Re: Help with eczema outbreak underneath the band

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P.S. I wish I would have known this 4 months ago! :-)

Thanks,

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> > > > > Sophia (7 1/2 months old) received her StarBand

> > > > > helmet the Wednesday

> > > > > before Thanksgiving. We have been slowly getting her

> > > > > used to wearing

> > > > > the helmet. She has been a trooper as always. We are

> > > > > now up to her

> > > > > wearing the helmet 23 hours a day until she

> > > > > graduates.

> > > > >

> > > > > Sophia has had her helmet on now full time for a few

> > > > > days. Over the

> > > > > weekend she was having some discharge from her eye.

> > > > > One morning when I

> > > > > got her out of her crib her left eye was glued shut.

> > > > > I thought it was

> > > > > probably just allergies because she wasn't running a

> > > > > fever. So we

> > > > > continued on with our twice a day bath and the

> > > > > cleaning of the helmet.

> > > > >

> > > > > She was sweating profusely the first few days in her

> > > > > helmet. It was

> > > > > getting so bad little sweat drops were running down

> > > > > her face. The

> > > > > doctor told my husband and I her body would

> > > > > eventually get used to it

> > > > > and it wouldn't be as uncomfortable to her (i.e. she

> > > > > would stop sweating).

> > > > >

> > > > > Yesterday we had physical therapy for Sophia for her

> > > > > torticollis. We

> > > > > decided to take the helmet off for her session

> > > > > because we thought she

> > > > > needed a little break. When we took it off I noticed

> > > > > alot of dried

> > > > > discharge on her side of her face, ear, neck and

> > > > > hair.

> > > > >

> > > > > I cleaned her up and we went to the physical therapy

> > > > > session. So about

> > > > > half way through the session I noticed her cheeks

> > > > > were oozing!!! Well

> > > > > it looked like the poor little girl had a major

> > > > > eczema outbreak which

> > > > > turned into blisters and then popped. So the oozing

> > > > > around her face

> > > > > was from her raw skin. So it seems like her skin

> > > > > probably got hot and

> > > > > sweaty and then her eczema broke out. Once it was

> > > > > irritated the helmet

> > > > > made it worse and it then broke out in blisters!!

> > > > >

> > > > > We called the orthotic doctor and they told us we

> > > > > had to keep the

> > > > > helmet off until it healed. So now I have to keep

> > > > > the helmet off of

> > > > > her for at least 2 days. So no helmet, for now just

> > > > > as she was getting

> > > > > used to it. And to top it off, what is to say this

> > > > > won't happen to her

> > > > > again when we put it back on her? I am at a total

> > > > > loss.

> > > > >

> > > > > Anyone with this same experience? I don't know what

> > > > > to put on her skin

> > > > > to keep it from getting this way again. Anyone out

> > > > > there with some

> > > > > tips - anything I am really worried when we put the

> > > > > helmet back on she

> > > > > will go through the same thing again.

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