Re: my dd's skin has oozing ,odd rash on tummy, & Eczema /need ideas for help pl

January 18, 2008

It POSSIBLY could be molluscum contagiosum, a viral skin infection.

My son had it a few years ago. Some of the red bumps were small, and

some were larger, but all had a very white " pimplehead " in the center.

The white part contains the virus, so the virus can spread to other

parts of the skin in an auto-inoculation reaction. After the initial

outbreak, he had another outbreak several months later. And a series

of small spots around each initial big one (where the virus spread

locally). You should research it, but I seem to remember that in most

kids it goes away on its own in several months, but in some kids it

can last a lot longer. I thought it would last a long time for my

son, but it seemed to go away in around 5 months if I remember

correctly. We tried a " duct-tape " treatment on several on his belly,

but they left scars - small holes, indentations, that are still

there. When he got several on his face, I went to the doctor to

freeze them off so they would not spread on his face. Luckily this

treatment did not leave scars.

The virus is spread by contact - swimming locker rooms, etc. At the

time my son had finished swimming lessons and was taking a kids

gymnastics class. I actually think it was the gymnastics equipment

that did it.

I also seem to remember that it can be worse in kids who have eczema,

and my son, who has sensitive skin, had eczema-like patches around

some of the more severe lesions.

Not saying that your daughter has this, but you should definitely look

into it.

Good Luck!

--Kellie

>

> My 10 year old daughter (ASD) had PERFECT skin b4 halloween and ever

> since then, after Thanksgiving/birthday's/Christmastime, her skin has

> been going downhill. Part of me does NOT look forward to the holidays

> because of what happens to my dd's body.....Darkness under eyes, more

> pale face, eczema comes back because of going off the diet (normally

> she's on a gluten-free, corn-free, soy-free diet, no artificial colors

> or preservatives)....And, as always, she continues to have reactions to

> fragrances (perfume and other fragrances/chemicals)...We try to avoid

> these things as much as possible, but it seems impossible around the

> holidays! Dr. Houston's enzymes have helped a GREAT deal, and, although

> doubling up on them when going off the diet helps, when we go off the

> diet during the holidays once a week EVERY week for a couple of months

> (along with the viruses that are out there), it's so harsh on her

> system (I guess there's a build-up effect)! For the last few weeks

> she's been waking up with a sore throat that goes away during the day

> (I'm thinking it's either from the heat during the winter or there's a

> virus hanging around at low levels)...She has also been having more

> trouble with sleep issues for the past few weeks and has a VERY hard

> time waking up in the morning...I thank God for the flexibility of

> homeschooling, which, thankfully, she's been doing great! Her body is

> VERY reactive to changes in supplements, so we can't do all the things

> the DAN doctor (Dr. Megson) suggests. Dr. Megson did mention

> starting chelation a couple of years ago, but we chose not to as she

> was going to start our dd on a very high level that I believe would

> have been dangerous for our dd's body (especially as sensitive as it

> is), but I was told it would only be for a few days just to see what

> the tests would show). This may be something we're going to need to

> trty to see if it will heal her body from various reactions.

>

> She's been doing great with Enzymes, 100mg Magnesium, 500 mg Vit C 3 or

> 4 times a day, gf,cf,sf, Max EPA Omega 3 1000mg, and avoiding chemicals

> as much as possible (although she's in a pool during the summertime, so

> we do epsom salt baths to help out with exzema and behavioral

> reactions). Her body even reacts to various natural types of things

> such as b vit's even though the tests show she needs it, among many

> other things (at least that was what was showing a couple of years ago,

> things might be better now).

>

> An Urgent Care doctor saw our daughter a couple of months ago when she

> had this same rash on her tummy and had NO idea what it was...He gave

> her an antibiotic to help with the " exzema-like " condition on her arms

> and even worse on her side (which he called by some name I've never

> heard of). My dd has the same rash again (it's been about 3 or 4 days

> now)...About 60 or so tiny red, slightly raised tiny, tiny circular

> areas with a tiny point of white in the middle part. The good thing is

> that they don't bother her at all, however, they appear to be spreading

> to her arms today (just about 10 tiny spots).

>

> Do you feel chelation is my next step? If so, I'm tremendously scared

> of this as I've seen how her body is when she has yeasty conditions.

> Changes in behavior, very high anxiety, very dark under eyes, rashes

> all over body, higher sensory issues,... It's very scary to me as it

> seems like she's dying when she's going through all of this (just as

> she seems when she smells plastic smells...the chemicals take her down

> quickly, to the point where we have to carry her out of the restaurant,

> or wherever, because she becomes limp (possibly from the pain she gets

> in her head, Migraine type symptoms)...so scary!!

>

> ANY thoughts you have on this would be most appreciated!!!

>

> Please reply back to my personal e-mail address....It's:

> k12userfor2@... if the last part didn't come through it's

>

> THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

>

> A concerned mother,

> Gretchen

>

January 18, 2008

I would suggest looking at her thyroid. Eczema can be that or dairy.

AT least in our home. I don't mean TSH testing which is superficial

and often tells you nothing. Take her basal body temp in the morning

before she gets out of bed. Chart if for a while. See if it is below

97.5. It can be underarm or oral.

If it below that..she is hypothyroid. then finding someone to give her

Armour would be needed. Also check adrenal function, both contribute

to immune problems.

Secondly, we keep my son on his diet during the holidays for this very

reason. I buy him all natural candy from HFS that coincides with his

diet. We chuck all the Halloween stuff and give him is HFS candy. He

knows the rules..he can't eat the trick or treat stuff. Otherwise,

begin to take her to Halloween parties by Holistic parent groups that

don't have this junk food to offer. There she can dress up and

celebrate...and no diet violation. As for the other holiday occasion,

I make all my son's food, cookies etc and we bring it when we visit.

So he does not eat cut out cookies or whatever at grandmas'. I make

his goodies and he eats those. I have learned..that is simply is not

worth the months afterwards in trying to repair his body and get him

on track...just for some sweets that are bad for him anyway.

It takes some advances prep and cooking/baking, but it will save you

months of agony later.

I was actually thinking of getting my son a shirt that said " Please

don't' feed the boy! "

Darkness under eyes, eczema, paleness in my house are food infractions

or yeast.

I found myself more able to tolerate fragrances when I began chelation

and using milk thistle everyday. When the liver cannot filter out

these chemicals properly, you get sensitivity and allergy. Milk

thistle 1/4 cap four times a day may help.

Sore throat...put a humidifier in her room at night. Central heat is

horrid for causing this problem. We have a humidifier on our furnace

or we get this too.

That rash sounds like the yeast rash my son gets when his yeast has

gone way crazy. I use liquid GSE and warm water to cleanse the skin

and of course oral GSE to get rid of the internal yeast. I found that

nothing else really helped the rash. Antibiotics did nothing for the

rash for us, just gave him diarrhea and we stopped the med. GSE got

rid of the rash in a day or so, but we also had to deal with the

internal yeast.

I would increase the vitamin C. My son who is 5 takes 1000 mg a day.

My 12 year old is on 3,000 a day. So maybe a bit more for her. Same

with magnesium. See the supplement file for dosing these by her weight.

Make sure B vites are yeast free or you will see a reaction. Some kids

still can't tolerate them until some chelation has been done.

My son also acts like you describe when yeast gets bad.

Adrenal support did help him calm down a bit, as did Taurine.

It sounds like she is reacting from the dietary infractions....

Hope some of this makes some sense....and maybe will help..

-- In , " Gretchen " <k12userfor2@...> wrote: