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The calm skin guide : how to manage childhood eczema

Rance, Jae2024
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A friendly parent's guide to understanding, managing and living with childhood eczema Eczema affects 1 in 5 children, causing itchy, sensitive, easily-damaged skin that flares-up painfully. The Calm Skin Guide offers an overview of all the treatment approaches on offer, giving you everything you need to formulate your own management plan for your child, and the tools to adapt when things change. It includes clear guidance on:- Eczema and the itch-scratch cycle- Doctor and pharmacy-based treatments, including emollients, steroids and antihistamines- Alternative treatments, how to assess them and how to use them- Identifying triggers in the home like dust, humidity, skincare products, detergents and foods- The relationship between eczema, asthma and allergies, and how to manage these conditions together- An emergency flare-up chapter - what to do first. With tips on washing and laundry routines, practical ideas for ensuring comfortable, itch-free sleep, and guidance from GPs and dermatologists, here is friendly, research-based advice to help you keep your child's eczema - and the distress resulting from it - calm, soothed and under control.
Main title:
The calm skin guide : how to manage childhood eczema / by Jae Rance and Amber Hatch, forward by Dr Phillippa Kaye.
Author:
Rance, JaeHatch, Amber, authorKaye, Phillippa, writer of forward
Imprint:
London. : Souvenir Press, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
xi, 372 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What is eczema?The doctorAt homeTracking down triggersFood and dietAlternative medicineManaging eczema as your child grows.
ISBN:
9781800815957 (paperback)
Dewey class:
618.925
Language:
English
BRN:
460048
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithNonfiction618.925 CALOnloan - Due: 04 Nov 2024
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