Lee's Summit mom says son's painful rash healed after Facebook friend suggested switching car seats

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Source: NBC Action News

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. - Anya Ansley and her 5-month-old, Eli, are smiling a lot more these days.

For most of the summer, the Lee’s Summit mother and her baby boy have stayed cooped up inside the house, trying to get rid of a painful rash on his arms and legs that refused to heal.

Ansley’s pediatrician diagnosed a bad case of eczema. Weeks later, the assessment did not change when she sought a second opinion at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Steroid creams and other treatments did not seem to make a difference.

“He was crying and there was nothing I could do to help him,” said Ansley. “It was so frustrating.”

Nearing her breaking point, Ansley vented on Facebook after a particularly rough outing in the car. As a status update, she typed, “Nearly 30 minutes in the car seat this morning and Eli’s eczema is raging. I’m gonna lose my mind.”

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[abelenkpe]

1. K & R nt

[rhett o rick]

2. R&K

[KT2000]

3. the chemicals that babies

are exposed to are terrible for them. Other countries have established limits for babies and children. Not the US - voluntary by the manufacturers. Can't stand to see the cribs made of particle board - urea formaldehyde.
New sheets and cribs sets with bumpers - urea formaldehyde.

[LeftyMom]

4. The brand of car seat she switched to is better anyhow.

More money but totally worth it.

[SimonBolivar]

5. It's probably eczema, even if seat caused it

Just because some external source causes an eczema flareup doesn't mean that you don't have eczema. Here's a good link : http://www.infantseczema.com. It would probably be a good idea to keep the steroid creams and other treatments around. The eczema isn't going to go away, although the symptoms might be dormant for a long time. Stress and Republicans have been known to cause me to break out.

Doctors are unlikely to misdiagnose eczema because so many of them have it. Washing your hands a bazillion times a day can cause chronic skin irritation.

Also watch out for asthma. I have both eczema and asthma and it would have been a great help if I had found out earlier than I did that the two are probably related.

[murielm99]

6. I understand about the stress and republicans.

I get hives sometimes, because of stress and repubbies.

The more I laugh at the asshats, the faster the hives go away.

[Sherman A1]

7. Indeed

The two are related. You have to be careful. I started as a baby with eczema and it translated itself into asthma that I have fought all my life along with a dandy bunch of allergies. Came across a few superb doctors along the way that kept me alive and helped. Now I just take one pill per day and watch carefully for the food allergy items.

It's manageable, but one always has to be careful.

[Maine-ah]

8. no asthma here, but eczema related to milk allergy.

My Mom, sister, myself, and my daughter all have it.