You will be at your wit's end trying to find a method of healing eczema if your child suffers from this dreaded condition. You would certainly find it very difficult to pacify your child and prevent her from scratching at her sore skin. No parent likes to see their child in such discomfort and your agony is increased by the doctor's seeming inability to cure your child's ailment.
Most conventional treatments for eczema are most inappropriate for an adult, leave alone a child. Most adults I know would be extremely reluctant to undergo a course of corticosteroids, however mild it may be. Parents are also very unwilling to give their children antibiotics or antihistamines over a long duration. Unfortunately, treatment for healing eczema takes a long time because the disease never really gets fully cured.
The safest and surest way of healing eczema in children is to follow natural methods. You can do this for as long as you need without any fear of side effects or long term drug dependency.
You must first prevent your child from scratching her body, although this is easier said than done. You could make your child wear gloves so that she cannot cut her skin with her fingernails. You should massage your child twice a day with any natural oil such as coconut, olive or almond. They are very soothing to the skin and will also be an effective barrier to moisture loss.
Another effective barrier cream you could use is shea butter or cocoa butter. These are very rich emollients and will reduce the dryness of the skin drastically and thereby do away the need to itch.
Bathe your child in warm water, using oatmeal in colloidal solution in order to clean the skin. This will help remove the excess dead flaky skin, giving the skin cells below the opportunity to breathe. By doing this you also reduce the risk of bacterial infection by removing the dead cells the bacteria feed on. Apply some honey to badly affected areas and cover it to prevent your child wiping it off.
Look for a hypoallergenic detergent to wash your child's clothes in and make sure they are well rinsed so that no trace of detergent is left in them.
In addition, you will also have to add some nutrients to your child's diet. Daily supplements of omega 3 fatty acids are vital to healing eczema.
Follow these steps and you will be very gratified to see your child's eczema vanish.
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