Best place for severe eczema and food allergies

[buckypeanut]

Hi, Im on my second ped immunoloy specialist and he is at the end of his rope now with ideas to help my 4 yo son.  Where would  the best place be to take my son with severe eczema and food allergies?  He is on prednisone and atarax now with minimal improvement.  I live in Southern Cal, but willing to go wherever I can get the best help.  He has a rash all over his body and bleeding wounds all over both hands and feet for three months straight now.  This is the second bout of prednisone in a month.  Already failed antibiotics and antifungals.  Please help.

[Katley55]

I started searching this site to see what kinds of solutions you moms are seeing for allergies and major skin problems. I have seen a variety of skin issues and have recently been asked my a friend to help her daughter who is in the same boat. I moved awhile ago, and so I'm still building up my network here in Nor Cal to refer her to.
In the meantime, my heart goes out to all of you and your children. I watched my own sister struggle with her first child as she had extreme skin problems, oozing, bleeding, itching, plastered all over her body. She is now 11 years old and totally fine. So what did she do? My sis discovered that prior to giving birth, she herself had a major candida/yeast overgrowth problem along with leaky gut syndrome. That passed to her daughter, and we realized later that's how it started. After doing everything her in laws wanted her to do- trying every steroid and Rx cream known to man, seeing specialist after specialist, and then being suspected to have an immune problem, she started receiving IVs of gamoglobulins? (which was so horrible, pinning a baby down for an hour sometimes trying to get a vein). This went on for 2 years. My sis started being really careful about what she ate, no allergens etc- and even was told to stop breastfeeding, which actually made everything worse. Thankfully she was able to get it back before stopping all together. She finally came upon a natural clinic in provo Utah, discovered her major fungus/candida problem, and likewise for her daughter. Started taking a variety of strong probiotics, eating fermented foods, using homeopathy etc. They made major headway there, and later found a gal who does energy work, and they discovered some major energy blocks and problems there. (negative emotions can and do cause disease- it's a way for our body to speak out and say it needs a change, whether it's subconscious or conscious stuff). With both of those approaches, it cleared up completely by the time she was 3. She has had to continue detoxing through her young life, to get rid of all the drugs and creams that piled up in her system (they even had her on pro topic, which is an anti-rejection type of drug that is used with cancer patients. They KNOW it causes cancer, but gave it to her anyway, hoping it would help). Thank goodness for other therapies, because she is a beautiful girl with beautiful skin now, and their family lives much healthier to this day because of everything they went through.

My friend's daughter is having identical issues to the ones my niece has, and has tried basically everything you all have mentioned. I hope you'll take these links into consideration, and help your children heal. The doc's just know how to prescribe, bless them, they don't know how to heal.

Basically, I truly believe that skin, allergy, attention and many other problems we face are a direct result of bacteria, fungus, candida and a leaky gut. If we don't heal our gut, then everything we eat gets spread throughout our system, which is dangerous. Then the body reacts to almost everything we eat or do, and it's extremely confusing to know which direction to go. Add that to pesticides, GMO's which are hidden in a major part of our food supply- these are things that are foreign to our body, and they aren't FOOD. Get back to basics, healthy, fresh, organic, local food.
As the link below describes as well, if a child is born with a deficient system, or gut, this is where vaccines can further harm or bring on the big problems because it's already weak and struggling. Add the typical rounds of antibiotics kids receive, (ear infections are a classic sign of yeast) and this further wipes out any beneficial bacteria that remained in the gut. 85% of our immune system is in the gut, and with this beneficial bacteria. When it's out of balance, all hell breaks loose. This link explains this phenomenon further.  If you know the source of your problem, you can google it in any city and likely find someone who knows how to naturally treat it with the whole person approach (meaning through lifestyle, emotional, environmental, physical etc). Good luck to all of you, and good luck to me trying to find more nat practitioners here in Nor Cal.
There's so much you can do yourself though. Read everything you can. There is a lot out there we can do to take care of our families ourselves.

