Any one with eczema can tell you how the itch can really drive you crazy. How many times have you keep awake at night scratching to drive away that itch only have it comes back with a vengeance? How many times have you scratch yourself till bleed and yet you just could not stop? How many times you just wish to scrap off your skin just to stop that crazy itch?

Well, for me, watching my young son of 2 years scratching and crying from intense itch and pain is even more heart-breaking.

Since his birth, I have been using anti-histamine medication to relieve the itch. I was told it is safe to use and is harmless even to a baby. After 2 years of using the medication, the itch keeps coming back whenever he is not given anti-histamine. Needless to say, my son has become dependant on the medication. I knew something is not right.

If you think using anti-histamine is safe in the long run, there is something your doctor is not telling you. What anti-histamine does is actually suppressing your immune response. The danger in this (besides the list of side effects) is that it gives a false sense of security to the body. The immune system is the body’s defense mechanism against foreign allergens. By suppressing the immune system, the healing process is impeded; thus the suffering becomes long term. The abundance of histamine release is the immune system’s alarm to an individual that there has been a major foreign invasion of a toxic force to his or her system. Instead of suppressing this alarm, you should address it.

Read some of the patient’s feedback on one of the widely used anti-histamine here:

http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19835&name=ZYRTEC

Scroll down and read how this medication has affected both adults and children negatively.

To be objective, not all children are affected , but as a mother, I would not want to take the risk. Would you?