rossanahu
04-17-2003, 10:14 AM
I just joined the foundation because i'm pretty certain that my five year old son, who's been told that he's got eczema all this time, actually has psoriasis.
We're on a temporary post in Shanghai, China for about 5 months, and so i'm unable to confirm my suspicion w/ his dermatologist, but everything i've been reading about psoriasis tell me that that's what my son has. I hope someone out there can read this and help me out.
Since about a year ago, he's had this lingering condition on his earlobes where they get very dry, peel, and bleed. It was a very minor probelm for months, until we moved to a new house and lived through a renovation, and suddenly, it was all over his ears and spreading like mad. With the use of steriod cream and oral antibiotic, it just disappeared like magic, but w/in a week, little spots started appearing all over his arms, legs, and stomach. Again, these small areas go away quickly w/ steriod application, until they appeared on the palm of his hands and under his feet. From December last year til today, he's been using steriod cream and Bactroban twice daily, and they just will not go away. Every doctor tells me it's eczema, but it's so different from the eczema my daughter has. The worst is that when the lesions get infected, he is basically handicapped and cannot walk or play with his hands, which happens now almost every 2 weeks. Even at its best, he cannot touch things like sand, mud, clay, paint...etc. I've tried all sorts of diets and now he's NOT eating eggs, milk, wheat, sugar, nuts, and seafood.
He has always been such an active, happy little boy and i just cannot believe that he'll be like this for the rest of his life. What does one do when this happens to the hands and under the feet? Is there a way out??
Please help.:confused:
We're on a temporary post in Shanghai, China for about 5 months, and so i'm unable to confirm my suspicion w/ his dermatologist, but everything i've been reading about psoriasis tell me that that's what my son has. I hope someone out there can read this and help me out.
Since about a year ago, he's had this lingering condition on his earlobes where they get very dry, peel, and bleed. It was a very minor probelm for months, until we moved to a new house and lived through a renovation, and suddenly, it was all over his ears and spreading like mad. With the use of steriod cream and oral antibiotic, it just disappeared like magic, but w/in a week, little spots started appearing all over his arms, legs, and stomach. Again, these small areas go away quickly w/ steriod application, until they appeared on the palm of his hands and under his feet. From December last year til today, he's been using steriod cream and Bactroban twice daily, and they just will not go away. Every doctor tells me it's eczema, but it's so different from the eczema my daughter has. The worst is that when the lesions get infected, he is basically handicapped and cannot walk or play with his hands, which happens now almost every 2 weeks. Even at its best, he cannot touch things like sand, mud, clay, paint...etc. I've tried all sorts of diets and now he's NOT eating eggs, milk, wheat, sugar, nuts, and seafood.
He has always been such an active, happy little boy and i just cannot believe that he'll be like this for the rest of his life. What does one do when this happens to the hands and under the feet? Is there a way out??
Please help.:confused: