Just got psoriasis back again
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Perhaps you could feed your baby both baby formula and breast milk. You can use a breast pump to get whatever breast milk that you can provide, and do so in a more comfortable time frame. Then you can use this milk to supplement the formula feedings. I am told that a mother’s breast milk provides many more things for the baby than just calories, i.e., antigens, and other things to help make a baby healthy. Good luck, Tom – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I want to thank all of you for giving me a response. It’s really > helpfull. Unfortunately I think I have to stop breastfeeding. My baby > is not growing enough. My doctor thinks it might be because of P. The > fact that it hurts gives me stress while feeding so the milk becomes > less. I will try a bit longer with moisturizer and different > positions during feeding but I’m afraid that P. makes it impossible > to feed her the way I want. I don’t have a special lamp and it’s the > midst of winter so there’s no sunlight. He indeed doesn’t want me to > use Daivonex cream, and has no further options for me. > Anyway, thank you all for your tips. You’re great. > This really is a great newsgroup.
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> Maybe someone has experience with breastfeeding and P?
Yup, about a year ago. As a result of our posts to this and other groups, we found we were not alone (others had gone through it), but there were also not many answers. Some had to give up breast feeding – it is *very* painful. My wife managed to persist, but it was really hard at times. The P. eventually reduced at 3-4 mths, but there is still a bit there. A Lanoline cream (eg Lansinoh) was the best answer. Very expensive (in New Zealand at least), but it is safe with baby. Expressing may help. Sunlight/UVB may help, as may sea water. Try crossposting to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psoriasis_support/ too. — Dave
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>Hallo! >Always be very careful with your medication while breastfeeding, creams >usually are cortisone steroid based.
Often, but I don’t think I’d say usually. Especially as she said that she’s using Dovonex/Daivonex, which is not a corticosteroid. That being said, it’s still probably not a good idea to use it or any other topical while breast feeding both because of the usual issues with the baby picking up the topical from the skin surface while feeding, but also because of possible problems from what gets absorbed in your system. With daivonex, that concern involves getting too much calcium in your system if you go over a certain weekly dose and I would think the baby might be even more sensitive to the effects. Iris – everything I’ve seen says to talk with your doctor about using dovonex/daivonex when breast feeding. They don’t say you can’t use it, but I think there’s concern because they really don’t known enough about how safe it is. It’s probably better to avoid all topical or systemic medicines and switch to a combination of safe moisturizers and UV light treatments while breast feeding if that’s an option and one that would be effective for you. This has been talked about here before, so let me give you a link to prior discussion in case you find any helpful ideas there from others who’ve been through the same thing: http://pinch.com/skinny?skin=psoriasis+AND+%28breastfeed+OR+%22breast… Kim The Psoriasis Newsgroup Resource FAQ can be found at http://www.psoriasisfaq.com but will also be coming soon (twice a month) to a newsgroup near you…
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> Then in january 2002 I got pregnant and it all went away. (I’m not suggesting > pregancy is the answer)
I have heard that a woman’s immune system is turned down during pregnancy. Why? Because there is a foreign organism growing inside her that should not be attacked by the immune system. The baby is half the father’s genes.
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>> Then in january 2002 I got pregnant and it all went away. (I’m not > suggesting pregancy is the answer) >I have heard that a woman’s immune system is turned down during >pregnancy. Why? Because there is a foreign organism growing inside >her that should not be attacked by the immune system. The baby is >half the father’s genes.
