Extreme eczema - allergy/sensitivities testing recommendations? - Harringay online2024-03-29T06:01:44Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/extreme-eczema-allergy-sensitivities-testing-recommendations?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1003820&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Anka
I have had eczema al…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-07-13:844301:Comment:10038202017-07-13T14:50:02.919ZSaimahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SaimaDownes
Hi Anka<br />
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I have had eczema all my life and it is particularly severe on myon my hands. I was referred here <a href="https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/ServiceA-Z/INTMED/IMAAC/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/ServiceA-Z/INTMED/IMAAC/Pages/Home.aspx</a> by my Gp and it was such a relief to find out what I was allergic to. You may be able to get a private appointment here. Good luck and please let your daughter know she's not alone.
Hi Anka<br />
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I have had eczema all my life and it is particularly severe on myon my hands. I was referred here <a href="https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/ServiceA-Z/INTMED/IMAAC/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/ServiceA-Z/INTMED/IMAAC/Pages/Home.aspx</a> by my Gp and it was such a relief to find out what I was allergic to. You may be able to get a private appointment here. Good luck and please let your daughter know she's not alone. Hi
Sorry to hear your daughte…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-07-12:844301:Comment:10035792017-07-12T20:02:25.401ZJanehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JaneMcIntosh
Hi<br />
Sorry to hear your daughter has been having a difficult time with her eczema. If it flares up again and she needs help while she's waiting for a hospital or GP appointment, the National Eczema Society can offer lots of information, advice and support (Visit <a href="http://www.eczema.org" target="_blank">www.eczema.org</a> or phone the helpline 0800 089 1122).
Hi<br />
Sorry to hear your daughter has been having a difficult time with her eczema. If it flares up again and she needs help while she's waiting for a hospital or GP appointment, the National Eczema Society can offer lots of information, advice and support (Visit <a href="http://www.eczema.org" target="_blank">www.eczema.org</a> or phone the helpline 0800 089 1122). Hi Anka
I suffer from eczema…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-30:844301:Comment:9994832017-06-30T10:07:09.630ZJosephinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JosephineHocking
<p>Hi Anka</p>
<p>I suffer from eczema and psoriasis myself and have a few points to make that you may have already considered and sorry if they seem obvious but here goes:</p>
<p>1. I am sure you have tried this but from what you describe it sounds like your daughter should get an urgent referral (ie ahead of usual referral where you are behind everyone else waiting for consultant appt) to dermatologist from GP. I have got this myself before, at the Royal Free. My dermatologist was Dr MacBride…</p>
<p>Hi Anka</p>
<p>I suffer from eczema and psoriasis myself and have a few points to make that you may have already considered and sorry if they seem obvious but here goes:</p>
<p>1. I am sure you have tried this but from what you describe it sounds like your daughter should get an urgent referral (ie ahead of usual referral where you are behind everyone else waiting for consultant appt) to dermatologist from GP. I have got this myself before, at the Royal Free. My dermatologist was Dr MacBride at Royal Free, who is excellent.</p>
<p>2. If your daughter has so far only seen GP, do you definitely know it is eczema? It could be psoriasis for example and oral steroids are not recommended for psoriasis.</p>
<p>3. What worked for me was seeing dermatologists (NHS) and things they offered that helped included light treatment, oral steroids (for eczema), steroid and non-steroid creams (some that only dermatologists not GPs can prescribe). For one particular flare-up I had patch tests that discovered I was allergic to a textile dye (this is unusual).</p>
<p>4. No dermatologist has ever said anything to me about diet, gluten etc and I am not sure if such approaches are evidence-based. I have previously tried acupuncture and Chinese herbs which did not work for me. (I know this will be controversial for some people but this is what worked for me).</p> I don't know how old your dau…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-30:844301:Comment:9991842017-06-30T08:21:06.507Zillyriafilmshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/illyriafilms
<p>I don't know how old your daughter is - but my extreme excema was largely abated by acupuncture. There's a great place in Archway attached to the hospital.</p>
<p>Also, did you see this yesterday</p>
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<p>I don't know how old your daughter is - but my extreme excema was largely abated by acupuncture. There's a great place in Archway attached to the hospital.</p>
<p>Also, did you see this yesterday</p>
<p>- <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mum-baby-eczema-skin-cream-nhs-available-childs-farm-baby-moisturiser-toddler-paige-sweeney-a7814176.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mum-baby-eczema-skin-cream-nhs-available-childs-farm-baby-moisturiser-toddler-paige-sweeney-a7814176.html</a></p>
<p>i spent years looking for cures and have some knowledge of most. so feel free to DM me if you need any other steers. it's an awful thing to live with but can be treated. I'm less keen on the steroid creams myself but I know how desperate things can get...</p> Hi Anka, I had quite alot of…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-30:844301:Comment:9994532017-06-30T07:54:15.306ZNanzhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/NaineshMehta
<p>Hi Anka, I had quite alot of eczema (upper body) for the past 15 years. I had tried everything from steroids and creams and although they worked temporarily nothing solved the problem for longer than a month.</p>
<p>However last year, I stopped using soap (in fact any type of chemical) on my upper body and after about 4 - 6 weeks my eczema disappeared and has not returned. Has your daughter tried that?</p>
<p>Sometimes it's the simple things that work :)</p>
<p>Hi Anka, I had quite alot of eczema (upper body) for the past 15 years. I had tried everything from steroids and creams and although they worked temporarily nothing solved the problem for longer than a month.</p>
