“Soft as a baby’s behind…” or so goes the saying. Unfortunately, our family doesn’t know much about that. But we do know a lot about eczema, psoriasis, allergic dermatitis, severe dry skin, and even ringworm. You would not believe the things kids can bring home from school to share with their infant siblings. I also ...
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that affects millions of Americans. Its symptoms include redness and itchiness. The affected skin areas become thick with whitish flakes of skin. Most often, this disease affects the scalp, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, knees, elbows, and the lower back. Although a cure hasn’t ...
Lupus is a strange and often baffling disease that affects approximately 2 million people in the U.S, of those, nearly 90% are women. Because no two people with lupus will present with the same set of symptoms, or will have the disease run the same course, it can be extremely difficult to diagnose. If you ...
I am fair skinned. Because it’s light in color, my skin practically refuses to tan because it’s too busy freckling and burning when it’s exposed to a couple hours of the sun. When it comes to plants, like many other people, I know to run from Poison Ivy and its rash-causing cousins when I spot ...
A lot of parents tend to worry so much the moment they notice their newborns having rushes. Infant skin rashes are common and mostly, non-contagious, and easily treatable. Other common types of skin rashes such as “Pink Pimples” and “Erythema Toxicum” do not really need and treatment and given time, they just go away. However, ...
My son is not prone to frequent diaper rashes, but he has suffered from them on occasion. I have had the opportunity to try a variety of diaper rash ointments and lotions. Some I received at my baby shower, others I purchased myself. A couple of these were samples from the doctor’s office. Here are ...
Recognizing the signs and symptoms of a baby food allergy is the first step to correcting the problem for you and your baby. There are many different symptoms associated with baby food allergies that range from skin rashes to diarrhea and nearly everything in between. Here are some common symptoms that you should look out ...
An herbal supplement I have been taking daily to help cleanse the toxins in my blood and reduce my high fevers I have due to a respiratory infection is honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is also known as woodbine or Jin Yin Hua. This herb is an old Chinese medicine used for relieving inflammation, killing harmful bacteria ...