Eczema! Cure It!

By Rodney Ford

“Max – the change with his eczema has been amazing. Since totally avoiding dairy, he only is having small flare-ups of eczema and everything is easily managed with moisturisers and just the occasional steroid. Yes! This works!” says Max's mother.

I (Dr Rodney Ford) want to help you too. I have been helping families with severe eczema for over 30years. If you have on-going eczema / dermatitis problems, then now I can help you as well. If you (or your family) are troubled by eczema, I can help you can find some of the answers you are looking for:
* Why have you got it?
* What is causing it?
* How can you switch it off?
* What’s driving it?
* Is it a food? gluten, milk or eggs?
* How can you protect your children?
* How do you identify your allergies?
* What creams and potions?

This book is your answer to curing your eczema.
First, get your tests for eczema and food allergy.
Then, you might experience normal healthy skin again.
This book has already dramatically changed thousands of of people's lives.

Eczema! Cure It!
ISBN 978-0-473-18579-4

CONTENTS
Introduction Yes! Eczema can be cured
How do I know this stuff?
Are there any “secrets”?
Ten steps to healthy skin

Chapter 1. Why so much controversy?
Food allergy goes undiagnosed
Drugs – not diet, policy
Heal it or cover it?
The eczema environment

Chapter 2. Eczema: what is it?
What is eczema?
How does eczema feel?
The eczema progression

Chapter 3. Foods – the missing piece
Studies prove the food-eczema link

Chapter 4. Why food allergy happens
Food proteins in breast milk
Colic and cow's milk
Immediate allergic reactions
Slow-onset allergic reactions

Chapter 5. Find your triggers
Your external environment
Your internal environment
The early foods cause the problem
Identifying your food triggers

Chapter 6. Skin-prick tests
How is it done?
Who should get tested?
What allergens can be tested?
Skin prick tests are not the whole answer

Chapter 7. Eczema & cow’s milk
Cow’s milk
What is bad about cow’s milk?
What “milk” should these babies be drinking?
What are the formula choices?

Chapter 8. Eczema: eggs & nuts
Egg allergy
Eczema: peanuts & tree nuts
When to give your baby allergy-associated foods?
In a nut-shell

Chapter 9. Gluten & wheat
Wheat allergy
Gluten sensitivity/ intolerance
The Gluten Syndrome
Gluten known to cause skin disease

Chapter 10. You can switch eczema off
Good gut bugs
The allergy “switch” theory
Probiotics can stop eczema
Probiotics can prevent eczema

Chapter 11. Creams & potions
Moisturisers and oils
Steroids
Advice for using topical steroids
Side effects of topical steroids

Chapter 12. You can prevent eczema
Ten steps to prevent eczema
1. Before pregnancy: diet
2. During pregnancy: diet
3. Birth: probiotics
4. Infant feeding: breast feeding
5. Food skin-prick tests: early identification
6. What Formula?
7. Foods: cow’s milk, eggs, peanuts, fish, gluten
8. Avoid inhalant allergens: house dust mite.
9. Antihistamines reduce itch: Cetirizine
10. Supplements and skin care

I hope that I can help you with finding the triggers to your eczema.
Best wishes Dr Rodney Ford.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rodney Ford
• Release date: Mar 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9780473185794

Rodney Ford

Dr Rodney Ford is a paediatric gastroenterologist, allergist and nutrition consultant. He is former Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is recognized worldwide as an expert on adverse food reactions. His major area of interest is the relationship between your food and your health – good or bad. In his clinics he is constantly seeing people who are suffering from eating foods that are making them ill. He has been interested in the relationship between eczema and food allergy for a long time. More recently, he has discovered that gluten plays a large part in the patho-physiology of eczema. Dr Ford graduated with Honours from the University of New South Wales in 1974 (MB BS). He went on to study food allergy and intolerance problems in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Paediatrics (FRACP) in 1981 and was awarded his Doctorate of Medicine (MD) by the University of New South Wales in 1982 for his thesis titled Food hypersensitivity in children: diagnostic approaches to milk and egg hypersensitivity. This was regarded as a major work regarding the diagnosis of food allergies in children. Dr Ford currently runs The Children's Clinic and Allergy Centre, a busy private clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has written over one hundred scientific papers, including book chapters and many books.

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Eczema! Cure It!

Could you be reacting to foods?

Could your child’s skin get perfect?

Could you have the Gluten Syndrome?

Dr Rodney Ford

MD MBBS FRACP

Copyright 2022 Dr Rodney Ford

Published by Dr Rodney Ford at Smashwords

This book is not available in print.

Dedication: To so many of my patients

who have made this book possible.

Jacket cover, art work and illustrations by

Liz Fazakarley of Ford Design.

