It is no secret that eczema is on the increase. Whether it is the cause of a less healthy diet with more additives and processing or because of increasing amounts of chemicals being added to bathroom products. This unfortunately is also the case for children with more bouts of toddler eczema being reported.

That being said, however, many toddlers who develop eczema on the skin, soon grow out of it and it is simply a phase. Many babies can also suffer with terrible eczema only to have it completely clear within months or weeks.

If you have a child with eczema that does not seem to be a phase, it is a good idea to first get the eczema diagnosed by your doctor and then move on to determining what is causing the eczema This may sound obvious but many parents just blindly accept the fate and try to live with it. This is understandable as eczema is largely a mystery, however there are ways to combat this skin disease.

Firstly, have your child tested with a skin test for all the common allergens, food and non-food (ask your doctor for this test). Common allergens are dairy foods, eggs, fish,wheat, nuts, dust and pollen. This test is not painful and can be performed very quickly and accurately.

Next remove these allergens from the diet/environment where possible. You might also want to clothe you child in cotton clothes only, as this material has been proven to cause no undue irritation to the skin unlike other materials such as polyester and other synthetic material. Also try to use non-biological and/or organic clothes washing powder as the lack of harsh chemicals is softer and less irritating to toddler eczema.

Try to keep your child’s diet as natural as possible. Even if the skin test did not show allergies to food additives such as coloring and flavoring, if your child has a propensity towards eczema, then avoiding these is a good idea.

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