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I have chronic "heat rash" all over and have been officially diagnosed with eczema. The only creams that seem to work have been Eladil that costs $60 with my insurance and hydrocortisone which messes up my hormones. Does anyone have any alternatives? It’s winter and my back feels like a suitcase.

triamcinolone is going to be the strongest topical steroid for the money. It requires a prescription but that route is usually cheaper than the OTC avenue anyway. If you must go OTC, hydrocortisone 10% is the best you are gonna get. If itching and/or pain is still a problem get a combo product with benzocaine or menthol. Hope this helps.

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My niece is 19 months and she has a horrific Eczema, we went to a dermatologist and they gave her some top cream but even that isn’t solving it. I am big on home remedies so I deffinately did research but found nothing she hasn’t tried. we are desperate right now!! it has gotten so painful for her and nothing is working. anyone have any home remedies for Eczema? if not, any garraunteed to work prescriptions? Thanks so much for your help!

My son suffered from Eczema from 6 months to about 10 years of age (he then suffered from asthma, which has gotten better, but not completely gone, and he’s 23 now). His eczema was so bad that he actually had his picture in the American Journal of Dermatology! So, I know what your sister is going through. I suppose that the dermatologist has ruled out food allergies – severe eczema is rarely due to food allergies. I tried every remedy possible and nothing was completely effective. 1% hydrocortisone cream helped; with a very bad flare up, I used (sparingly) the higher potency steroid creams (all prescription). I also found the oral antihistamine/anti-itch syrup, Panectyl to be effective, especially for nightime itching. I tried bathing him in Calgonite, it helped a little. Also, for the dryness I used Eucerin Cream. Because his eczema was always worse in winter, I kept his room and the rest of the house as humid as possible. And finally, since I had a conference every year in Florida in April, we took him with us. The salt water and sunshine were the absolute BEST medicines. Good luck, and remind your sister that it DOES go away – my doctor said by 2 years, but as mentioned above, it didn’t go away for us until my son was around 10. By the way, it doesn’t leave scars, despite how horrible it can look.

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My 15 month old son has patches of eczema on his arms near his elbows and his upper thighs. I have been using Aveeno baby wash, Aveeno baby lotion and Aquaphor ointment. When the patches look really irritated, I put prescription hydrocortisone on it. They look like they clear up for a few days then it flairs up again. Is there any thing more I can be doing?

mometasone furoate ointment 0.1% works well on the irriatated spots. yet, the pediatricians told me to not use it often because it thins out the skin and leaves white patches. i use it on my daughter’s eczema too. she gets red patches on her cheeks and some spots on her forearm and calf. it gets real bad to the point when there is liquid oozing out. i use the ointment once shes asleep, apply a very thin layer and the next morning it usually clears up i then i would use aquaphor. im looking into using sarna lotion. can be purchase at walgreens or cvs pharmacy. i treid cetaphil not any help. my friends that have ezcema that are adults use cetaphil bar soap and the lotion. some say gold bond works as well

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Our family doctor prescribed hydrocortisone for my daughter (she’s 3 going on 4 in January) to treat her eczema. She gets it quite badly about 2x per year – on her arms, legs and sometimes on her stomach. The pharmacist just cautioned me about not using the hydrocortisone too much on her – why would that be? Is it a steroid?

She gets it twice a year – probably when the big changes in weather come. This is a trigger for eczema.

My son was the same way and at the time he was an infant/toddler we had an "older" ped who was wonderful. he said all of the expensive skin creams in the world – nothing is better than good old fashioned vasoline. Take a big glop while she is standing in the bath and then let her play for 5-10. Of course, stay close to make sure she is sitting as the tub gets slippery. When she gets out gently dry her off (don’t rub as it irritates skin conidtions). Cortisone is helpful but can lead to think skin, white patches on the skin and photosensitivity so try Vasoline first. Worked wonders for us and others I know

Keep an eye on her as she grows for allergies and asthma as they almost always go hand in hand with ecxema.

