Excema

Does anyone know how excema genetics work? My mum has dairy excema (too much milk = facial excema) and my dad has heat excema (grow a beard or wear woollen underwear = excema in that area). I inherited the heat rashes off dad and Briona has got it off me. I think Krystiana may have had a couple of heat rashes too, but she has also had pimple-like spots on her tummy from being unwell (colds etc) so I'm not 100% certain.

Anyway Kryssi now has a spot on her face which looks to me like excema but isn't a dry heat kind of excema. It looks a lot like what my bros and siss had as little kids, ie mum's excema. Does anyone know if it's possible for me to have passed on mum's excema to Kryssi, even though I've never had that kind of excema? If that makes sense lol

Thanks Emma, I get what you're saying Just checked it out with the Plunket Nurse and she definitely has facial excema, and it possibly is caused by my diet - but no need for changes at this stage (ever, I hope!) since she doesn't have much and it's not aggrevated. So yep, it's mum's gene and I carried it

Apparently a sign that children are prone to excema is when they get cradle cap in their eyebrows... sounds like an old wives' fable to me, but there you go.

And now I just want Briona to get rid of her malloscums because Krystiana is suspectible to them, being an excema girl.