Scratching, please help

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

When I take Drew's band off to clean his head, it looks pretty good,

sweaty but no real red spots. The problem is, soon thereafter, he

starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear. Pretty

soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can only

imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that all

the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this problem?

Any recommendations? I usually feed him right after the band comes

off, then bathe him, band goes back on then it's naptime. I thought

about bathing him first, but he's really used to this routine, and

the bath helps to clean up after the feeding and get him ready for

his nap. I would rather not change the order of things if I can help

it.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Lily

[Guest guest]

Lily,

My daughter does the same thing. i tends to scratch behind her

left ear while I am feeding her when the Band is off. I have found

by keeping her nails as short as possible she cannot break the skin.

And I have also found that if I hold her hand while she feeds she

won't scratch. If she won't hold my hand then I give her a toy to

hold instead. The area that i is scratching is a very dry patch

that probably itches like crazy. So to help aleveate the itch I appy

a little dab of cortisone cream 0.05% and that also seems to help.

I hope this helps!

Sincerely,

Jaya Dong

> Hi Everyone,

>

> When I take Drew's band off to clean his head, it looks pretty

good,

> sweaty but no real red spots. The problem is, soon thereafter, he

> starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear.

Pretty

> soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can

only

> imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that all

> the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this

problem?

> Any recommendations? I usually feed him right after the band comes

> off, then bathe him, band goes back on then it's naptime. I

thought

> about bathing him first, but he's really used to this routine, and

> the bath helps to clean up after the feeding and get him ready for

> his nap. I would rather not change the order of things if I can

help

> it.

> Thanks for any thoughts.

> Lily

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jaya

Can I buy the cortisone cream at the pharmacy? I don't think we need

it yet, but it might be something good to have on hand.

Thanks,

Lily

> > Hi Everyone,

> >

> > When I take Drew's band off to clean his head, it looks pretty

> good,

> > sweaty but no real red spots. The problem is, soon thereafter,

he

> > starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear.

> Pretty

> > soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can

> only

> > imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that

all

> > the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this

> problem?

> > Any recommendations? I usually feed him right after the band

comes

> > off, then bathe him, band goes back on then it's naptime. I

> thought

> > about bathing him first, but he's really used to this routine,

and

> > the bath helps to clean up after the feeding and get him ready

for

> > his nap. I would rather not change the order of things if I can

> help

> > it.

> > Thanks for any thoughts.

> > Lily

[Guest guest]

Thanks Kendra,

I used a wet cloth first and wiped down around his ear then towel

dried his whole head. It seems to have helped, he scratched less

tonight. Thanks for the suggestion.

Lily

>

> > Hi Everyone,

> >

> > When I take Drew's band off to clean his head, it looks pretty

good,

> > sweaty but no real red spots. The problem is, soon thereafter, he

> > starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear.

Pretty

> > soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can

only

> > imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that

all

> > the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this

problem?

> > Any recommendations? I usually feed him right after the band

comes

> > off, then bathe him, band goes back on then it's naptime. I

thought

> > about bathing him first, but he's really used to this routine, and

> > the bath helps to clean up after the feeding and get him ready for

> > his nap. I would rather not change the order of things if I can

help

> > it.

> > Thanks for any thoughts.

> > Lily

> >

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Belinda,

I'm going to try to keep him from scratching as much as possible. I

know sometimes when I get an itch (like a mosquito bite) and start

scratching, it gets worse and just snowballs and pretty soon I'm

crazy from the itching. Hopefully, I'll be able to contain it. I'll

talk to CT about it this week as well. I hope you can resolve

Vince's itchiness too. It sounds like you've tried just about

everything. Our poor itchy boys!

Lily

> In a message dated 1/21/2001 11:54:35 AM Central Standard Time,

> gpfeiff@m... writes:

>

>

> > he

> > starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear.

Pretty

> > soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can

only

> > imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that

all

> > the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this

problem?

> >

>

> Lily, The answer is YES YES and YES! We have been having this

problem since

> before Vince got helmet last Jan. A few days prior to getting

helmet he had a

> very bad out break on his scalp. He was treated with steroids and

antibiotics

> and it cleared up right away. Ped said no big deal it's eczema.

Vince still

> continues to scratch. I have tried using anything and everything. I

am now

> using Aveeno shampoo. He used to get major rashes on face but I

also have

> been using Flax Seed oil in his food and that rash has cleared. The

dry scalp

> still flares up but not as often. It seems like the more frustrated

he gets

> the more he scratches. The ped also prescribed hydroxizine. It's an

> antihistamine and I only use as needed. The strange thing is he

only gets

> irritated in the area that is not covered by the helmet. Last

summer he even

> became irritated where each air hole is. The residents working at

the neuros

> office thought he was allergic to resin in helmet. The ortho does

not. I

> don't know what else to suggest.... Belinda

(Indiana)

[Guest guest]

Lily,

Yes, the Cortisone can be bought in the pharmacy...I buy the least

amount of Cortisone that you can 0.5% (I was incorrect in my last

post, it is not 0.05%..sorry) and I just use a little dab on the area

that is dry and itchy. It does seem to take the edge off so that she

doesn't fuss with the area so much.

Sincerely,

Jaya Dong

> > > Hi Everyone,

> > >

> > > When I take Drew's band off to clean his head, it looks pretty

> > good,

> > > sweaty but no real red spots. The problem is, soon thereafter,

> he

> > > starts scratching, especially around and behind his left ear.

> > Pretty

> > > soon his entire ear and surrounding area are pretty red. I can

> > only

> > > imagine how itchy he must get in the band, but I'm worried that

> all

> > > the scratching might break his skin. Anyone else have this

> > problem?

> > > Any recommendations? I usually feed him right after the band

> comes

> > > off, then bathe him, band goes back on then it's naptime. I

> > thought

> > > about bathing him first, but he's really used to this routine,

> and

> > > the bath helps to clean up after the feeding and get him ready

> for

> > > his nap. I would rather not change the order of things if I

can

> > help

> > > it.

> > > Thanks for any thoughts.

> > > Lily