Hi

I had posted on this topic and received some good help during september/october of last year. Her eczema was much improved, but not fully gone. During the winter months we had good experience treating her fever/ear infection etc with Pulsatilla. we didn't notice much difference to her eczema during these episodes.

We have been using aloe based moiturising lotion on her whole body, if we miss an application, her eczema spots become dry and she starts itching.

However I have been noticing that she is itching more and the areas are becoming slightly raw. This could either be because we started taking her swimming (but only once a week) or it could her body's response to a new baby.

My daughter is now 3yrs. The eczema started when she was 2yrs old after after a bad winter with lot of ear infections which were treated with antibiotics. We started homeo for her ear infections and her eczema began then.

Her food liking keeps changing, she develops a liking for something, eats only that and then stops liking it. On the whole she likes fruits, doesn't like vegetables, like meat. Likes icecream, cheese, whipped cream,yogurt. Doesn't like nuts. Likes spicy food. Doesn't like desserts that are too sweet, but at the same time likes donuts.

She goes to the daycare, gets along well with the kids, but is shy when she is with us. clings to us when we have lots of visitors, but if there is just one or two she makes friends after some time.

She used to have a lot of temper tantrums, it is much less after the birth of her baby sister. She is very affectionate and loves cuddling. She is very loving to her sister, but tends to be rather rough. She is a thumb sucker. Was more attached to the father, but after the baby seems to want mother more. She loves music and has a good ear for tunes. Her body is quite hairy.

I'm not sure whether I have given all the necessary information. We did take her to a homeopath in this state, but didn't have much success. I have not given a history of all the homeo medications she has been given.

I'll appreciate your help.
Thank you
Bijo

Need to know the remedies, cause this can come from wrong remedies, if its silicea, the remedie can be ac fl. Or did it start after pulsatilla??
Also, aloe can supress and maintain the exema.

Hi,

She was first given Silica 1M once a week for three weeks for the fluid in her ear. This was after she was on antibiotics which were doing her no good. We started noticed dry spots on her skin during the antibiotics and so stopped it. We didn't see any behavior or other changes with the silicea (we were new to homeo and wasn't very watchful ). We then took her to our nearby homeopath. She prescribed Tuberculinum (3-4 doses of Tub every 12hrs), based on incidence of TB on the mothers side of the family. Tuberculinum agravated the ear infection with no change for the better, she was then given
belladonna200c which raised her temp too high (105) and we had to bring it down with
motrin. A month later, she was then given Lycopodium(200c) since her ears still had
fluid in them, we saw some change to the better (sleeping e.t.c) and so her homeopath gave her one dose of lyc. 1M. This bought out a full blown ear infection with high fever and the fever lasted longer than a day and then she was given Belladonna which brought her fever down and cleared the fluid. A month later we were told by our GP that the rashes we were seeing was atopic ezcema. She still
had a little fluid in her ear. The homeopath tried 3 doses of Sulphur (200C), for the eczema, no difference. The she gave Sulphur 30C twice a day, and we saw no change. Then she was given
lyc 12c 2X daily. Her ezcema was getting better, but I don't know whether it was because of the lycopodium or because the homeopath gave us the go ahead to use zinc oxide diaper rash ointment(I've a feeling it is the zinc oxide that was healing the skin), she still had intense itching. And she was still getting new dry red spots.

At one point of time her eczema was oozing and cracked. Now it is dry with white spots and the skin is rough and wrinkled.

It was after the lyc 12c that I came to this board. She was initially given calc-p (JohnStanston), then Phos, she got canker sores. Then ferr-phos when she got fever and sore throat. And finally she was given pulsatilla.

Thank you
Bijo

Give her one dose ac fl c200 and report back after a week. Think is a fake disease from silicea.

Hi

I haven't given the remedy yet, was supposed to get it last weekend, but a trip to India was planned suddenly and we were rushing to get the visa.

I called up the nearby pharmacy and he said he has hydrofluricum acidum, (I assumed ac fl was fluoricum acidum), is hydrofluricum acidum the same.

Should I be keeping any other remedy handy, we are to travel on the 8th of this month. The journey is around 18+ hours and I might not be able to access the internet from there. Or should I wait and give the remedy after we return

thank you
Bijo(sarah)

No its not the same, cause thats the other name of it, the used one by homeopats is ac fl..so ask who maid it,some producers are not good. Dont use Valapharma..DCG and DHU is good, and the English made ones..

[This message has been edited by GM (edited 28 June 2000).]

Hi

I got fluoricum acidum 200c from dolisos and gave it last saturday.

Her itching seems to have increased (but this could be because we reduced the aloe lotion application quite a bit) The skin is dry and whitish and in someplaces red after the itching. Her sleep is quite disturbed after around 2am. She sprained her ankle last wednesday, so I don't know what effect that had. Her ankle is much better, but she is limping a bit.

No changes in appetite or behavior.
bijo

Hi
We are back from our vacation. It was quite humid in India and we had stopped the application of aloe ointment. Her eczema is very irritated. She had eczema on the back on her knee and that spot was almost free, but now the area is irritated again. She itches it and thin brown flaky scabs form on them. The creases are raw and red, not bloody. All the other eczema spots have aggravation. the creases are red and raw, the other other areas also have raw places where she has itched and torn the skin.
We have observed aggravation in her screaming fits. They have been occurring more frequently and for longer period. She tends to starts on them when she doesn't get her way, or when we scold her. Her thumb sucking has increased a lot. These changes in behavior could be because of the new surroundings and meeting new people. She was extremely shy and generally tended to get close to people on prolonged contact.
She did het some insect bites which got red and inflammed, some of which she scratched and broke the skin, we had to finally apply .1% hydrocortisone cream to stop the itching.
All in all, I feel that the ac fl, didn't causes the changes, the aggravation in eczema could be because of the stopping of the lotion and the behavior changes could be because of the travel and excitement of gping to a new place.
What should I do now?
Bijo

Hi
Her behavior is back to normal (for her) so the increased screaming fits could have been due to the travel e.t.c
The eczema increased so much that we had to start the cortizone cream on her, nor she is on day 4 with the cream application twice a day. That is just healing the skin and I don't think it is a cure, nor do I want to continue it.
What do I do now. Should I give a description of her behavior, likes e.t.c

Thank you
Bijo (Sarah)

The first thing you do is when the eczema is under control cut down the cortisone slowly by mixing it in with something bland like the aloe cream decreasing the cortizone slowly. Then go and see a professional classical homeopath who will take a full case history and prescribe a remedy for your daughter as an individual. Eczema in young children needs to be under constant watch of a local homeopath.