What exactly is skin eczema and why do babies get them?
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Since this was removed for being at the top (anecdotes not allowed at top) I’ll resubmit now that there are a few more comments.
I don’t have the depth of knowledge to answer this but I wanted to share a bit of my experience, for whatever it may be worth. My son had severe eczema from age 5 mos to about 9 years. Allergists and immunologists tested him for suspected food allergies and other allergies. He tested positive for almost everything but they said the results were unreliable. It turned out he has Asperger’s/autism. It was diagnosed when he was about 8 years old. Then I learned there is a connection between elevated IgE and autism. He’s now 15, can eat whatever he wants, has no skin issues, and you wouldn’t know he’s autistic unless you were very familiar with autism and spent some time with him.
After what we went through it was obvious how mysterious eczema and allergies still are. Things may have changed in the last 5-10 years but I suspect the answer to this question is “Nobody really knows.”
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