eczema don't flare up again. You can buy the book, Natural Alternatives to Anti-biotics at most book shops, it's an excellent book for any parent, and will give you an idea of the work he does.

• Highly recommend drinking Aloe Vera Gel, Aloe Berry Nectar or Bits N Peaches. Also using Aloe Propolis Cream, amazing results with this product can be observed over a 6 week period. Recommend applying to the skin every hour if necessary to start off with and then reduce the number of applications as you see the skin improving.

• The water for the bath must be a warm, not hot. Buy packet of porridge, fill a sock with the porridge and put it onto the hot tap of the bath, then run the bath water through the sock, it makes a lovely milky bath, excellent for the skin and softens the water. (Also eating porridge excellent for the skin).

• When drying the skin after a bath, don't rub, just pat the skin dry.

• Apply moisturiser (Propolis Cream) within 3 minutes of getting out of the bath, research shows that the skin absorbs more moisture during these first couple of minutes.

• If skin is very raw the Propolis Cream may sting, in this case, first apply a layer of silcocks base and then apply the Propolis over it, the Aloe will penetrate through to the skin.

• Try not to have too many soft toys around, as they hold onto a lot of house dust mites. If child has one or two favourites, put them in the fridge freezer for 12 hours (overnight) this will kill the dust mites.

Please contact us with any questions if we can be of help, we'd be delighted to talk to you.