<p>However last year, I stopped using soap (in fact any type of chemical) on my upper body and after about 4 - 6 weeks my eczema disappeared and has not returned. Has your daughter tried that?</p>
<p>Sometimes it's the simple things that work :)</p> My daughter had eczema from h…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-30:844301:Comment:9991572017-06-30T02:43:35.278ZPenny Rabigerhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/PennyRabiger
My daughter had eczema from head to toe as a baby when she came off breast milk. The doctor prescribed emollient baths, topical creams etc. We decided to go for an inside out approach (considering why the skin is reacting) rather than an outside in approach (putting stuff on the skin). This also worked for my partner who had some serious skin issues in his 40s.<br />
I would recommend cutting out all dairy products for a start and going to a good nutritionist. This is not hippy claptrap at all, the…
My daughter had eczema from head to toe as a baby when she came off breast milk. The doctor prescribed emollient baths, topical creams etc. We decided to go for an inside out approach (considering why the skin is reacting) rather than an outside in approach (putting stuff on the skin). This also worked for my partner who had some serious skin issues in his 40s.<br />
I would recommend cutting out all dairy products for a start and going to a good nutritionist. This is not hippy claptrap at all, the skin is the largest living organ and the body reacts to poisons, allergy and imbalance through the organs. A nutritionist will know what can set off a reaction. My partner went from extreme agony and discomfort to complete recovery over a period of months through careful nutrition. Cutting out all sugars including most fruit helped vastly for example. Then slowly reintroducing in a controlled way has been a marvel to find the right balance and what to avoid.<br />
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Some good GPs and specialists also know this - for example all endocrinologists will tell you that cabbage acts as a suppressant to thyroid production and that evening primrose oil is excellent to help the body with tissue-related pain. Both of which have been recommended to me by medical professionals in two different countries.<br />
Get to a dermatologist for an accurate diagnosis too. It could be lichen planus, urticaria or another skin issue which no amount of creams will help. And be wary and open to thinking more broadly than your average doctor - my mum was prescribed hydrocortisone treatments for years for terrible skin rashes on her upper body. It was only after she had a stroke and was permanently hospitalised that we discovered her whole home was infested with bed bugs that were eating her alive...I had suggested this about 5 years in to her suffering but she would have none of it! We don't have a dermatologist…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-30:844301:Comment:9992442017-06-30T01:38:40.006ZNicolahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Nicola
We don't have a dermatologist recommendation recommendation I'm afraid, but just to say it is worth ruling out gluten intolerance. My daughter had a terrible time with eczema too. She'd always had it but started to get so much worse and had really awful symptoms. Although tests didn't show gluten allergy it really looked like dermatitis herpetiformis to me, and taking gluten out of her diet did work, though took months to properly clear up. In the meantime a course of oral steroids helped make…
We don't have a dermatologist recommendation recommendation I'm afraid, but just to say it is worth ruling out gluten intolerance. My daughter had a terrible time with eczema too. She'd always had it but started to get so much worse and had really awful symptoms. Although tests didn't show gluten allergy it really looked like dermatitis herpetiformis to me, and taking gluten out of her diet did work, though took months to properly clear up. In the meantime a course of oral steroids helped make life a little more bearable, and we also found a very strong steroid ointment to clear up as much as possible for few days, and then keeping down inflammation with a protopic ointment really worked. Now we rarely think about it unless she accidentally eats gluten and then her skin flares up again, and we do same - steroid ointments for few days, then protopic twice a week and moisturising in between. I do empathise with you both. It was a very difficult time for us. Good luck. This is the website - http://…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-23:844301:Comment:9969282017-06-23T14:06:08.950ZAntoinettehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AntoinetteVCarter
<p>This is the website - <a href="http://www.cosmetic-dermatology.co.uk/">http://www.cosmetic-dermatology.co.uk/</a></p>
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<p>This is the website - <a href="http://www.cosmetic-dermatology.co.uk/">http://www.cosmetic-dermatology.co.uk/</a></p>
<p></p> Had positive experience with…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-23:844301:Comment:9969182017-06-23T13:25:18.841ZKayhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/KayGriffiths
<p>Had positive experience with this dermatologist (saw her first as NHS patient and then as private patient): </p>
<p><a href="https://www.myhealthspecialist.com/patient/specialist/162/Natasha%20Kapur" target="_blank">https://www.myhealthspecialist.com/patient/specialist/162/Natasha%20Kapur</a></p>
<p>Private clinic is in Golders Green. </p>
<p>Had positive experience with this dermatologist (saw her first as NHS patient and then as private patient): </p>
<p><a href="https://www.myhealthspecialist.com/patient/specialist/162/Natasha%20Kapur" target="_blank">https://www.myhealthspecialist.com/patient/specialist/162/Natasha%20Kapur</a></p>
<p>Private clinic is in Golders Green. </p> I spoke with my sister-in-law…tag:harringayonline.com,2017-06-23:844301:Comment:9969142017-06-23T12:58:09.682ZAntoinettehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AntoinetteVCarter
<p>I spoke with my sister-in-law who is a consultant in anaesthetics and she recommends the private Dermatology Clinic at the Royal Free Hospital where she also does private work. Apparently, Professor Rustin is an eczema specialist. It's not a personal recommendation as such, but medics do tend to know who is good and who is not. </p>
<p>I spoke with my sister-in-law who is a consultant in anaesthetics and she recommends the private Dermatology Clinic at the Royal Free Hospital where she also does private work. Apparently, Professor Rustin is an eczema specialist. It's not a personal recommendation as such, but medics do tend to know who is good and who is not. </p>