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Eczema With Staph Infection
How to help my son who has eczema to avoid staph infection (preferably the homeopathic/naturopathic way)?
My son has eczema. I am very concerned for him especially with these recent outbreaks of staph infections. What can I use on his eczema to help keep it clean? What other things can I do? I use only natural products, so I prefer homeopathic or naturopathic ways to help him.
colloidal silver and tea tree oil
Avoiding Infections When You Have Eczema
When you are dealing with eczema, the last thing you want to have complicate things is to get a skin infection with it. Because the inflammation from eczema causes extreme itchiness, redness and flaking the natural response is to scratch the skin. Even the smallest itch has us naturally wanting to scratch the pesky spot, but with eczema you have to be very careful. Eczema can cause the skin to become raw and open in areas. This means that scratching these areas or touching germ infested surfaces can cause you to get a bacterial infection. This is a common concern, especially for children with this problem. They need to learn ways to avoid scraping the affected area, and find ways to deal with the discomfort.
It is easy to get cracks in the skin when the inflammation gets dry. This is where the germs will enter, finding its way under your skin and into the bloodstream. Staphylococcus is one type of contagion that can cause a lot of problems with your healing process. This is because you have to deal with the staph before you can get back to healing the eczema. One way of reducing your chances of becoming contaminated with germs it to cut your nails very short. Our nails tend to carry a lot of germs under them and scraping your inflamed skin can easily invite contagion. Using moisturizing creams that relieve itching is extremely helpful when trying to refrain from bothering the skin. Appling cold compresses with a paper towel is also helpful when you or your children are at work, school, camp, playing sports etc.
If you need to touch the affected skin, take a towel, run cold water under it and apply to the skin, rather than using your nails. Infants and toddlers should wear mittens on their hands so that they can't agitate the area too much. You want to make sure that there aren't areas where pus and blisters have formed, or that the fluid that exits is clear not cloudy. Another indicator that the skin has been contaminated is that the skin is very warm to the touch. If there are any signs of infection, immediately go to your doctor for treatment of antibiotics to clear it up.
Bathing in oatmeal, using antihistamines, medicated creams, and cold compresses are just a few ways to avoid scratching your eczema. If they don't help, contact your doctor or dermatologist to get a medicated prescription that is strong enough help you. This can help you if over the counter antihistamines are too weak.
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