Eczema : How i handled it.

Its 2.50 am and here i am, having a super late snack.

Its what breastfeeding do to you #dontjudge.

Sis try airfryer hack jumpe kat facebook.

Masak half boiled egg gune air fryer.

Boleh wehhh tayah rebus gune air. Cume maybe kene kurangkan sket masa as my telur became semi hard boiled egg. Hahaha. Tapi letak kicap, jalan jaa.

So topik malam ni adelah eczema. Sbb dok belek losyen2 baby ni terus rase mcm nak share ilmu la.

When emir was about 7month, eczema dia flare-up dgn sgt teruknya. Punca: ruam susu yg xbaik2. And since emir fully breastfeed, faktor pemakanan mami pon menjadi antara sebab flare up yg teruk. Merata ceruk jumpe pakar , tidak terkecuali amek air penawar. Skali jumpe skin specialist bukan sikit2 yeh ongkosnya. Rm400 nothing less. Tapi xrasi. Tapi, the good thing daripada pegi jumpe2 pakar ni, macam2 la ilmu dpt. 

haha. Quality gambar iphone 5.

This was on his good days. So can you imagine how bad the flare up was? 

So, we decided to go to a skin specialist at teluk intan at that time. Sriyes klinik tu klinik lame tau. Tapi when u nak register, nurse tu siap inform, kat sini consultation starts at rm250. Kelass kau jahh. Macam pegi kpj tauu. Tapi realitynya klinik tu mcm klinik taun 80an. I was very sceptical at first tapi kuredahkan juwaa jebatt. Tapi pakar tu punye explaination tentang penyakit eczema si emir mmg sis kasik dia A+.

So he diagnosed emir with atopy eczema. Basically , kulit org biasa ada satu lapisan minyak/skin barrier yang store air/hidration utk mengekalkan kelembapan kulit kita. People with atopy eczema doesnt have this skin barrier. So die prone utk hilang moisture dari kulit easily. Thats why org eczema most of them ade masalah kulit bersisik. And eczema ni adelah autoimune disease. Die flare bilemane ko ade allergy reaction towards something. Be it sabun ka, makanan ka, habuk ka. And allergy ni adelah satu bende yang susah dokter nak rule out melainkan ko pegi buat allergy test. Usually, atopi eczema ni akan getting better as the kid grows sbb immune system die dah getting better.And the specialist said it is important for us to understand the disease for you to manage the disease. Memang baloi bayar consultation fees die.

So, management utk eczema ni basicaly mesti kene gune topical steroid cream bile flare tu teruk melecet2. Utk calm the flare/lesion/luka melecet. Kalau flare tu dah berair, have to start antibiotics because the skin dah kene infection. And before you put the steroid cream, kene letak skin barrier lotion. Contoh brand yang die sugest adelah Atopiclair. Lepas mandi, biar badan lembab2 ade air sikit. Then sapu atopiclair. Lepas sapu a layer of atopiclair, baruu u apply steroid ointment. (In emir's case, cream steroid tu pakar tu bancuh sendiri) and bole reapply atopiclair tu bilemane u rase kulit die start kering balik. And bile kulit die dah cantik elok dr flare ups, mmg kau kene elak la bende yang die allergik tu.  Sbb if u makan or gune bende yang dia ade allergy tu, flare tu akan dtg balik. Sometimes when die demam pon boleh kene flare ups. Sbb immune system u tgh haywire time demam. Emir suffer bad flare ups for nearly 2months. Lepas jumpe dr chandran tu, Alhamdulillah 5hari je dah cantik kulit die dah ade balik. And once his lesion subsided, i stop all together topical steroid and just contained trigger factor so that flare-up doesnt get worse sampai ade lesion/luka lecetan tu.

This is when terukkk gila flare-ups die . If you notice pipi die bengkak. Yep, infected . And i was glad i bring him to dr.chandran’s. Sbb seriously masa tu dah habis ikhtiarr dah nak buat cemane. Secara alami dah, air penawar pon dah, pakar kulit dah 2-3 tmpat pegi.

This is him after 5days post visits. Alhamdulillah.

And this is him, at 7 years old. Hehe

So after emir, my other kids has eczema too. But under control. I think maybe because i dah tau how to handle eczema.

So, i really do understands the struggle of parents yg ade eczema kids. My heart goes to you. But it always get better. Hang in there okay ? If you wanted a thorough details on how i handled eczema, please feel free to comment / or email me. InsyaAllah i will try my best to entertain.

Ps: This is not a medical advice. This is solely based on writers experience.