Eczema Diary ~ My child suffers from Eczema

Assalamualaikum Eczema warriors, 

cerita aimulanya...

Gambar di bawah adalah gambar my anak (Zuhair) when he was a baby. He suffers from Eczema since his tender age of few months old. Kebetulan at that time, I was still breast feeding him jua. So people did say, my child actually allergic to my breast-milk, causing his skin to dry out, itchy and all (woahh, mulut joyah nda insurance!). 

Hmmm honestly masa kana cakap macam atu, diri ane menyamal la sedikit. Dulu aku pun lack of knowledge la jua mengenai penjagaan baby, breastfeeding and everything related to baby stuff (al-maklum baru masuk "Geng bonda")~ 

I did was-was arah diri sendiri, "what if it's true that Zuhair is allergic to my breastmilk?" So I refused to give him anymore breastmilk. Biartia Zuhair fed on powder milk saja. Atu pun his skin condition did not improve jua. Eventually we fed him mix breast and powder milk saja. 

cerita Now Tahun 2023....

Zuhair is now five years old, and his eczema would occasionally flare up now and then. Kadang-kadang ada masanya sepanjang sebulan atu skin nya memang dry, irritate and luka-luka. Kalau pagi-pagi memang perkara biasa dilihat cadarnya ada dry skin dan kesan tompok-tompok luka (I guess those who suffer eczema paham apa yang aku maksudkan...) ~ As a mom, I do feel hopeless and frustrated sometimes, bilamana kulitnya started to flare up. Memang jadi dalam fikiran "apa lagi ikhtiar yang dapat ku buat untuk mengurangkan kulit gatal/ eczema nya?". 

This time around, his skin condition started to flare up again ~ keadaan skin nya makin rough, very itchy and cracked sampai Zuhair payahkan tidur malam. Eventually paksalah jua my husband and I bangun bejaga malam, to comfort him and to re-apply moisturizers/ ice/ bedak sejuk/ steroid cream/ anything supaya reda rasa gatal di kulitnya. 

Kesian, memang kesian......

Orang selalu fikir we, as parents, nda pernah ikhtiar anything untuk merawat eczema nya 😌 Entah lah, probably its just me being sensitive on the way people addressing their concern seolah-olah 'attacking' yang kami nda pernah cuba bawa berubat kesana kemari. 

 I tried my very best to constantly remind myself "Allah uji tanda Allah sayang" , and bersyukurlah jua these people show their loved and concerned for Zuhair. Zuhair is indeed blessed in so many ways. 

I did some research on eczema, and pernah tried out beberapa keadah on Zuhair. Kadang-kadang ada yang macam berjaya di rawat eczema nya, kadang ada jua yang nda menampakkan hasil....masih lagi Trial-and-Error.  

However, I would like to keep an "eczema diary" di blog ini, bagi tujuan my own reference. Hopefully post-post mengenai eczema ane jua dapat membantu orang lain yang in a similar situation. AND hopefully ada feedback-feedback dari pembaca blog ku yang mungkin boleh share how to treat/ control eczema. 

Thank you for reading, semoga apa yang dikongsikan sentiasa bermanfaat.  

Toodles

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