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Baking, open cuts and infection

James has got on well this week at school.  Yay!  It is such a relief.  I am delighted he has been told to use a ‘classroom voice’ as he is being too loud.  I would prefer that to need taming rather than being too quiet, which is often the case.  He likes to hide behind people.  His teacher is brilliant and will sort him out!

Handed creams over the first morning and all seems fine.  Yesterday, I got called over at the end of the day.  The teacher was concerned about James doing cooking and putting his hands into the food to mix.  I said he would be fine and just to make sure he washed and creamed his hands afterwards.  Then he added it was more a concern regarding hygiene with the other children.  His open cuts being put in the mixing bowl. Ermmm, I don’t know, never really thought about it.  Obviously the cotton gloves are not that suitable but in school they have latex gloves.  So we decided to try cotton gloves with the latex gloves over them.  He could have had his own separate bowl but that would have made him stand out from the class.

I have phoned the GP to see what they would suggest.  I will phone next week and see what the response has been.  Today James told me they had made apple crumble and he enjoyed eating it. (I spoke to him last night about wearing the gloves so he was prepared!)  Wonderful peer pressure, he does not usually like crumble.

They have a school trip to Pizza Express in under 3 weeks.  I wonder if it will be the same then with double gloves.  I presume so.  I just wish I was going - a school trip that I have never been to with my own class and always wanted to.

His eczema is good at the moment.  Coconut oil really does help his scalp and back of his neck.  I am so pleased that he has started school this way, so relieved.  Good skin = good sleep.  Now to step the creams down again and monitor it.

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2 Responses to “Baking, open cuts and infection”

  1. simonhg says:
    16/09/2011 at 03:53 pm

    I had a first-hand experience of the sufferings of children with eczema. There are things that eczema does not like; the prime things are hot water, heat, and other pollutants. These are just but a few.
    I returned home after a short absence to meet my wife and baby girl. She was suffering from eczema. On one occcasion, I had to prepare her milk to feed her, so I left her in her cot to get her milk warmed up only to hear her crying so loudly that I panicked and rushed back to the bedroom. Her cheeks were bathed in blood and i quickly picked her up to sooth her. I then pressed her gently to my cheeks as i calmed her down, then I used a soft towel and wetted it with cold water and dabbed her face. This action calmed her down tremendously and I later cleaned my cheecks of her blood. I later experienced three days of harsh burning effect on my cheek. It was like acid had been poured on my cheek! I went back to my biochemistry notes and after a few weeks came up with an analysis that saved the day. I found the relief in tincture of Basil. And in order to assist the healing process, i added aloe vera gel to the tinctue of Basil. It worked wonders.

    What was happening to the baby or anyone with eczema has something to do with the building blocks of the outer skin layer.
    The nucleic acids that build the skin have their clock and the timing to flush on the surface of the existing skin to continue to build the outer skin. During this time, external elements interfere with the process causing irritation. With the germs from the fingers in addition to the pollutants, the skin becomes worse off. What we call germs from the fingers are normally natural secretions of digestive properties that aid the digestive process from eating to excretion. When these secretions get into food or any open sore, the digestive process continues so the food spoils if it is not reheated, and the sore become worse as the digestive fluids are eating the sore. Ask your Doctor about this. If he has time, he will tell you more.

    For now, always have a very soft towel with cold water to dab the affected parts anytime there is a reaction. Otherwise, avoid washing with hot water; use lukewarm water instead and wash in a warm place or bathroom during cold periods. Creams do not do well with acids anyway, so avoid creams as they make matters worse. If you follow this pattern, your infant child or baby to adults will get their healthy skin back. Good luck!

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