sorry about your son's skin problem.......it sounds like yeast and i think the cream is not helping it. Maybe ask your physician about trying nystatin cream to his skin 1st then apply the cholystyramine mixed with desitin or another zinc product......You need to dry out the skin well before applying......bag balm works for irritated skin also but if you dont get to the yeast first it won't work.....sometimes a pertroleum base increases the yeast......does he take baby food? try bananas to thicken his stool as well as oatmeal cereal.....i hope this helps
Jean, you're absolutely right. I've recommended Bag Balm to many patients. It sometimes takes trying many different agents to figure out the one that'll work.
Yeah, I feel for the little one since my own kids get it but not so bad. I remember them crying after every poop, made me cry too. ;(
Enoch Choi, MD
Hi Rserp1,
One of the best treatments I have seen for excoriated tissue from body fluids is Bag Balm. Bag Balm is an old fashioned ointment used for excoriated cows utters, but don't let that scare you. This petrolem based ointment, which is sold over the counter in drug stores, has been prescribed by hospital physicans many, many times for excoriated patients. It is very, very effective with healing the area & as a moisture barrier,
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Try it in just one small area of the baby's bottom... to make sure he isn't allergic to it (which is rare)....I really beleive it will be a tremendous help for you & your son...
Poor little guy...:-(
Ingredients are listed as hydroxyquinline sulfate 0.3%
In a petroleum & lanolin base. I comes in a 10 oz. green can with roses on the lid.
God Bless, Jean