Wet Wraps Cut Need For Drugs In Kids With Eczema [Video]

Video Transcript

Good job Lucy!

There was a time Heather Karazim couldn’t imagine her daughter Lucy on a hot summer day playing T-ball. Shortly after Lucy was born, she developed eczema, a painful itchy rash on her face, arms, and legs that made her miserable. She’d scratch until she bled and then you worry about infection. Heather saw several different doctors who put Lucy on more and more medications including powerful steroids. Though they made Heather uneasy, they did work. But then as soon as they stop because they have concerns about the side effects of the medication, the disease comes back.

So Dr. Mark Boguniewicz helps study a safer, simpler approach. At National Jewish Health in Denver experts evaluated a process known as wet wrap therapy. After soaking in a tub, lotions or mild medications were put on a child’s enflamed skin while still damp. Then children were covered by a wet layer …