My daughter has had a skin rash since she was born, it gets worse in summer or warm environs, any help, please

she itches her whole body. all the medication ave had from the GP has not helped. she does not develop any red spots, but coz of the scratching the skin bleeds. the most recent relief she has had is cows milking lotion.she has to have a cold bath to ease the discomfort, the GP said that the disease will disappear with age, but she is 9 now, any help pliz|||has she been tested for hepatitis of any kind? hcv and hbv to be exact. sometimes the mother is unaware of having the virus and passes it to her children, others may have gotten it during blood transfusion.





i would get her liver checked. also, please keep in mind (and mention to the doctor testing) that alt and ast levels aren't always elevated in the case of hcv infection so she needs to be tested for antibodies.





good luck!





also, if it isn't liver disease, has she been tested for bowel/intestinal diseases?|||just simply tell the primary care doctor to refer you to either a skin doctor (who will test for hcv before any gp would) or a gastrointerologist.


you may need to specify testing for hcv antibodies at the skin doc just in case he doesn't think that could be a reason. Report It
|||It sounds like your daughter has eczema. It's skin irritation. Mine gets really bad in the summer (the sweat irritates it). The udder cream is very helpful. She may not grow out of it if she is 9 and things have not gotten better. You may want to see a specialist to see if there is anything that they are aware of. Also, you should have her go to an allergist to make sure she doesn't have any allergies that could also be causing the problem.





(I had it worse when I was younger and now get it primarily in the summer or when I sweat a lot)|||My daughter had the same thing (eczema)


She's just coming up to 11 year old and is fine now.


I use to use a product called OILATUM. You put it on wet skin ( in the bath) and it keeps the skin moist,relives the itching.


You could try baby oil as well,any thing that keeps the skin moist.


Eczema is worst in the summer because of the salt in sweat which dries the skin and irratates it further.|||dry skin excezma