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Imagine that nasty red eczema on John's leg... that's what my daughter's entire bottom, all the way around both of her entire legs from bottom to ankle, her feet, and part of her stomach and back... that was my daughter for the first few years of her life.
It was so bad one doctor had our entire family use a very expensive cream, that, turns out was highly carcinogenic, because he was absolutely certain she had been infested with some sort of insect that *everyone* in the family would catch from her. Every one of us had to cover our entire bodies with this dangerous cream that was about $200 per person, then wrap ourselves in plastic wrap and sleep in it. Not only did the nasty cream not help, but when the next pediatrician found out we had used that cream he was P.O.'d beyond belief. He said that stuff was so dangerous and our family should have never been exposed to it. Esp. since cancer runs in my husband's family. He said no doctor should have ever prescribed that for a family, let alone young children.
If they would have just tested her for allergies, we would have been saved so much grief. They didn't test her until she almost died from the Cashew Chicken.
I have the genetic eczema. I was born with it, so my allergies don't affect it, but stress does. I was on anti-depressants all through my teen years. And I am allergic to EVERYTHING green that grow, and I live in a forest, go figure. I did the shot series for 3 years, next to last shot I had an anaphalactic reaction and blacked out. Needless to say I did not go back for my last shots. At least Zyrtec helps me tolerate it.
