Eczema- or whatever it is... and supplementing Probiotics...

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My son has always had sensitive skin, and small amounts of eczema to

deal with since he was little.

The Doctor's cure for the eczema????

Eucerine (sp?) Lotion and steroid cream.

Mineral Oil and Steroids.

I wouldn't do either.

I finally got a doctor to hold his horses a minute, PUT AWAY the

prescription pad where he was about to write it out for a heavy

steroid cream, and take a minute to do a simple SKIN SCRAPE, this was

a few days ago.

Such a test was deemed " unnecessary " to previous doctors because they

were so confident that their prescription would take care

of " whatever it is " because there " is no actual cause to eczema " .

And they felt that the SIDE EFFECTS were not that big of a deal.

I practically had to beg for the skin scrape anyway.

The results showed YEAST in my 5 year old's " eczema " . His rash was

not horrible, but not getting better- or would get better only to

come back later.

SO I AM WRITING BECAUSE

I started him on PROBIOTICS about a month ago (before the skin test

due to suspicion, and his picky eating habits). This little guy

CRAVES bread and sugar- His skin has always gotten worse when he eats

what he craves.

Yeast would make sense because the 'eczema' started when he was

young, no too long after a bout of about 15 Ear Infections within a

12 month stretch.

Being my first child, I listened to the doc. He was given antibiotic

after antibiotic as a baby, and the drugs got stronger and stronger

to " take care " of each infection. His poor little system was KNOCKED

OUT- if only I knew then what I know now!!! (I finally pulled him

out of his bleach and Lysol infested daycare and since he only had

two ear infections as a toddler.)

Now he is five. He has had Cod Liver Oil on a regular basis for the

last couple years. He's been on Juice Plus+ for about 6 months now,

and I started him on 1 teaspoon of Primadophilus Children Powder Plus

NutraFlora scFOS (the only children's formula at our co-op) about a

month ago.

He simply refuses any good Kombutcha, Villi, CSY, Kefir, etc- so I'm

wondering if I have him on the right supplement for probiotics, and

if I am giving the proper dosage (currently the recommended dose per

his age) for his condition, or if I should be giving him a bit

more???

Those of you with experience in probiotic supplements- I would be

very grateful for your input with this situation. I've always done

it the food way for myself, so am open to advice on the supplement

issue. (Keep in mind, though, that our budget doesn't allow for

anything too pricey).

Thanks in advance!

Amber Kaiser

La Crosse WI area

www.JRemedies.com