Skin Asthma Is Not A Joke (My baby sister)

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Why I said so that is not a joke, in the latter part of my article I will answer that. But before I start with my article let me introduce first my amazing and kindest sponsors @Kleah97 @Thania05 @MommySwag @Micontingsabit . Please do visit them because from them you can learn. Thank you for the trust.

What is skin asthma?

Skin asthma is a long-term skin condition. It causes dry, itchy skin. It is a very common condition in babies and children. It usually appears between ages 3-6 months.

My article today is about my baby sister who have skin asthma. Actually we found out it around February 2020. I'll start from the beginning my friends to be clear to you my dear readers (CHAR but TRUE). My baby sister Lady Suzanne (that's her name) was born on November 10, 2019, she was the only one my mother gave birth to in the hospital. Me and my 2 siblings were born in lying-in clinic. Actually during pre-natal check-up of my mother she went to lying-in clinic as well (the one where she gave birth of my brother next to me) she was afraid to give birth in the hospital because of what her friends had said before. Her friend said that they wouldn't treat you, take care of you if you vagina was still far away to open much better you give birth in lying-in clinic. And here it goes my mother who is scared so we the 3 siblings were born in 3 different lying-in clinics. But infairness mom said that all the clinic she gave birth us she was satisfied because apart from being clean and Philhealth Accredited, she was the only one who was taking care of. Here with the youngest when she was in labor (11:00 PM) and when she arrived at the clinic it was wrong timing. The midwife was alone, ber assistant went home and at that time someone also was about to giving birth. My mother was also not accepted because of the other reason that her blood pressure rose above normal so the midwife advised my mother to go to the nearest hospital. That is the story of my youngest sister why she was born in the hospital. So much for that guyz let's go back to the original topic.

During her first 2 months it shows up some patches of red skin in her cheeks, arms, tummy and legs since she has a light skin. My mom thought it's normal and what my grandmother said in our laymans term "ligo-on lang na" meaning she would take a bath everyday and it will gone while she's growing up. The kind of soap and lotion that mom used on us is also what she used on our youngest. She was 3 months old and scheduled to go to our Barangay Health Center for her immunization unfortunately she has a cough but my mom still went to the center. Luckily there was a pediatrician on robing on duty there and she was checked, she had been coughing for 3 days and it was good that it wasn't that hard. The doctor advised my mother to take our baby sister to a specialist to check her condition thoroughly because maybe it may lead to pneumonia. The next day me and mom went to a private doctor and she was a specialist in Pulmonology. So to make the story short thank GOD and it didn't end up in pneumonia. But after the doctor checked her cough, she said "I noticed something on baby's skin, I think she has skin asthma". So mom immediately asked What kind of disease is that? Will she recover? Is there any medicine? Is it expensive or cheap? The doctor replied:

DOCTOR: What soap and lotion does she use?

MOTHER: Lactacyd and Johnson's lotion doc, same as I used on her siblings before.

DOCTOR: The one you used are not compatible with her. Don't put fabric conditioner on the baby's clothes, don't use the soap and lotion anymore and if you spray perfume stay away from the baby or from the room but instead spray outside.

Things that can worsen the skin reactions are sweat, skin contact with soaps, shampoo, detergents, dust and fabric conditioner. She prescribed a medicine for her anti-asthma, allerkid for her allergy in case of itching and Cetaphil lotion and cleanser (not the Cetaphil baby because it has scent and it is forbidden). Oh my GOD, Cetaphil is expensive we thought it was cheap. Imagine 180ml of lotion is 365 pesos (approximately $7.10) and 118ml cleanser is 275 pesos (approximately $5.35). That's her maintenance now and since then she used it the red rashes of her body have disappeared. And when she was 1 year and 4 months old my mother tried again to use the old soap and lotion since she is already big and hoping that it would be okay. And the result is her thought was wrong because my sister will suddenly scratched even though there is no mosquitoe bite and when we looked at her skin there is red rashes again and with that mother decided to used Cetaphil again (she is 2 years and 3 months now.)

This skin condition is not contagious so you don't have to worry about it. To the mothers out there who have a baby and just in case they will have it I hope this article helped. Don't get confused and scared but instead STOP using the products immediately so it won't get worse or better yet take the baby to a doctor. So I guess my article ends it here now. Kamsahamnida (Thank you).

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susanavel2005

February 22, 2022

Article #35 (6th for February)

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