I'm asking this on behalf of a friend whose LO is having a very hard time with eczema.
He's just 13 months but has had eczema all along, varying in seriousness. It has flared up very seriously since he turned one (poor baby has it on his chest, on his face, around his eyes, which must be awful, and is having a hard time sleeping). Mama reckons there's a link to milk, since she put him on bottles of whole milk at around 12 months. She's cut out cheese and yoghurts but is keeping the milk due to concern about nutrients. Semi-skimmed might cause a lesser reaction than whole milk, she thinks.
Sounds like GP has not been very helpful: recommends lots of steroid cream and doesn't entertain the idea of eczema as a reaction to milk. A dermatologist recommended Aveeno instead of the steroid cream but that didn't seem to work too well. Does anyone have any experience of eczema being caused/aggravated by milk? If so, what milk did you substitute?
I think any stories would be helpful to my worried friend right now so thanks in advance for your assistance.
