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mummy_becks 
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:04pm |
I saw my dietition today and she saw my arms and said that it looks like my excema maybe an allergy. But I can't think of what it could be. So who has excema, what is it triggered by.
I'm really scared that it may be triggered by something in my garden 
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yummymummy
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:39pm |
I have excema and it gets triggered by
- moisturizers with mineral oil
- harsh cleaning products
- fruit acid ie lemon/orange juice
- too much diary in my diet
- too much acid in my diet
- most sunscreens
fun eh 
ETA: forgot pool water too, it's the chlorine that does it for me
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Kels
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:45pm |
Alize's eczema is caused by cows milk and wheat products. Had long discussion with GP today about the different things that are causing what for Alize. I hope it isnt anything in your garden!
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:49pm |
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oh gosh - my duaghter has ezcema and well all things can.
I have a feeling its washing powder but I already use persil but her main areas are the kicker line at the front and on her bottom, behind knees. Thats where the worst is and then she can get it all over. we just been to the beach and I had to go find a chemist as we forgot her ezcema cream and she feel into sea water and it really stung/hurt her she cried all the way back to the bach to have a shower.
but in answer what triggers it off - sunscreen - damned if I do damned if I don't... pool water, eating too much citrus fruit (which she loves) ummmm theres probably alot more.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 8:18am |
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yep sunscreeen for me..and lots of kinds of makeup.... food eventually was determined to be tomatoes, peas and soy.. and some nuts.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:38am |
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My DP's seems to get worse if he has lots of coffee.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:53am |
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I had excema as a young child and wool directly on my skin triggered it, but only if I was in 'cycle'... mine was a seven year cycles so 0-7 I had it, had a rest from it until I turned 14 and for some reason it came back until I was 21... thankfully each 'bout' of it was a little less severe, I'm 31 now and don't really get it anymore... no set triggers as such but I now have a form of dermatitis that affects my hands and feet called Pomphlox (sp?) which seems to be triggered by this hot humid weather we're having lately, grrr.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 10:07am |
I get one type of excema on a couple of my fingers and have worked out that it's bubbly, wine and the spa pool. Needless to say I have a dry patch there most of the time
I also get excema on my arms and backs of my knees occasionally but have worked out that it flares up due to poor diet mostly. I also have to avoid having showers that are too hot as that flares it up.
Mine's not really too bad though.
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 8:54pm |
Mine is not too bad at the moment - triggers - hormonal, overdose of tomatoes, citrus, too much washing - stripping natural oils, soaps, detergents, STRESS, body overheating - eg hotshowers, humid weather etc.
I don't know about dairy, wheat, glutin as I havn't 'gone without them' but my nephew has almost got rid of his completly by ommiting almost all of these out of his diet
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 10:43pm |
 AnnC wrote:
we just been to the beach and I had to go find a chemist as we forgot her ezcema cream and she feel into sea water and it really stung/hurt her she cried all the way back to the bach to have a shower.
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yes sea water stinks like a b**t*h but it's actually good for ezcema. as we live by the beach, if my ezcema flares up, i go for a dip every day and that helps clear it up.
i also seem to go in 7yr cycles.....in a bad cycle now. mostly flares up with the heat and some moisturisers. i TRY to remember to moisturise everyday so my skin doesn't get dry, which helps. i only really get it on my legs and fingers now, but used to get it on my elbows too. jack gets it in the usual areas
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Posted: 16 January 2008 at 11:21pm |
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doesn't the body replace itself in a 7 year cycle, or something like that which is why the 7 year cycle thing happens for some?
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 2:22pm |
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I suffer from ezcema as well. I have it really bad on my hands at the moment, it is so bad I can't stand to put my hands under water because it stings. Am seeing a skin specialist on Monday, but after going to my GP to make sure it wasn't infected as it had little puscules all over it. He suggested that I use Neutrogena hand cream every hour. And I must say it is improving, he advised me to stay away from all johnsons products as they can cause a lot of people skin problems.
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Posted: 17 January 2008 at 2:35pm |
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Pregnancy does it for me. I had exczema as a kid but only seem to get it as an adult when I'm pregnant. No idea why.
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 12:34am |
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pregnancy - some welly ladies may have seen my revolting hands when iw as pregs with james.
dairy, tomatoes (but i love them so bah), aqueous cream, some lotions, shampoos, washing powders, chemicals, lots of things
maybe get a test at doc to find whats setting it off or see a dermatologist.
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 6:36am |
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 1:38pm |
I don't know what triggers mine, I have only had it since I was an adult once I hit 30 I got it on my face and at the moment I have it on the top of one of my feet and that's it, when I went away on holiday in October it almost completely disappeared and no idea why, but it has come back now just as bad, maybe when I leave work it will go away then 
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 2:51pm |
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I get tiny patches and I think mine is triggered by heat.
Hannah, however, gets it from all products that have perfumes or chemicals in them. I stopped using all soap on her and I try to keep her away from all cleaning products. If she uses products then her eczema flares up really bad and not just in the places that she has contact with the irritant.
I think she may also react to washing powder. I switched to eco store soon after she got it bad and haven't tested that theory but it seemed to get better after that. May have been a combination of things.
Anyway, with my amateur medical career well underway, I'd say that your eczema is from the heat and combined with soap/perfumes etc. (But I know you've already seen the doc so (s)he's probably already figured it out)
As far as treatment goes, what has worked in the past is treating REALLY bad patches with a strong steroid cream to get it under control (at night) and then just maintaining a moisturising routine (emulsifying cream... don't use anything perfumed)
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Posted: 18 January 2008 at 11:51pm |
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 12:09am |
Aw damin it, how did you find that out?? BUggar as I know how much you love your gardening
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Posted: 19 January 2008 at 8:57am |
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sh*t. Clearly my med degree is not up to scratch.
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