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Swimming and eczema
My GP is horrified that I would take my son swimming. He does everything and he tells me something is sore, or I notice it making his skin dramatically worse then I’ll not stop.
He always has a shower at the pool to wash off all the chlorine and other gubbins from the pool water. A long time ago I noticed that he was not scratching much at all after swimming. At that point I stopped putting anything in his bath water. If it didn’t make his skin better, it certainly didn’t make it worse. He is now back using dermol as a wash, but not filling the bath with any other emollient.
This morning James decided he didn’t want any epaderm ointment on his face. I put some on my face encouraging him to put it on too. When I had a shower a bit later, it was noticeable where I had put it on. The water seemed to be sliding off. I wasn’t convinced how clean I would be if I was covered in it. Usually James just goes swimming (many pools don’t like creams on before the kids go in), then showers and then creams. However, next time I will be trying the epaderm on the worst patches before he goes in. Obviously I know how slippery it would make him and need to make sure his hands and knees can still grip so he’s able to pull himself out or I could grab hold of him if needs be.
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04/12/2011 at 01:54 pm
If you listened to everything you were told you wouldn’t do anything, so keep on with the swimming.
We have been in the same position so subtly had to put on the creams, whcih are a good barrier even though it makes the little ones hard to keep hold of as they try to slip through your hands.
Gloves in a bottle were mentioned to us (its a cream) its not too thick and it works if you put it anywhere on the body.
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12/12/2011 at 12:25 pm
hi my son has it really bad but swimming helps his skin allso its really good for his joints when his skin is bad his joints start hurting and swimming is really good for that. i told oliver nurse and his dr and they said it was a good idea.