Infant Eczema

What is Infant Eczema?

Infant eczema frequently appears between one and two years of age as offensive, inflamed skin elements, initially on the baby’s face and then disseminating behind the ear; other typical locations are armpits, elbow folds, and behind a knee. Usually, the rash is presented by papules or pimples. These papules or pimples may contain fluid, which later in the cycle erupts and affects the entire area.

Infant Eczema usually disappears by 18–24 months but may stay until the age of 2.5–3 years.

What causes Infant Eczema?

The major risk factor for starting Infant Eczema is a genetic history of allergic reactions running in a family, especially different forms of dermatitis, seasonal allergies, and obstructive bronchitis or asthma. Many different factors may initiate the development of infant eczema, including moisture from milk, saliva, or sweat.

• High temperature
• Wetness
• Dust
• Irritating fabrics
• Pet’s dander
• Different kinds of smoke, especially cigarettes and cigars
• Cleansing agents and shampoos
• Nutrients’ allergic reactions

Anything that can cause itching on the skin would raise the risk of the development of infant eczema. When a baby scratches, the skin loses the ability to defend itself due to micro scratches. These micro scratches open the door for infection and the illness begins.

 How to manage Infant Eczema?

Infant Eczema always calls for attention. Pediatricians, unfortunately, don’t have really good weapons to combat this disorder. They prescribe different creams, considering this illness as a skin disorder; however, it’s not. Infant Eczema starts much deeper in the immune system and skin is only a window through which the infant’s body dumps out toxins and waste. Holistic Medicine practitioners do not believe in the treatment of the skin rashes (regardless of the clinical diagnosis) using topical creams. According to our understanding, the topical cream will close this window, and the organism will not be able to clean itself through the skin. What will happen next? The body will seek another opportunity since the skin window is closed. Most likely, the internal system will use mucosal membranes for this purpose, and the first will be the bronchi. Imagine the same rash as on a baby’s skin inside of bronchi… Very nasty! What if the system opens a window inside the stomach? Or intestine? Mother Nature is very smart and it created a skin to be responsible for “waste management” in the human body.

Why was skin selected by the “Creator” to perform this function?

1. Skin is the most external organ of the body
2. All changes on a skin are immediately seen by either an individual or his guardians.
3. Easy to handle. What does that mean? By saying “handle,” I did not mean to use topical steroids. There are some essential actions that must be taken in case of a skin outbreak:

a) protect infant from heat and prevent perspiring;

b) use soft non-irritating wear and bedspreads;

c) eliminate possibly allergenic nutrients: milk, eggs, known allergic fruits (oranges, tangerines, and breastfeeding);

d) change the laundry cleansers, detergents, conditioners;

e) Bathe your baby in medicinal herbs: 1/2 tablespoon calendula petals, 1/2 tablespoon chamomile flowers, 1/2  tablespoon oats, smashed or ground, 1 teaspoon lavender, 1 teaspoon rose petals

f) change the soap, use the most natural or use no soap whatsoever;

g) use gentle moisturizers, natural and organic

4.  Skin for a medical practitioner is the best sensor of the activity of the illness. Whenever the skin clears up, the immune reaction inside the organism moves to its remission phase.

Infant Eczema frequently happens along with other immune conditions: asthma, seasonal allergy, obstructive bronchitis, and allergic conjunctivitis.

Fortunately, holistic medicine is very helpful in the treatment of Infant Eczema. The most popular techniques of holistic medicine for this medical condition are homeopathy, acupuncture, and Reiki.

Many parents get scared of the word “acupuncture” when it applies to a two-month-old baby; however, there is nothing to be afraid of. First of all, acupuncture is not painful; second, it’s not harmful; and third, and even more important, infants tolerate acupuncture much easier than adults and usually don’t even cry. Contrary, as soon as needles are inserted, infants usually fall asleep enjoying the relaxation and comfort.

Still, my personal method of choice for treatment of Infant Eczema is homeopathy.

I remember this case in the very beginning of my homeopathic career when I saw a 4-month-old infant female with severe atopic dermatitis aka Infant Eczema on her face, underarms, behind the knees and in the elbows. The dermatitis was accompanied by rhonchi as well as cyanosis of the tip of the nose, upper and lower lips and lobules of the ears.

After a short conversation with the baby’s mom, I realized that exactly what holistic practitioners are trying to prevent happened in this case. When the first signs of skin rash appeared, parents brought the infant to a pediatrician, who prescribed a topical steroid cream. The infant’s organism accepted the cream as a command from outside not to use skin for “waste management” and found the bronchi’s mucus layer to be the most convenient organ. That’s why the allergic, atopic bronchitis starts. After about 2 hours of assessment, I prescribed homeopathic remedies: Aconite, Graphites, and Silicea. Later that day the baby’s mom called me to inform me that the baby’s breath had become quiet and she heard no rhonchi. Next day the skin rash became pale and dry. In a few days, all skin elements disappeared and just some discoloration stayed on the skin for a few more weeks to remind us that in a majority of cases, skin is only a mirror of the internal body and not the ill organ. The disease lies somewhere deep inside and has to be treated from inside only.

In many cases of Infant Eczema, I use Reiki healing along with homeopathic remedies. Reiki is a beautiful energy treatment that works wonderfully on kids and infants. It can be done even while the baby is sleeping, and this method requires no physical contact between the healer and the patient. Reiki helps to equalize the energy disproportion in the organism and to open chakras that are closed due to illness.

A couple clinical studies circulated in medical newsletters during the last 5 years, which refer to the significance of homeopathic remedies in the curing of Infant Eczema.

In Berlin, Germany, the professor of medicine and chief of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology of the Charité University, Dr. Zuberbier, demonstrated on 200 patients with Infant Eczema the high effectiveness of homeopathic medicine. The overall helpfulness of this method reached 85%.

Japanese scientists and medical practitioners Itamura and Hosoya selected 19 Infant Eczema babies whose illness was unaffected by the traditional western medical management. Instead, homeopathic remedies were prescribed. Parents of All infants testified to significant positive progress of their skin condition.

These clinical trial studies emphasized the reputation of homeopathic treatment in the curing of Infant Eczema.  Holistic Medicine in general and homeopathy, in particular, are the methods of choice in Infant Eczema medical management. No harmful chemical drugs, no steroids, no side effects. The treatment of so-called “skin problems” should focus on addressing the underlying issues within the organism, rather than merely stopping the pathological process that manifests on the patient’s skin.

If your baby is suffering from Infant eczema, don’t wait and call Viva Healthy Life. I’m Dr. Tsan and I will help your baby.