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How to stop itching fast: Heat from a hot hair dryer (set on high) used as close to the skin as possible can stop severe itching anywhere on the body: your head, scalp, arms, legs, fingers, crotch, butt, toes, athletes foot, jock itch, feet, nipples, vagina, anal area, anus, etc.

The same way that a pin-prick of pain near an itchy point on the body will counteract the itch sensation, heat and momentary localized pain from a hot hairdryer has the same instantaneous effect to stop itching immediately. Pain immediately counters and neutralizes the itch by signaling the brain that something more important is going on. The body recognizes pain as a more important warning signal, so the brain focuses on the pain and ignores the itch. Distracting the brain with momentary pain is an excellent way to end an itch.

The pain ends the itch, because the enzymes are destroyed by the high heat of the hot hair dryer. Itching is caused by enzyme activity at the cellular level of the body. The enzymes that cause us itching, and discomfort can be neutralized with enough HEAT to generate one second of pain. Anything is better than itching. Would you rather itch all day or say “ouch” once and be done with it?

How it works: Applying heat (just like when cooking food) destroys enzyme activity by burning it out. By destroying the enzymes the itching ceases instantly.

An example is when a mosquito bites its victim with its needle-like mouthparts, it injects a liquid containing its digestive enzymes and anti-coagulants. The proteins in this liquid are the cause of the allergic reaction and the itch. The body responds by releasing histamines. Histamine is released into the synapses and triggers an inflammatory reddening and wheal response.

Many types of enzymes exist in the body and each type has a specific function. Enzymes are proteins made by cells in our bodies and are specialized proteins that do work such as biological nerve signaling to the brain with an itch.

This works on all bug bites like fleas and bees (even chiggers), poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak, from camping etc. It may even work on chronic conditions like dermatitis, seborrhea, psoriasis, and eczema. You should try it and discuss the results with your doctor or dermatologist.

In the case of poison ivy or other plants, Urushiol (pentadecylacatechol) triggers an allergic reaction when it comes into contact with skin. This is a form of contact dermatitis. Specifically, “allergic contact dermatitis” is a form of hypersensitivity mediated by white blood cells sensitized by the contact of the resin urushiol to the skin.

I discovered it 15 years ago after getting a bad case of poison ivy. Since then I have used it on everything that itches. Think of this video the next time you itch. It’s one of the best working homeopathic remedies that I know of. It’s simple to prove it to yourself with just a hot hair-dryer.

The science behind itching: You would think that such a universally experienced sensation like Pruritus (itching) and scratching would be well understood by now, but its still very much understood. Scratching temporarily relieves isolated itches, however, scratching can intensify itching and even cause further damage to the skin, called the “itch-scratch-itch cycle”.

Pruritus or itching is caused by invading enzymes such as from a bug bite which causes the body to release Histamines, which triggers the inflammatory response in the body’s unmyelinated C-polymodal neuron fiber receptors. When the body senses a foreign substance, called an antigen, the immune system is triggered.

The central chemical involved in itching is histamine, a molecule released by mast cells in the skin. Histamine is the chemical that causes the itch and reddening wheal when bitten by insects. The more you scratch, the more histamine is produced. Scratching very hard causes pain to temporarily ease the itch, but it also damages the skin and leaves it open to infection from staphylococcus or streptococcus (impetigo).

Acute itching serves as a protective function, while chronic itching is can be a miserable nuisance with severe underlying medical conditions. Acute itching responds well to antihistamines, while chronic itch does not. Chronic itch, which does not respond to antihistamines, can be caused by more than 50 underlying diseases and conditions (including kidney disease, eczema, shingles and HIV), and is estimated to plague as many as 1 out of 10 people.

Antipruritics and antihistamines such as topical corticosteroids like hydrocortisone topical creams, including Benadryl, menthol and phenol are effective for acute itching. (The best treatment of all for itching as discussed here is to use a HOT HAIR DRYER)

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