lu-lu schrieb:
Hi all

Jessica's 2y1m now. Last week, she got a bit of a graze to her elbow, as
kids do! We didn't dress it as there was nothing really to see. However, she
started picking the scab, and made it worse, to the point where it really
did need a plaster (don't know if you guys have that word over seas.... the
skin coloured adhesive with a little gauze pad in the middle). She's never
had one on before, and like me, it turned out she was allergic to it. It
came up in a red, slightly raised area, the shape of the plaster and the now
bigger cut was weepy and sore. We went to the pharmacist yesterday and
bought a mepore low-allergy dressing. Turns out she's even more allergic to
that! Her poor little arm is now blistered and sore, the cut looks awful and
she's crying because it's so sore...

I've just been out and bought a separate dressing and gauze bandage to
secure it to her arm. I've given her calpol (paracetamol) to help the pain,
and I've made a doctor's appointment later this evening as I think she needs
to take something for it... but I'm not sure what. anyone have any
experience on this? Does anyone's kids have similar allergies and if so what
do you use? a fullblown bandage everytime she gets a cut seems a bit
excessive.

Well, you kind of need to find out what exactly she's allergic to I
guess. If it's the glue you're probably going to be out of luck, but if
it's something else there might be other brands of plaster/bandaids out
there...
I use the hypoallergenic stuff for us, not mainly because of allergies
but because they're usually made out of softer material and don't stick
to the skin as much so they're easier to take off.

I know you can get bandages that are elastic and kind of stick to
themselves, so they'd at least be easier to put on..

cu
nicole