Red, blotchy skin

[Anonymous]

Hi! I’m new here and just came across this group doing a google search. I’m hoping you guys can help me out. My son is 6 months old. We have just recently realized that our little guy has silent reflux and MSPI. We started on nexium about a month ago and changed to alimentum a couple of weeks ago. Here’s my question: Before the change to alimentum, he would break out in these red blotches on his face, head, neck, and upper torso as soon as he started drinking expressed breastmilk and it would go away as soon as he was done eating. There is nothing on the surface of the skin, it is all under. He’s had surgery and after anesthesia he had this same red blotchy skin only lots worse and it lasted most of the day. With the change to alimentum we haven’t seen these outbreaks until yesterday. They’ve started up again…not as bad as before but you can see it. Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Is he warm when this happens? I only ask b/c I have very sensitive skin and if I get warm or upset at all then I get red blotches on my cheeks, upper arms and chest… I have a skin condition (my dermatologist tells me the name every time I see her and I can never remember it) that is pretty common basically where your skin grows “backwards” and it causes tiny bumps (similar to goosebumps) that don’t go away but are easily irritated. This might be the cause and the reason it is “flaring” again is b/c maybe he is in pain? What dose of Nexium is he on? If he has MSPI Alimentum may not be the best option as it and Nutramigen still have milk proteins just very broken down… many MSPI babies need Neocate or Elecare which are totally elemental where the proteins are completely broken down… Maybe someone else will have an idea but that is sort of what came to mind when I read your post.

[Anonymous]

No, he’s not warm when it happens. It revolves around eating for sure. Within a minute after starting to eat his bottle, he’s got red splotches all over his face. Poor little guy. When he’s done and we put the bottle down….they fade away. He’s on 10mg of nexium once a day. Thanks for your help. If I knew it was a reaction to the proteins in the alimentum, I would switch to neocate. However, I don’t want to incur an even bigger financial strain if that’s not the problem. ??????? Also, just started trying to give him beachnut rice cereal and he hates it. I have two older boys so I know they have to go through that thing of getting used to the whole process of eating from a spoon. But, this is more than that. Did any of yours do bad with rice cereal?

[hellbennt]

I would hold off on the cereal (and solids in general) until you get the blotchy thing figured out…
check the nexium dose at http://www.marci-kids.com
I’m not sure they even list it? but it should be about the same as the prevacid…you can call them if it’s not there Office Phone: (573) 884-0672

as for financial strain: you can get neocate covered…<!–
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