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It is so funny that you posted this because my son was diagnosed with Excema when he was 6 weeks old, so he had not had any injections. What is the problem with Elidel because I was using it on him and headed to get it refilled.

Hi, daughter robpi, 22 months
Had a little patch of Excema on her right arm from 1 month to about 1 year. Didn't treat it and it went away on its own.
Roza

Bumping up...

I saw recently that patches of dry skin, which could appear as excema, can be related to lack of sensory connection to the skin. I can find the reference if anyone is interested.

Kate

I'd be interrested in seeing it Kate. Thanks.

Peggy

Me too KAte.

Thanks.

MArlyn

Hmmm... I'm not sure if it was from a specific reference; I can't seem to find it again if it was! Here are some new ones that I did find:

http://www.irvinefootdoctor.com/problems/Dry_skin.htm

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/neurosci ... /qsart.htm

http://www.bonetumour.org/book/Truma/ch ... _sub1.html


This is what I took from all this: Basically, sensory nerve function is related to a number of things - whether or not skin wrinkles in water, how the capillaries dilate, temperature of the limb, inflammatory response, and sweat and sebum (skin oil) production! The function of the skin and sebaceous glands all relies on intact nerves. They control dilation of blood vessels, excretion of oil or sweat, etc. Absence of sweat in areas can cause dry skin, similar to what happens with diabetics in their feet (feet problems in diabetics is a combination of nerve damage and capillary damage - the nerve damage makes them not sweat normally, and the capillary damage impedes healing). Nerve dysfunction in the capillary dilators one explanation for why the affected skin doesn't wrinkle when it's soaked in water. The limb tends to be warmer than normal immediately after injury, but then colder than normal later on - also due to autonomic nervous system dysfunction. The inflammatory response can be affected, as well, which perhaps explains the tendency to sunburn on the injured side, especially when there are residual sensory losses.

Kate

Thanks KAte. I knew you would be able to help;)

MArlyn

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Thanks Kate! I haven't had a chance to look at the links yet, but I hope to today.

Emma is just covered in excema and she also has pale patches of skin on her arm (bpi arm) that I had attributed to the steroid cream we were using for her excima until I met someone at camp and she asked about these pigmentation losses on the affected side! I had never connected it before, but now I want to know ALL about it! Also, these pale patches are fairly new, they weren't noticeable to me before the last several months.

AND, anything that can help with this excema rash that won't go away would be helpful.

Peggy

Peggy- do the pale patches look like fingerprints? If so, Javier has them too. I fuigured they were birthmarks. Its always something. lol

MArlyn