The relationship between allergic disease and eczema is very close Many parents see how distressing eczema is for their child and worry that allergies are driving this intolerable itching. We need to treat eczema with great care. Eczema has a huge impact upon quality of life, through affecting sleep quality, children’s ability to engage in …
What is eczema? Eczema (or ‘dermatitis’) is a non-contagious, inflammatory dry skin condition that affects around one quarter of babies and one fifth of children and 10% of adults. The process usually starts with dry or sensitive skin, and then sometimes patches of itchy eczema then develop. The distribution is often different in different age-groups …
Natural care is the best that we can aim for our children. However, sometimes a little knowledge helps us direct this most effectively. When we rub food oil emollients into a baby’s skin, we may be raising the risk of increasing food sensitisation. The Dual Allergen Hypothesis proposes that food protein allergens are tolerated if …
