Stop fussing Mum!

02/08/2010 by eczemaboys.

It’s difficult when to know when to let go when you have children with eczema and probably any other medical condition where help is needed with care and treatment.

My eldest son, James, looks after himself most of the year with being away at Uni, he has probably, out of the three boys, the worst skin.  I can see he needs a little help and advice about what steroid cream to use but he’s an adult now and doesn’t take to ‘advice from his mum’, who is fussing!  What do you do?

The other two I can monitor quite easily as they do need help with application of emollients.

Joseph has come home from a football tournament and his feet, ankles and shins are very sore, inflamed and in places have been bleeding, the continual wear of shin pads is the cause. He has had a long soak using his bath oils and between us we have applied a moderate strength topical steroid and lots of thick greasy ointment.  We will do this for the next few days to see if there is any improvement, if not I will try a slightly stronger steroid cream to get the skin under control.

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