http://www.gutandpsychologysyndrome.com/gaps-diet/

http://www.amazon.com/Feelings-Buried-Alive-Never-Die/dp/0911207023

http://www.nationalcandidacenter.com/candida-what/

http://www.foodforthebrain.org/content.asp?id_Content=1676

http://www.nvic.org/

[ducky406]

Hey I just wanted to add my two cents. When i was 2 weeks old I started developing eczema that just seemed to get worse and wouldn't go away.  Especially as I got older and started scratching it raw. It was caused by fragrance and perfume in diapers, laundry powder, lotions, soaps, etc. So even when you feel like you've exhausted all your choices in trying to find a cause, there really are tons of things someone can be allergic to so don't give up and don't feel you need to be stuck to that list. Also, I find that sodium lauryl sulphate, chlorine, and non pH neutral soaps can aggravate my skin. Hanging my laundry outside to dry also makes me break out in a rash (I assume from pollen).

[rc9585]

         My son is two years old and he gets it really bad on his back and arms, the doctor just gave him DERMASMOOTH OIL AND AQUAPHOR it did not do a thing! and his doc has not done any test to say what he is allergic to. Now Im thinking of changing his doctor! what should I do? I live in NY any sugestions?

[Naz_UK]

Wow- I'm reading this forum two years since it was written and boy I really do understand what you were going through-as we are going through it right now with out 2years+ 9month son. We live in the UK.

I just really wanted to ask how things turned out for you?? What helped in the end or is your child still suffering :/

Did you find any answers?

My son has a RAST Ige score of 5000+, apparently the normal range is under 100- so like your son he over reacts to most stimulus-whether environmental or food. Were in a similar situation were his diet consists of what he is least allergic to rather than not allergic to.

It is so so sooo painful to watch his eczema- it doesn't seem to be getting better, only worse. At the moment he is on predisolone which until now I have avoided at all costs :(

I really hope someone out there can help.

[Candyceb]

As I am reading these posts, I cant help but wonder who these other families are who are dealing with the very same issues as we have. From birth, our second child had very dry, red flaky skin, and awful sores in the creases of his arms and the back of his legs. He was diagnosed with food allergies after a very scary anaphylactic reaction to dairy, when he was six months old, since then we have found he is allergic to Peanut, Egg, Wheat, Milk/Dairy, Tree Nut, Citrus, Rice, Corn etc.... It has been such a challenge for us as parents to deal with managing his diet and skin routeen as well as the social/emotional effects of food allergies. As his mother, my heart breaks for him, I myself have battled with depression since his diagnosis. Some days I feel I just cant cope with it all anymore. Unless you are the parent of a food allergic child, you wouldn't understand what we go through. I hate to think of it this way, but it almost feels like I have a child with a disability. I can never just relax. Food is everywhere!!!! Every holiday, every event. We cant do a lot of things or go a lot of places because of fear of food. I had to quit my job and stay home because our son was suffering in daycare. He is only 3 yrs old right now, and I dread the day he starts school. I know I will be a nervous wreck. My husband and I stopped going on dates because finding a responsible enough sitter and being able to enjoy ourselves without worrying felt impossible. These food allergies really have caused our family a lot of pain. If any of you live close to us in Gilbert Arizona, we could really use some support from others who truly understand what we are going through. A play date would be nice. send me an e mail at ***@**** for contact info.

[tiredmom123]

All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg Florida.  Dr. Sleasman head of allergy, immunology has save us!  My 8 year had been suffering forever.  They admitted us to the hospital wedensday, we are leaving tomorrow.  Major staff infections from eczema/allergies.  all food too.  pumping him with iv antibiotics and special bath, medicine, wet wraps that have done a miracle on his skin.  I am so excited with this new found solution to our problems and best of all, no steroids or prednisone!!  Please take the trip.  it is worth it!