The number of babies with eczema in the world is high and it is also growing. There are a number of sensible conclusions as to the reason for this. The truth is however that there are tried, tested and proven ways of bringing a baby’s eczema under control. This article will tell you about the pregnancy treatment as well as how you can energize your baby’s eczema prevention and treatment program.

1. Inside your body and the body of your baby there is a battle between good bacteria and bad bacteria. When the good ones are winning the war, eczema is not allowed to flare up in your body. When the bad bacteria are in control, inflammation and eczema has the tendency to party like it’s 1999.

What you want to do is make sure that you have these beneficial bacteria in amounts high enough that they pass from you into your baby when you are breastfeeding him.

2. A valuable treatment for him depending on the type of eczema he has is to treat your baby’s surroundings for dust mites. If his eczema is atopic, this remedy will be especially helpful.

3. Keep your baby’s skin moist. Dry skin is itchy skin, and itchy skin that has eczema can easily turn on the itch scratch cycle in your baby.

4. Mittens or socks on your baby’s hands should help him tremendously. The soft finishings you put on his hands will buffer his skin against the grabbing and digging of fingernails. You want to keep the eczema from advancing to this stage of development, but when it does you need to get him to stop scratching; the mittens are designed to take some of the impact out of his scratching.

5. You have heard it said that if you have eczema you should stay away from milk. Milk is a huge irritant. However, a more accurate statement would be that if you have eczema you should not drink milk. There are methods of using milk that will allow your body to draw moisture from inside your body. Milk treatments should keep your skin moist so that it will not develop that tendency to itch.

By: Broyde McDonald

The killing and effective cleanup of dust mites will greatly enhance your baby eczema prevention efforts. The form of eczema that most often affects babies are most often affected more adversely by dust mites than by other allergens. Dust mites are even more damaging than the number one cause of irritation which is hay fever in the lives of babies that have eczema.

You want to know if bleach is able to kill dust mites. This article will answer that question.

Dust mites can be cleaned out with air filters. This will not be the best way of getting rid of them as they are animals that like to burrow. Using an air filter will only capture the dust mites that become airborne. In comparison to the mites that do not become airborne the amount will be relatively small. You do not want to completely ignore air filters though because they can become a valued contributor to the entire effort of getting the dust mite away from the presence of your baby.

You also need to know that not only do you need to get rid of the mites that are alive, but you will also need to get rid of the fecal matter and the carcasses of the dead mites as well. These substances are just as much an irritant to babies that have baby eczema, as the live dust mites.

When you kill your mites, you need to use vacuums with special filters that can capture and contain the dust mite, their carcasses and their feces. The dust mite is only between 100 and 300 microns wide. At this size, normal vacuum cleaner bags will not be able to hold them. They will be able to pass right through the fibers and back into the locations where they were previously irritating your baby from.

Now back to the bleach. It is unlikely that you will be able to kill dust mites using bleach. The option I see that negates this statement is maybe if you boil them in bleach you can kill them. You see when you boil them in water for about two or three hours you are able to kill them. So if you can kill them by boiling them in water, you may be able to kill them by boiling them in bleach. Otherwise, bleach will not have an effect on killing the dust mite. You just need to get as much of the dust out of your baby’s environment that you possibly can. However do not depend on bleach to get rid of your dust mite problem.

By: Broyde McDonald

Seeing baby eczema on your innocent child’s face and body can be difficult to endure. What are some of the causes and triggers for dermatitis in babies and young children? How is it best treated? What can you do to help your child resist scratching?

The eczema rash in your child may be dry patches, red angry bumps  and scales. There may also be red lines due to the scratching which is a natural response to severe itching. Your baby may also be having trouble sleeping and cry more due to increased irritation.

Be sure that the ingredients in the laundry, baby’s baths and moisturizers used are allergy-free and dye-free. Your baby may be having an allergic reaction and it is best to minimize or eliminate this problem. Atopic eczema runs in families so check to see if there is a history of asthma, dermatitis and skin eruptions in the family. Moisturizing is very important, but you want to use products that your child can tolerate to nourish the skin back to health. Find products on the market that don’t have perfumes as well. We all love the scents used in personal care products but they may not be agreeable to our systems.

Replace any blankets, bedding and clothing that isn’t cotton with cotton fiber products. Putting something that is breathable on your child is important for proper circulation. When you wash your child’s clothing and bedding use hot water as this will also kill germs and dust mites if they are in the home.

Look for possible environmental triggers for the baby eczema. These can include cleaning products, pet fur, pesticides used near the home and home renovation materials in the garage. Do a survey of the foods your child eats and keep a diary as allergies to milk, eggs and wheat can result in a rash or asthma.

Because scratching can lead to an infection, consult with your doctor about the use of antihistamines to reduce the itching sensation. Moisturizing will help with this problem. Little cotton gloves can be placed on your child’s fingers before bed to assist in preventing scratching.

Read your child stories, sing, continue to play games and engage in your child in activities that are good distractions while the baby eczema triggers get figured out and resolved.

By: Dee Cohen