ECZEMA – CORTAID SAFE?

[Anonymous]

My daughter has an eczema rash on the back of her leg (behind her knee). She’s had it for over a month. Her doctor keeps recommending vaseline with every diaper change. I have been applying vaseline for 2 weeks with no improvement. I would like to try a hydrocortisone cream (1%) like Cortaid, and from what I’ve read on the internet, this is safe if you only apply it a couple times a day for a few days. However, when I went to apply it, I saw the Cortaid tube says DO NOT USE for children under 2 years old. ??? Have any of you used hydrocortisone cream recommended by your doctor on a baby as young as mine (6 months old – adjusted age)?

I plan to ask the pharmacist today and get his opinion too.

[Anonymous]

My doctor reccommended CORTAID OINTMENT (not cream) for my kids when they were only a few months old. It worked great for all of them!!

If it is eczema, the cortaid ointment will work wonders. If that doesn’t work it may be a fungal rash. Babies get them in their creases – places that sometimes stay a little wet after a bath. A little monitstat will clear it up if that’s what it is.

My doctor said both products are fine, use a thin layer twice per day. If it gets worse with the cortaid, it’s probably fungal; switch to the monistat, and use the monistat for a few days after it clears up to prevent it from coming back.

Hope that helps

[Anonymous]

I actually have a prescription for cortizone cream 2% that I use on her face 2x a day since she was 3 months old, so the 1% cream should be fine. They just have their disclaimers…. I also like the ointment. Behind the knee is also a typical spot for ezcema. How uncomfortable for little babies!

[Anonymous]

I don’t have much experience with cortaid, but I use Calendula Cream by California Baby on my son’s serious dry patches and this clears it right up, if you are looking for a more natural product. I actually started using only California Baby products on his skin because they contain no nut oils like a lot of baby products do, and he hasn’t had near the amount of dry skin or cradle cap he did in the beginning.

Ruby

Henry, 4-months old, reflux

Breastfeeding on the eat-nothing-that-you-like-diet

7.5 mg prevacid 2x a day

[Anonymous]

We have used hydrocortisone since Isaac was around 2 weeks old. I have never had any problem with it at all.

[Anonymous]

They are using Eucerin (sp?) in the NICU on Carter now. It seems to work really well…….

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