hi
at the moment i am exactly the same as you. blood stained sheets every day and relentless itching at night. i had a steroid injection at the beginning of september which was starting to work then two weeks later was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and had blood transfusion so was back to square one. I have an appointment with my Dermatologist at the end of November and my dr. has put me on steroids to take until my appt. I also take antihistamines. good luck - i hope you can get sorted. i had to virtually break down at my doctors but it seemed to have the desired effect so don't suffer in silence! although i am still itchie at night and having disturbed sleep it does seem to be getting easier to bear.

there is a really good site national eczema association website that i found yesterday in the discussion list. last night i had a shower before bed and slathered the moisturiser cream on within minutes while still damp - my partner helped with my back. first good night's sleep i've had in weeks! no blood on sheets this morning. just getting ready for morning shower now and same treatment. worth a try anyway.

bis mila hirah ma niraheem say it and you wil get better

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I woke up at 3.21 a.m with my fingers leaking blood and pus because I have weeping eczema. I just finished wrapping my fingers up by coating it with moisturizer and used a gauze to wrap it. Not a pleasant experience.

I hope they can find some ways to suppress this. It's making my night really horrible...

Hi. I recently discovered that I was allergic to my blanket. It was one of those thin fuzzy ones. Contact dermatitis, probably. Kept on itching and scratching, and like you, did not want to disturb my guy, so went to sleep on the couch and had no problems. You might be allergic to some of your bedding, too. When I put a sheet between myself and the blanket, it helped me not itch so much. I use hypoallergenic laundry detergent. Some people even use those mattress and pillow covers that are anti-allergenic. You could look into that. I also would recommend taking an antihistamine before bedtime such as Benadryl. Good luck. lb

i too sometimes cant sleep, i get so itchy and it seems like scratching is important..but i am less itchy in short and direct contact with blankets compared to pant and balnket friction

Have finally stopped scratching at night only wish hubby would be able to do so, his feet are really bad. Sounds crazy but I've started making soap using natural ingredients to include aloe, vitamin e oil, & honey and it's helped me and the kids. Hubby doesn't like it cause w/o sulfates it doesn't lather. Have noticed getting dry again so time to make a new batch. Best wishes to everyone.

My son had eczema...had it but no more.

Note none of what we did was topical (lotions). It was finding his individual root problems and then addressing them. Some of what we did was to increasing parasympathetic stimulation in the brain to help the GI, address gut(where majority of immune cells are found in your body) and food issues.

Realize the allergy tests most doctors script only go over a pin sized portion of the immune system. We got a MUCH more comprehensive test done of food issues for our family. An example is my daughter where doctor's test for allergens found nothing. We did the more comprehensive testing elsewhere and within a week of excluding foods like (for my daughter) raspberries and pineapples which she loves she got rid of the allergy medication and antihistamines we had been giving her for months.

If you go to www.AMSchneider.com you can read the book "Autoimmune Success" on how our family with different autoimmune disease helped to get rid of some of these diseases or reduce symptoms and slow progression ie MS.

Parts of the book that would be pertinent would be Ch 1, Portion of Ch 2 on Eczema, Ch3- brain & part of Ch 9 on eczema. You can review how looking a brain activity, the gut and test results avoiding your individual food issues all resolved my son's eczema and have kept it gone for years.

(Book includes diagrams to show you the difference between what doc's tests look at and what 2 other tests can tell you..it is a BIG difference. You need the right test for you to find out what is your issue and maybe for you it is carrots or kale. It might be healthy for some but not you)

I shared a bunch of information with another parent who said their daughter's eczema was so bad it bled and they had to bandage her. She made some of these changes and she said within 2 weeks they were no longer bandaging her and seeing dramatic difference. This was after YEARS of only getting worse.

I wish you good luck in finding your Individual root causes and addressing them to find better health,
MSwife

PS - I do not sell lotions or supplements nor do I make any money from the testing that helps. It took years to find the tests and different solutions in the book.

Itchiness could be due to dry skin. My daughter had issues with dry skin from eczema .we tried all kinds of prescription medications including corticosteroid and non prescription lotions.I had given up hope until I heard about melaleuca renew lotion.I started using the lotion and changed her body wash and laundry detergent.The difference is like day and night! no more scaly skin or scratching..thinking that maybe I was just fortunate,I told my friends having the same issues and they tried the same products and are blown away by the results!
If you want to know more,feel free to contact me,you will be glad u did

Actually their is no cure for eczema, but you can control it up to an extent. Their are many products and home remidies that can be used to control it. My brother used coconut oil, and the itchiness of his skin is healed up to a great extent. And always try to wear cotton fabrics.