Re: Diaper/heat rash question - Kay

[Guest guest]

are you sure it's not a candida rash? here are some pictures, which of

course are quite severe (they always use pictures of the worst case):

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8 & q=candida+r\

ash

if that's what it is, then you treat the candida, not the rash itself -

that's just a symptom. do you have a naturopath? if not, we can help

-katja

At 07:52 PM 5/14/2004, you wrote:

>Hi,

>

>I was wondering if someone could help me. My 11 mos old son has what I

>thought was a diaper rash but could possible be a heat rash or something

>else in his diaper area. It is beat read and blistery. I put some

>desitin on it which dried it out but has not help it to go away which

>makes me think it is not a diaper rash. I gave him a bath and put some

>coconut oil (not VCO, but I may try that next, just what I had in the

>shower for my hair) on the area to see if that would help. He gets

>fussy every time I change his diaper (and in between times too) and

>reaches for the area as if to scratch it. Not sure what else I should

>try or if I should just wait another day or two to see if it would go

>away. He is my fourth but I don't remember any of the others acting as

>if it was itchy just a little tender and it would always clear up in a

>day or two.

>

>Thanks

>

>Kay

[Guest guest]

Kay,

Red, blistery and not responding to your regular treatment for diaper

rash could be a yeast infection. I have 5 children and only one of them

ever had a yeast infection like that.

-----Original Message-----

From: Kay [mailto:gunnarsgirl@...]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me. My 11 mos old son has what I

thought was a diaper rash but could possible be a heat rash or something

else in his diaper area. It is beat read and blistery.

[Guest guest]

>. Not sure what else I should

>try or if I should just wait another day or two to see if it would go

>away. He is my fourth but I don’t remember any of the others acting as

>if it was itchy just a little tender and it would always clear up in a

>day or two.

There is something called " triple paste " AKA " miracle butt paste "

at the hospital. It works! You have to mail order it, but it

works for just about anything in that general area. It kills

fungus, bacteria or whatever. Our 2nd had major problems

in that area because he was on antibiotics so much.

http://www.anyotc.com/index.asp?PageAction=MFGSEARCH & ManfID=219 & Page=1

THEN we discovered kefir. He gets a lot of that now, and

even when he has to be on antibiotics (I don't like them

either, but it is a complicated situation and I don't have all

the answers yet) he doesn't get problems. I think the issue

is basically fungal/yeast ... if you find the root problem

then that is good, if not, kefir or triple paste ...

-- Heidi Jean

>

[Guest guest]

hi

the best remedy for diaper rash/heat rash i've ever tried is

something my mother taught me. put baking soda (not powder) - a

handful or so, enough to make the water feel silky - into a shallow

bath (just needs to be deep enough to cover the rash area) several

times a day. this brings the skin PH back to normal. it always

gives relief right away and completely eliminated the problem within

about 24 hrs.

my mother also taught me to put vaseline or something after the bath

(on dry skin) to provide a protective seal, but i never did care for

that and i don't think it's good for the skin (it can't breathe).

what i preferred was just to rinse baby off under plain running water

after each pee/poop and keep the area as dry as possible and allow

them to be naked as much as possible.

HTH

vera

--- In , " Kay " <gunnarsgirl@e...>

wrote:

My 11 mos old son has what I

> thought was a diaper rash but could possible be a heat rash or

something

> else in his diaper area. It is beat read and blistery. I put some

> desitin on it which dried it out but has not help it to go away

which

> makes me think it is not a diaper rash. I gave him a bath and put

some

> coconut oil (not VCO, but I may try that next, just what I had in

the

> shower for my hair) on the area to see if that would help.