濕疹... again...

Jcc, be careful when taking people's advices, even those from medical practitioners or so-called experts, etc.

For me, my baby also suffered from a similar problem, when the doctors could only let her use some Cortisone ointment to suppress the rashes, and some moisturiser for keeping the skin away from extreme dryness.

THEN, it was when I decided that the doctors would NEVER be able to help my baby CURE the problem. Of course, it was also because of my own experiences with skin troubles including serious allergy, etc.

I turned to Chinese herbalists and approached the one whom I had visited since my pregnancy. After a few visits and around 10 to 14 days of medication (just powdered herbal medicines mixed in baby's milk in a bottle for feeding), my baby RECOVERED!!!

Of course, I would recommend approaching and consulting a Chinese herbalist on a ground that you have confidence in Chinese medication, but for me, it does not hurt to give it a try, as the situation would not get much worse even if the Chinese herbal medicine could not help a lot. UNLESS your baby is allergic to those herbal medicines (like people with G6PD Deficiency), I would strongly recommend giving it a try!

If you can read Chinese, I also share this with you (another discussion thread):
http://www.breastfeeding.org.hk/post/2780

(In that thread, the mother also mentioned that after breastfeeding, the rashes of her baby was getting less serious.)

建議（如果相信中醫的話）帶寶寶去看中醫（最好是開‘藥粉’的診所），我的寶寶那時候濕疹很嚴重，西醫要開 Cortisone 藥膏給她（又是上面說那種類固醇啊，我自己濕疹多年都是用這種藥膏的，看了中醫才 touchwood 不用再依靠它），根本沒有治本方法，幫她用‘金銀花加甚麼’煲水洗澡也只有一點好轉，結果無可奈何下去看中醫，看了兩次，加起來吃了好像不知道有沒有一個星期還是十天的藥（藥粉開到奶裏，幸好我的寶寶不抗拒中藥味），現在（touch wood）已經不再怕轉季了！

如果有給寶寶吃過‘開奶茶’、‘保嬰丹’那些的話，如果寶寶肯吃，中醫開的藥應該也餵得到。

And this has discussed about the 'skipping of certain food' for breadtfeeding mothers:
http://www.breastfeeding.org.hk/post/2755

第一，媽媽吃了寶寶會敏感的食物然後餵奶對寶寶未必有壞影響，因為會輸到奶裏面的份量一般很少，甚至有助寶寶慢慢適應該種食物（好像我的寶寶吃了魚便會非常敏感，立刻皮膚紅腫起來，最初不知道，給她吃了一大碗魚粥她甚至全身紅腫，立刻甚麼都完全嘔出來，可是我不戒吃魚，她喝了我的奶從來不會有問題，現在更可以接受一點點魚肉。）。當然，非常嚴重的敏感（好像一點點花生就會致命那種）就是除外的（不可以拿性命來‘博’啊）！

第二，除非檢驗過，否則沒有人能說得準到底你的寶寶有沒有對蟹敏感（又好像我的曳曳，只是不能吃魚，蝦蟹都吃得不亦樂乎！）。甚至說，就算對海蟹敏感，也不一定對大閘蟹敏感！

Hope your baby get well soon!!!

I am a mother of an apparently underweight girl.
Fed on the whole variety of food, she eats a lot and still loves to enjoy the breastfeeding time, although it is just a tiny proportion of her daily nutrition intake. ;-)

The best gift a mother can give her babies, in addition to unconditional love, is breast milk!

我的曳曳可以享受喝奶時和我親近的寶貴時光直到現在接近兩歲，你家的寶寶也可以！

Dear all, thanks for your prompt reply!!! it really helps!!! Yes, will continue to breast feed my little one...

Thanks for your support!!! Hope my boy will get rid of the rash very soon...

Dermatitis/eczema is really common.
Its cause is multifactorial e.g. family history of allergy, environmental factors like humidity and temperature, irritation from clothes......all in all, breast milk should not be the one to be blamed.

Formal studies by pediatricians have confirmed that formula fed babies has 3 fold more eczema compared with breastmilk fed babies.

My baby has mild eczema too.
Don't believe your doctor, he may not be familiar with breastfeeding/ children skin problem.
( sorry , I say that, but it is true)
In my experience, for mild rash, a regular moisturisor is helpful. Avoid using soap for bath. ( There is non- soap cleanser in the market). Always wear cotton clothes.
For more severe one, he may need medicated cream from the doctor for a SHORT period. Oral drug only helps to reduce the itchy feeling but does not make the rash better.

I think we, mothers could say it loud. " IF WE DO NOT BREASTFEED OUR BABIES, THEIR RASH WILL EVEN BE MUCH WORSE!"

I'm with you, please do con't breastfeeding.

jcc 您好！

嗯，若我是你，我會睇另一個醫生，因為顯然他對母乳的認識可謂少之又少。母乳可以令濕疹延後病發，以及病發時會較飲奶粉的輕，原因是母乳有抗體和沒有常見的致敏源牛奶。

藍章翔醫生的持續母乳餵哺對兒童健康的好處，當中有解釋敏感、濕疹的起因，主要受遺傳因素及環境接觸影響。

一系列解釋母乳抗濕疹的文章在此：http://www.breastfeeding.org.hk/tags/119

有媽媽說過戒口會令病情好轉，你可按次序先戒海鮮、牛、蛋類、辛辣、花生、牛奶。因每個BB濕疹的致敏源及病情不一、暫時戒口須要幾清以及戒什麼食物，好視乎BB濕疹的嚴重程度。其實如按兒科/皮膚科醫生指示查類固醇而控制得好，避免基本辛辣，海鮮及牛奶已可以。更重要是注意BB保濕，環境衛生及塵暪，例如加密清洗被鋪，窗簾或布藝傢俱，都可減輕病情。

希望幫到你。

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