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[quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier in the thread about having a 6 year old whose eczema has been AWFUL this year.  So, yesterday, he had skin testing done.  Now, they probably only tested for 25 or so things (on his forearms), so of course they may have missed something (actually, this is likely since he has shown signs of seasonal allergies since he was little).  We went with common allergens, plus various foods I had thought "might" be triggers.  Most of the ones we did not do were various trees/grasses that we could not exactly avoid anyway.  He came up allergic to none of these things.   The allergist mentioned that only 30% of cases of eczema were caused by allergies, for the other 70%, it is just a skin condition with unknown triggers. (though we certainly know that dry air, etc. is a trigger).  I feel your pain, I was hoping against all hopes I would find the magic culprit, so I could put my little guy out of his itchy misery.

Anyway, I thought I might mention, we stopped the zyrtec to do the skin testing and his eczema is MUCH improved.  THe doc said that since the dryness of winter heat is so bad for eczema, the zyrtec may have been making it worse.  Since my ds's nose allergy symptoms are not bad in winter we can do this.  If your daughter's nasal symptoms are that bad, especially with the dog allergy, you may not be able to discontinue an antihistamine.  Our doc did suggest if he needs the antihistamine during seasonal allergy times, to try claritin or allegra to see if they have less of a drying effect on the skin.

For treating the eczema, for years we were told to use aquaphor, and had some stronger prescription strength hydrocortisone for really bad outbreaks.  After feeling like the aquaphor actually was making it worse, we finally saw a dermatologist who said that aquaphor is not a good choice for eczema, as many are sensitive to lanolin which is one of the ingredients.  We now use Vanicream (OTC).  We just got a new script to try Elidel (not steroidal) to give his skin a break from his steroid cream (Triamcinolone).  GL.

Perhaps you can ask the friends to do a month or two trial, to see if it really helps the symptoms?[/quote]

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