May be true for many women out there, but not all. Some largish percentage of psoriatics who get pregnant actually have their psoriasis get worse, instead of better. And some more experience no change whatsoever. I forget the exact numbers. – Dave W. http://psorsite.com/
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I want to thank all of you for giving me a response. It’s really helpfull. Unfortunately I think I have to stop breastfeeding. My baby is not growing enough. My doctor thinks it might be because of P. The fact that it hurts gives me stress while feeding so the milk becomes less. I will try a bit longer with moisturizer and different positions during feeding but I’m afraid that P. makes it impossible to feed her the way I want. I don’t have a special lamp and it’s the midst of winter so there’s no sunlight. He indeed doesn’t want me to use Daivonex cream, and has no further options for me. Anyway, thank you all for your tips. You’re great. This really is a great newsgroup.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hallo! > Always be very careful with your medication while breastfeeding, creams > usually are cortisone steroid based. > It is indeed very confusing at times to understand all the drug names in > Enlish. > I have P. for 20 years (I’m 29) and I had all sorts of creams. The tough > part of P. is it sometimes need radical medication to get rid of it. In your > case you can only use mild medication because of your little one. When > you’re done breastfeeding go back to your dermatologist and ask for some > good research on your P. and get some bloodwork done. Sometimes P. appears > because you had a yeast infection, > (schimmel infectie) but there could be many triggers. For me it was a skin > discoloration in my neck that was scrubbed clean, or they tried to anyway, > and that started to irritate. If you have any trouble understanding some of > the names used give me a yell, and if I understand it myself I’ll explain it > to you. If there is something that even I do not understand the people here > are nice enough to try and give you their explantion. > Groetjes, > Misty. > Hai, > I’m Iris from Holland. I’m very confused when I read all the messages > here. > It’s difficult to understand the names of the drugs in english. I hope you > understand what I’m talking about. > My grandfather and mother both suffered from severe psoriasis. I got in > november 2001, it started with little spots all over my body. Then in > january 2002 I got pregnant and it all went away. (I’m not suggesting > pregancy is the answer) In october I delivered and just 3 weeks later it > returned. Unfortunately on my breasts. I’m still breastfeeding so I’m not > sure if I can use the drug I have. It’s called Daivonex creme. That’s the > dutch name. It contains calcipotriol, dinatriumedetate, dinatriumfosfate > dihydrate, liquid parafine, glycerol, cetomacrogol 1000, ceylstearyl > alcohol, chloorallylhexaminium-chloride and water. I hope someone > recognizes > this and can help me. Cause from spots I went to big (??what’s this in > english??) "places". > Maybe someone has experience with breastfeeding and P? > Thanx Iris
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Hai, I’m Iris from Holland. I’m very confused when I read all the messages here. It’s difficult to understand the names of the drugs in english. I hope you understand what I’m talking about. My grandfather and mother both suffered from severe psoriasis. I got in november 2001, it started with little spots all over my body. Then in january 2002 I got pregnant and it all went away. (I’m not suggesting pregancy is the answer) In october I delivered and just 3 weeks later it returned. Unfortunately on my breasts. I’m still breastfeeding so I’m not sure if I can use the drug I have. It’s called Daivonex creme. That’s the dutch name. It contains calcipotriol, dinatriumedetate, dinatriumfosfate dihydrate, liquid parafine, glycerol, cetomacrogol 1000, ceylstearyl alcohol, chloorallylhexaminium-chloride and water. I hope someone recognizes this and can help me. Cause from spots I went to big (??what’s this in english??) "places". Maybe someone has experience with breastfeeding and P? Thanx Iris
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Hallo! Always be very careful with your medication while breastfeeding, creams usually are cortisone steroid based. It is indeed very confusing at times to understand all the drug names in Enlish. I have P. for 20 years (I’m 29) and I had all sorts of creams. The tough part of P. is it sometimes need radical medication to get rid of it. In your case you can only use mild medication because of your little one. When you’re done breastfeeding go back to your dermatologist and ask for some good research on your P. and get some bloodwork done. Sometimes P. appears because you had a yeast infection, (schimmel infectie) but there could be many triggers. For me it was a skin discoloration in my neck that was scrubbed clean, or they tried to anyway, and that started to irritate. If you have any trouble understanding some of the names used give me a yell, and if I understand it myself I’ll explain it to you. If there is something that even I do not understand the people here are nice enough to try and give you their explantion. Groetjes, Misty. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hai, > I’m Iris from Holland. I’m very confused when I read all the messages here. > It’s difficult to understand the names of the drugs in english. I hope you > understand what I’m talking about. > My grandfather and mother both suffered from severe psoriasis. I got in > november 2001, it started with little spots all over my body. Then in > january 2002 I got pregnant and it all went away. (I’m not suggesting > pregancy is the answer) In october I delivered and just 3 weeks later it > returned. Unfortunately on my breasts. I’m still breastfeeding so I’m not > sure if I can use the drug I have. It’s called Daivonex creme. That’s the > dutch name. It contains calcipotriol, dinatriumedetate, dinatriumfosfate > dihydrate, liquid parafine, glycerol, cetomacrogol 1000, ceylstearyl > alcohol, chloorallylhexaminium-chloride and water. I hope someone recognizes > this and can help me. Cause from spots I went to big (??what’s this in > english??) "places". > Maybe someone has experience with breastfeeding and P? > Thanx Iris
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