Sensitive Skin, Rashes & First Aid Solutions

California Baby Super Sensitive Diaper Rash & Eczema Cream (12% Zinc Oxide)

http://www.babyearth.com/california-baby-super-sensitive-diaper-rash-cream.html

Apply generously five to seven times a day, especially overnight, to prevent diaper rashes.  Use free and clear/sensitive/fragrance free products, especially for bathing, shampooing, wipes, laundry detergent and fabric softener.

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For sensitive skin or drier climates:

Pierce three natural vitamin E oil capsules and mix it into emu oil container.  Also keep in fridge to prevent spoilage/bacteria from forming.

Coat baby or toddler in pure, food-grade emu oil twice a day, especially after bathing.  Don't forget their little lips, which can get chapped in wintertime.  Use pure emu oil three times a day in diaper region to help with chafing, rash prevention.  Remember to wash hands well (soap up and rinse off twice) with antibacterial, fragrance-free soap before applying, and don't get any diaper region bacteria into their face/mouth/eyes/hands area.  Start with those areas first, then work to the rest of their body.  If that's unaffordable, try using: food-grade olive oil, canola oil, flaxseed oil or coconut oil.  Organic is best.  Also, pure jojoba oil is excellent.  You can find that at natural grocery stores or vitamin shops.  Some people recommend shortening (like Crisco) or Vaseline.  You can get a healthier, organic alternative to Crisco and Vaseline at Whole Foods for eczema and cradle cap rashes.

Make sure indoor humidity is adjusted in bedroom and living areas to 45-55% with cool-mist humidifer (also use Protec sphere to keep bugs from developing).  Trim everybody's fingernails every three weeks to prevent itching injuries and spreading bacteria to skin.  Consider adding probiotics, more omega-3 fatty acids to their diet if they're over 6 months of age and restrict sugar/high fructose corn syrups (bad for immune system and can cause yeast/fungal infection).  Check out Sarna Sensitive Anti-Itch lotions.

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Remember that scene in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" with the Windex spray bottle?  This is my version of it.  I love this product!  I think every first aid kit should have one.

Dermoplast Pain Relieving Antibacterial Spray (contains alcohol though):

http://www.drugstore.com/dermoplast-pain-relieving-antibacterial-spray/qxp412576?catid=183117

This worked incredibly well after childbirth, for the post-episiotomy area, to numb the stitches down there before wiping, when you go to the toilet.  You might need to ask for it from your pharmacist, as it's sometimes behind their counter.  Also use a refillable squirt bottle of warm water to cleanse the area, and flushable wet wipes (sensitive skin friendly/fragrance free).  You can make your own cold compress/ice pack by filling those disposable medical gloves with ice cold water, tie it in a knot at the wrist portion like a water balloon and keeping it on that episiotomy area.  Will help with pain and swelling post-childbirth.

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Neosporin Portable First Aid Antiseptic/Pain Relieving Spray (may also be good for insect bites and itchy scabs):

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=190696&catid=184304

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Treating allergic rashes, insect bites, chicken pox and poison ivy:

Ask your pediatrician if you should administer an oral antihistamine or apply an antihistamine lotion.  They can figure out if the rash is an allergic reaction (important if they're allergic to medicines, nut/shellfish foods or bee stings), insect or spider bite, bacterial, yeast/fungal, eczema or psoriasis.  Due to the moistness of the diaper region, cute fat folds in infants and toddlers, along with scratching at their rashes, bacteria and fungal infections can develop.  Also, ask your pediatrician about the chicken pox and shingles vaccinations.

Look for ointments with:

1 to 2.5% Hydrocortisone (for swelling, redness, itching)
20% Benzocaine USP (to numb itching and pain)
0.1% Benzethonium Chloride (to disinfect, may help prevent MRSA infection too)
L-lysine (which may be helpful as an oral supplement or ointment with chicken pox, shingles and cold sore virus)

It's important to take them to the pediatrician's in case they turn out to be allergic to bee stings, shellfish, nuts or medications (like penicillin).  If they do turn out to have that, their doctor may help by recommending you, and their school/daycare have custom epi pens (marked with their name, in the correct dosage), dietary changes and medications to help them breath better.  It can sometimes cause swelling of their airways.  Recurrent yeast or fungal-related infections may mean getting checked for diabetes too.

Children are sometimes too small to describe their food, medicine or bee sting allergies too.  Consider a red medical alert necklace and matching bracelet to help them.  It's quite hard to communicate for older, more verbal children when they're wheezing with swollen airways too.  Medical alert necklaces and bracelets are also good for those who have autism, asthma, diabetes or epilepsy.  Sometimes children who have autism can wander off, and it's quite a challenge to find them, if they have severe autism.  If lost, they may not know how to seek help, go to rescuers or police officers because of their condition.  Young children and elderly without autism sometimes have the same challenge too.  Some parents and nursing home caregivers get GPS tracking devices combined with the medical alert necklace and bracelet too.  This helps the police find them faster so they can get their medications or treatment.