Please help in skin deises of my daughter.I wil thankful 4 you.

hello
my daughter of age 12years having some unpredictable skin diseases,docters are saying atopic dermtsies,she having some reaction on skin by having junk food,or bacterial cooked food like dosa idli,bread,etc. After eatng this type of foods she gets her face turned into slight red and she feels iching on her whole body.And she gets some spots on skin which ommits some kind of liquid after iching on it.And even after taking medicin it stops some days but it again starts after again same. I m so confuesd how to stop this? And she is kid so on how many things i can bann 4 her 4 eating. Please anybody here can help me how to prevent this diseases.

Dharmishtha

Sounds like she is allergic to some type of food. Did you take her to an allergy specialist? If you haven't, please take her to an allergy specialist. If she is allergic to the specified food, she has to avoid those food to keep it under control.

Dharmishtha,
please go a skin doctor and show ur kid. he will rectify by giving ointment to applying it externally

Dermatographism is something you can investigate. This is nothing to do with the skin, but with the histamines in the body being overly active. There is no cure as such. But doctors can prescribe anti-histamines (In US you have over the counter tables like - Zyrtec, Claritin etc) that can be work for 24 hrs, thus had to be taken every day.

There is nothing to worry about. Consult a dermatologist and he will give you the best path to follow

Good luck and keep us posted !

Dharmishtha

It appears that you have already seen a doctor because you mention that your daughter's condition has been diagnosed as atopic dermatitis. Is your daughter on any medication right now? Does she also have respiratory conditions like asthma or allergic rhinitis?

The word atopic itself means that this condition is hereditary and that it runs in your family, so your daughter is genetically predisposed to this condition. The cause of the allergy can be anything, ranging from dust to some type of food or metal or clothing or even stress. There is an itch-scratch cycle which is aggravated by the dry skin condition.

It is very difficult to identify the specific cause of the allergy, but if the flare-ups occur because of allergy to some food, try to identify what food is causing the flare-ups. You need to gently tell your daughter that she is allergic to certain types of food and that she should avoid them. If possible, don't keep such food at home and avoid eating this food at home. The other members of your family need to co-operate for the sake of the good health of your daughter.

Apart from this, you need to advice your daughter to use a bland moisturizer like petroleum jelly or coconut oil to keep her skin moisturized all the time. If you don't want to use petroleum jelly or coconut oil, a heavy fragrance-free moisturizer should work well. Your daughter also needs to keep herself hydrated by drinking enough water, enough means that her urine should remain clear. She should also avoid using soap because it dries the skin further and should use soap-free products for her bath and personal hygeine. She should avoid bathing with hot water and should use lukewarm water. Since winter is approaching, please see that she does not use clothing made from synthetic material right next to her skin. The synthetic material can aggravate the itching. Also, try to use a fragrance-free gentle detergent to wash your daughter's clothes, and make sure they are rinsed well enough so that all the detergent is washed off.

I don't know if your daughter is currently on any medication or if you are seeing a doctor now. Atopic dermatitis is usually treated with corticosteroids and anti-histamines by Allopathic doctors. These types of medicines help to reduce the itch-scratch cycle, but the condition can return once the medicines are discontinued. Corticosteroids can also have side-effects.

I suggest that you take your daughter to a homoeopathy doctor in your city. Your profile shows that you live in Ahmedabad. I cannot suggest you any doctors, but here is a list of homoeopathic doctors in Ahmedabad that I found online:

Homoeo Doctors list

Since your daughter is young, homoeopathic treatment started in the early stages can completely cure her condition and also prevent the future generations from getting it through heredity. I hope you consider my suggestion - it comes not only from my educational background but also my personal experience. I also had a very bad case of eczema for 4 years that was cured with homoeopathy in 3 months. Here is another link to some more information for you:

Atopic dermatitis info

Best wishes to you.

Thanx thanx thanx a lot.

Thank you for your advice nandhu.

Thanks anudhivi.

Hi,
i suffer from the same as your daughter it is heriditary as it is linked with eczema, my body produces a lot of histamine and whatever i eat i start to ithch it is called hives, to control this and find out what your daughter is allergic to, put her on boiled food let her have veggie soup at night make her drik hot water at least a litre and make her eat lots of fruits after 3 weeks introduce one item in her diet and see for 2 days whether it causes the allergy or not, keep a diary and write what you have given here, avoid giving her lemon, tamarind and anything that is sour in taste.
take her to a good dermatologist if you follow the above she will control the itching and it will go away and hse has to maintain a good diet and keep note to what she is allergic to.
hope i have helped you
follow the above and post here how she is feeling

love
alpa