Just a thought, Kim, but I recently dealt with a mum who developed eczema on
each areola at around 12 months of nursing. She did nothing other than
rubbing excess milk into the patches and perhaps a little oatmeal colloidal
ointment during the eve. hours. It hasn't ever completely cleared up, even
though baby weaned.
Take care,
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Rush <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 5:30 PM
Subject: dry nipples?
> I have a client with a puzzling situation. She seems to have some kind of
> skin problem around her nipple, directly where the baby latches. Her child
> is 15 months. She's had it for a few months now. It 1st started as a red
> rash, with no other symptoms and would sometimes go away. It does not look
> like thrush and baby has shown no signs. She is doing gentian violet now,
so
> we'll see if this helps, but we are doubtful. The red area peels as if dry
> skin. She has seen a D.O. who suggested it was just from nrsing too often,
> that the skin underneath was not given time to regenerate. Her suggestion
> was to wean. Surprise!? Anyway, it does not seem to be Psoriasis because
> there is no silvery scaling or any other signs on her body. This seemed to
> happen when she moved to a dryer climate. She takes loads of Flax oil and
> drinks plenty of H2O, and constantly puts Lansinoh on the dry area.
Nothing
> seems to help. She has not changed any cosmetics or food or detergent or
> anything like so. We don't think it's from the baby teething because she's
> been doing that for quite some time.
> Anyway, was wondering if any of you had ever seen anything like this and
> have any ideas!
> Thanks,
> Kim Rush, CD (DONA), CCE
>
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