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Q: Ongoing Diaper Rash
asked by: jaslog04 on September 24th, 2004
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Hi,
my five month old son has had a diaper rash for 2 weeks now and I can't get rid of it. We were at the hospital recently and some lady saw me changing him and said it looked like he had a yeast problem. She said when it gets really red and bumpy that you need to use antifungal medication. Has anyone had a simlilar problem? He's also having a bowel movement 6-7 times a day and I dont know if it's his formula or not. Has anyone had trouble with good start supreme?

Thank you.
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GinACod
replied on September 13th, 2005
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As for the diper rash it could be a yeast infection, you would want to see the doc for that. As for now just keep treating it with balmex, or desiten.
As for the bowel movements thats normal really, my baby thats 2 months has 9-12 a day. Babys seem to eat alot and the digest it at different times. Its not uncommon but if you wanted you could if your not already feed him baby cereal, and I think some juices but not too much and ohhh... I know that when I was a baby I constently had a rash from juice ( i'm alergic to citric acid) that could be what is triggering it try laying back on the juice, try water it down a bit and do only one juice for a week or 2 you will find that some will irritate more then others. I hope that helps a bit. Not sure about if you should change to supreame formula yet ( I breastfeed).
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Jmmiller
replied on March 22nd, 2006
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Re:diaper Rash
Diaper rash can be very uncomfortable for your child. Babies have ultra sensitive skin and when you add chemicles from urine and feces plus a rubbing diaper diaper rash can occur. For helpful tips please visit www.Yourchildrenshealth.Com.
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cortneysmom
replied on September 28th, 2006
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Re: Ongoing Diaper Rash
[my 14 month old daugher has a bad diper rash and she want eat or drink anything and the diper rash has been since last wen. And now today she started not eating or drinking
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dietcoach
replied on February 20th, 2007
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Ongoing Diaper Rash
When my son had a red and angry looking rash, the doctor prescribed some medication for it. However, I don't like to use medication unless it's absolutely necessary, especially for my baby. And so instead of using a chemical product on my baby's skin, I tried using a plant based soothing gel that I also market and in a couple of days the rash had disappeared. I've used this gel whenever my son has any kind of rash or skin irritation and it worked everytime. If you would like more information, please let me know.
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sehrish
replied on February 25th, 2007
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Re: Ongoing Diaper Rash
dietcoach wrote:
When my son had a red and angry looking rash, the doctor prescribed some medication for it. However, I don't like to use medication unless it's absolutely necessary, especially for my baby. And so instead of using a chemical product on my baby's skin, I tried using a plant based soothing gel that I also market and in a couple of days the rash had disappeared. I've used this gel whenever my son has any kind of rash or skin irritation and it worked everytime. If you would like more information, please let me know.

whats the named of that gel
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sehrish
replied on February 25th, 2007
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Re: Ongoing Diaper Rash
dietcoach wrote:
When my son had a red and angry looking rash, the doctor prescribed some medication for it. However, I don't like to use medication unless it's absolutely necessary, especially for my baby. And so instead of using a chemical product on my baby's skin, I tried using a plant based soothing gel that I also market and in a couple of days the rash had disappeared. I've used this gel whenever my son has any kind of rash or skin irritation and it worked everytime. If you would like more information, please let me know.

whats the named of that gel
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mayhi
replied on February 25th, 2007
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You can try Pure vitamine E oil. It works wonders. My sisters baby gets rashes all the time and we used that on him when he was here and it cleared it up soo fast.

It is worth the try.

Mary
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Teresa As
replied on July 20th, 2008
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Ongoing diaper rash
Hi,
It sounds like your baby could have a yeast problem. When my daughter had it, the Pediatrician said to use Vaseline on her so it helps act as a barrier between the Urine (or Poop) and the skin. Also, when you give the baby a bath let him air dry for as long as possible (like a half an hour), it's excellent for healing rashes. Also, evaluate his diet because maybe he might have too much sugar in his baby food and try to introduce more alkaline foods (like green vegetables) to help alkalize his PH levels, if indeed he does have Candida (yeast infection). The problem with yeast is that the bowels have lots of yeast so strict and prompt hygiene will help by changing his diapers as quickly as possible.
I hope this helps.
Teresa A
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killbill
replied on July 20th, 2008
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when my daughter had a rash, i just started letting her bum dry out for about 5 minutes every time i changed her. i would pat her bum dry then fan it with something to make sure it was completely dry then i would alternate between zincofax and corn starch. that seemed to help a lot.
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