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Atopic Girl: Welcome!
By Tristan I am apparently a textbook atopic case. I developed eczema a few days after birth. At the age of nine, I began to develop food allergies. From the ages of 9 to 17, the number of food allergies I had increased. I currently have known allergies to eggs, dairy, shellfish and some nuts.…
Read MoreThe Combined Approach: How Mark’s Eczema Got Better
By Dr. Christopher Bridgett Mark is 2½ and lives with his older sister Jennie who is 4, and his Mum and Dad in a flat near the centre of town. He has had eczema since he was born, coming and going, but never clearing up. It disturbs everyone’s sleep, and he spends a great deal…
Read MoreEczema Clothing: How to Prevent Eczema in Your Children
There is nothing worse than seeing your child suffer. Preventing eczema in babies seems impossible. Eczema is absolutely unforgiving when it comes to the maddening desire to scratch. As adults we can sometimes control the scratching reflex, but many times we don’t even realize we’re doing it. And it feels so good to scratch! How…
Read MoreEmer: An Eczema Story
Meet my friend Emer. She keeps me, and everyone that knows her, entertained with her dry, witty and very honest humor. I wasn’t aware of all the skin conditions and allergies she’s suffered with over the years until she came forward on my FB page after reading that my son had been going through some similar…
Read MoreWhat Foods Could Trigger Your Eczema?
When my son Tristan was first diagnosed with eczema at three months old , I had absolutely zero idea that food could trigger eczema. The doctors never mentioned it. We just went right along with the steroid creams and pharmaceutical moisturizers that they prescribed. Food Sensitivities After Tristan’s (and mine) first ever visit with a natural…
Read MoreEar Infections in Adults and Children: Can Allergies Be the Cause?
When my daughter was two, she had multiple ear infections back to back that were quite stubborn to manage because they didn’t respond well to antibiotics. Since my son has food allergies, I started to wonder about all the possible ways our body can react to food, both good and bad and I it made me…
Read MoreRemembering the Long Nights
I just came across this cartoon from Marcie Mom. It brings me back to the horrible nights when Tristan’s eczema was extreme. Back before we knew that food was triggering his flair-ups and itch trances. Oh yes, this scene hits very close to home. We would lay in bed with Tristan, gently tickling his legs…
Read MoreContributing to the Right Cause – Allergy, Eczema, Asthma Charities
Amazing and Atopic just posted a list of some great charities for food allergies and asthma. She inspired me to share her list and add a few pertaining to eczema as well. This is a list of organizations in the US and Canada. Take a look and donate if you can, volunteer or start/join a…
Read MoreSoothing the Eczema Itch – Try Green Tea Powder
I found a recent blog post by Green and Bitchy to be super interesting. The itching with eczema can be so intense and so horrific, it’s just not possible or humane to sit there and let our little ones suffer through a round of it. We’ve tried all the anti-itch creams you can imagine and…
Read MorePerspective and Blood Test
Since Tristan reacted positively to hazelnuts in a skin prick test and he’d developed a skin rash after eating almonds and walnuts, his allergist recommended he undergo an IgE blood test. We made an appointment at the children’s hospital, but of course still had to wait. Thankfully this place knows kids. They were playing a…
Read MoreThe Allergist: A Chance for Mother and Son to Bond
Tristan and I went to see a new allergist together. We both needed some testing done and I figured it would be easier for him to see me go through the tests first and realize it was no big deal. He thankfully didn’t remember the last time he went, two years ago, when they did…
Read MoreOur Family’s Battle with Eczema (Part 1 of 2)
Eczema is part of my life. I have become consumed by it. I have literally hit the ground running into battle. The battlefield unfortunately is the body of my innocent 3-year-old son, Tristan. He was diagnosed with baby eczema at 3 months of age when we first saw the obvious signs, dry itchy skin patches,…
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