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What this book is about

He now has 95% clear skin

Michelle wrote:

Just thought I would add to the list of fed-up-parents who are having problem with doctors. We have had 8-months-of-hell with eczema. Our son had raise lymph nodes for months, and I kept taking him to doctors saying something is wrong plus his eczema got worse as the year progresses.

We made/demanded the doctor test for glandular fever, then found your website and book. He then got tested for gluten (results put into your eClinic). Then we insisted on going private to have the allergy tests recommended.

Found out 3 weeks ago he was allergic to eggs and nuts! Removed all food containing them. He now has 95% - clear skin. Many thanks for a great book and we are spreading the word here and back in the UK. Thanks again, Michelle.

I have written this book to help you to go through the steps to cure eczema. Help it go away! One-in-four people are affected by eczema, so this is a huge global problem – and getting worse. Eczema can be a serious health issue and affects people emotionally. I tell you the details of how to investigate the triggers of your child’s eczema and how to interpret these test results. I have been helping my patients with food allergy and eczema for 30 years in my Allergy Clinic. At last, now you can do something about it!

This boy was scratching his face raw. His parents made this mask to stop him ripping his cheeks. They were desperate for help. He had multiple food allergy and got very much better when the food allergens from mothers breast milk were eliminated.

About the author

Dr Rodney Ford is a paediatric gastroenterologist, allergist and nutrition consultant. Former Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand. Recognized worldwide as an expert on adverse food reactions, food allergy, eczema, coeliac disease, gluten problems and author of The Gluten Syndrome.

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Contents

Introduction Yes! It can be cured!

Are there any secrets?

1. Eczema! Why the controversy?

Food allergy goes undiagnosed

Cure it or cover it?

2. Eczema! What is it?

What is eczema?

The eczema progression

What is the risk of developing eczema?

Other types of eczema

The eczema environment

3. Eczema! Foods are the culprits!

Foods in the womb

How do foods cause eczema?

Food chemical reactions

4. Eczema! Find your triggers!

Food triggers

Skin prick testing

Skin prick tests are not the whole answer

5. Eczema! Milk, egg and peanut!

Cow’s milk

What some mothers say

Egg

Peanut

Gluten

6. Eczema! The Gluten Syndrome!

The Gluten Syndrome

Blair’s long-awaited recovery

Gluten known to cause skin disease

Eczema blood tests

More about gliadin

Gluten eczema stories

Think about the gluten-eczema link

7. Eczema! Switch it off!

Good gut bugs

The allergy switch

Probiotics can stop eczema

Probiotics can prevent eczema

How do probiotics work?

8. Eczema! Creams and potions!

Soaps

Moisturizers and oils

Steroids

Non-steroid anti-inflammatory creams

9. Eczema! Prevent it!

Ten steps to prevent eczema

1. Before pregnancy: diet

2. During pregnancy: diet

3. Birth: probiotics

4. Infant feeding: breast feeding

5. Food skin-prick tests: early identification

6. What Formula?

7. Foods: cow’s milk, eggs, peanuts, fish, gluten

8. Avoid inhalant allergens: house dust mite

9. Antihistamines: Cetirizine

10. Supplements and skin care

10. Websites & References

Web-links

Research Papers

About the author

Discover more titles by Dr Rodney Ford

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Introduction Yes! It can often be cured!

Yes! Eczema can often be cured! This is my experience from helping thousands of eczema-ridden children in my clinic. For most, their eczema can be cured.

I am a paediatric gastroenterologist and allergist. Some people call me a food doctor because I help people find out what foods they should be avoiding, and what foods they should be eating. Most of the children I see have previously seen lots of doctors, including skin specialists, who usually prescribe yet more steroid and moisturising creams.

Severe eczema from food allergy.

A sense of frustration is often expressed by the parents of these children. They come to see me because the standard medical approach of yet more creams is not working. They want to avoid using these steroids if they can. They want an answer. Laila’s story is typical:

Laila was five months old when I first saw her. Her parents told me that they had recently seen four general practitioners to help with her severe eczema. The first three doctors all prescribed various creams. But she did not get better. The fourth doctor suggested that Laila could be allergic to milk. So her mother, who was still breastfeeding, went dairy free, but with no benefit.

A few weeks later Laila was referred to me, she still had nasty eczema. Her skin-prick tests (an allergy test) showed that she had a severe reaction to egg. Her mother immediately removed all egg products from her diet and within a few weeks Laila got better. She also started to take a probiotic.

After two months her skin was almost perfect and she has no more need for steroid creams.

Are there any secrets?

Parents want a cure for their child’s eczema. For most, I can help them get their skin back to almost perfect. However, there are no secrets. All the information offered in this book is from

Reviews for Eczema! Cure It!

[Sheryl Thai · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Helped me understand what my babies eczema triggers were and manage her eczema. Highly recommend!!