any experience with eliminating eggs for eczema?

ec0983

my ds (almost 7 mos) has been battling eczema all over his back for the last month and a half or so.  the pedi gave us the 2.5% hydrocortisone which cleared it up in a few days, so we only used it for a week as instructed.  we've been bathing daily and only using soap on the "hot spots" (diaper area, armpits, feet, hands, and neck) and using generous amounts of renew lotion from melaluca twice a day.  after all of this, he still has spots that continue to flare up, although not as badly as before we used the hydrocortisone.

a friend of mine suggested eliminating egg from my diet since he's ebf and we're only just starting BLW.  i was holding off introducing eggs to his diet since his cousin has a pretty severe egg allergy, but i was wondering if anyone has had success with clearing eczema in their ebf kiddo by eliminating egg?  i have to eat gluten free for myself, so eggs are a huge staple in my diet.  i'm trying to be thorough in my research before doing this to myself, but if it will help him, i'm willing to do it.

shotzie

DD2's eczema cleared up when I eliminated nuts from my diet. It really could be any number of things. Honestly, dairy is the most common culprit for causing problems in LO's. I'd start with cutting dairy. If that doesn't clear it up, then I'd try eliminating nuts or eggs, or whatever you want to try. I was already dairy and soy free when DD2 developed eczema, so that's why I decided to eliminate nuts next. 

bubblewrapjk

a friend of mine who has a couple of kids with eczema reccomended that i also eliminate eggs from my diet (my baby 7 months and is breastfed, and we do some blw, but i am hesitant because she is also allergic to bananas, and we do not know what else yet), because her allergist said many people with eczema have egg allergies/sensitivities.

 i am dairy/soy/egg/banana-free and also was corn, peanut, tree-nut, and gluten free for a month. my LO's eczema is kinda better but still flared in many places. We are about to start using 1% hydrocortisone and we have a referral to see an immunologist sometime soon, so hopefully we can figure out what her triggers are. i guess for most babies it is dairy.

 as far as losing eggs goes... can you eat avocados, beans, rice, etc.? add some kind of fat to anything, maybe coconut oil? 

fancynewbeesly

My daughter is egg, peanut and sesame allergic. For the eggs and sesame they seem to just bother her eczema---she doesn't get full on hives from it though. Her eczema is a lot better since she eliminated eggs in her diet.

mrst-tobe

My son is allergic to eggs and has eczema. We actually had the allergy testing done after he turned a year to see if there was any connection there. He is allergic to eggs and peanuts but unfortunately eliminating them has not cleared his eczema. 

While egg allergy is the most common food allergy in kids with eczema it Is not always a cause and effect relationship. 

My son's eczema was quite severe on his face. We took him to a pediatric dermatologist and it was the best decision we have made. We had previously seen a regular derm and of course consulted our pedi. Eczema in infants is different because often they really have to grow out of it so you need someone who can help you come up with a long term treatment plan to get you there.

 

I highly recommend finding a good pediatric derm. We had to go out of state to see one, and it was so worth it.

erinlovesdavid

Like PPs, my son was allergy tested at 6 months due to his eczema and found to have an egg allergy. For us, cutting out eggs made no difference in his skin--the kid just has sensitive skin.