Eczema and Food Allergy
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Eczema is a disorder that
often comes with symptoms like itching and plaques, the most often,
appearing on the knees, arms, elbows and even on the face.
When this skin ailment affects children, especially those who have a
clear skin, parents are not aware of the real cause.
Usually, they perceived that food allergies are the source of their
child's eczema. However, some specialists think this is a false belief
and encourage them to visit a pediatrician first before limiting the diet
of their child.
An example of eczema relating to food allergy : a five month old baby who
suffers from chill eczema. The baby has ingested lactose early on, even
the formulas of lactose free appear to be incompatible to her baby. Then,
the mother shifts to soy.
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The soy shows a good reaction
on the baby's skin. However, after sometime, the eczema appeared again. If
you are the mother, would you think that the soy caused the eczema to the
baby? Would you prefer to go back to the lactose free formula?
Eczema recurrently appears and vanishes, leaving the child with clear eczema
free skin for a couple of weeks. That makes the triggering factor of eczema
hard to be determined.
It is true that the controversy about food allergies as a triggering factor
of eczema is considered.
According to the experts, the baby might catch the allergy from milk
proteins, or if not from the soy proteins.
Shifting to lactose free formula can be an option. But experts affirmed that
lactose does not have a formula that would cure the baby's eczema.
A pediatrician can tell if these milk formulas really worsen the eczema.
Hypoallergenic approach like Alomentum or Nutramigen can be prescribed.
The pediatrician might also advise allergy testing. This is done through
blood testing.
The best thing about these circumstances is to know the treatments for
eczema. Made with prescription of the pediatrician, this will assure
applying the right medication for the baby.
He will determine properly the triggering factor and sometimes might
prescribe moisturizers, or topical steroids.
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