Wet Dressing For Eczema

Wet dressings are safe.

Wet dressing for eczema.

During this time the staff member will help with wet dressings and teach parents about managing your child s eczema. They help to relieve itching heal the skin and help the creams or ointments to be more effective. Wet dressings cover and protect the skin from the damage caused by a child s scratching. If the eczema is on the feet and or hands you can use cotton gloves or socks for the wet layer with vinyl gloves or food grade plastic wrap as the dry layer.

To do wet wrap therapy first moisten the clothing or gauze in warm water until they are slightly damp. Wet dressings are an effective method to treat severe eczema and often reduce symptoms in several hours to days. Wet dressings for eczema when to use wet dressings wet dressings play an important role in the treatment of eczema wet dressings should be used when your child is hot and itchy and if they wake at night due to the itch your child may also need a wet dressing if there is blood on the sheets or if the eczema is. The classic example of this is a child with hand eczema for which you can cover his hands with a moisturizer have him wear wet cotton gloves and then put dry cotton gloves over them.

For severe cases of eczema your child s health care provider may recommend wet dressings to treat his or her skin.