As a health care
professional I have found that people often looked to me for the ‘medical
answer’ to their concerns and questions. However, I’d like to clear a little
air and say that there needs to balance between natural
therapies and medical therapies. This really came to light for me when my
precious little girl exhibited eczema that progressively grew worse instead of
better. Our first course of action was to take her to the physician and
received the oh so familiar prescription for hydrocortisone. I knew the side
effects of thinning skin and increased sensitivity to the environment later on
in life, so was a bit hesitant to use it. Don’t get me wrong when used properly
it really works and hydrocortisone is proven course of action for treating
eczema.
Now that we’ve
covered that how about a little food for thought on alternative means for
treating eczema; of course the first step is to know what causes baby’s eczema
and only a health care professional can truly diagnose this, but as moms and
dads we’re pretty intuned to our baby’s needs. For us it all came down to a
little extra bacterial flora in the stomach because of our C-section and the
lack of that final squeeze to clear baby’s insides. After a visit to our local
health food store and a conversation with a trained Homeotherapist, we started
our little one on probiotics. The effects were not immediate, but when combined
with hydrocortisone, no wheat diet, baking soda in bath water, and good ole
drugstore lotions our baby girl was eczema free and loving life as farm baby.
Everyone’s
experience with eczema is different; therefore no one method works for
everyone. If you have any little tips, tricks, family trusted methods or ‘gut
mommy feelings’ we’d love to hear from you and have the opportunity to share
and make everyone’s parenting journey a little better. We’re on facebook @ www.facebook.com/ExpectingSuccess
or Twitter @ExpectingSuccessRN
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