Comments on: Bleach Prescribed to Relieve Eczema Itching: Talk About a Toxic Bath!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:47 +0000

The thing I enjoyed most about this article (& many of the comments) is how so many uninformed people (the OP included) can just go off on a wild rant without having the faintest idea what they’re on about.

My first piece of advice, to anyone reeling in shock or horror at how any Doctor could recommend the bleach bath treatment or how any sufferer or parent of a child sufferer could actually use it, or perhaps your stunned by the recommendation to bathe in a “toxic” chemical.

DO SOME RESEARCH!! Don’t just jump on the ill-informed/mis-informed band-wagon.

Read up on what eczema is, read up on what Staphylococcus is & why it’s related to eczema (nudge nudge all you people questioning why antibiotics are often prescribed). Go & find the study by Amy Paller & Co. & read it as well.

When you’re done & you finally have an understanding about the issue & the treatment under discussion feel free to give yourself an upper-cut for making such stupid comments on this page.

By: Jag

Jag — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:26:55 +0000

My young daughter from birth to abotu 6–7 months had a staph infection, which caused her body to be covered in boils. It was so traumatic for us to watch her in so much pain and suffering so much. Her pediatrician had us try everything, from giving 3 round of antibiotics, which workeded temporarily, but hte infection would just come right back. Steroid cream was also prescribed, but didnt wwork. We must have used 5-6 different creams on her skin, but none worked. the staph infection would not go away because she had exzema and the and her skin was just too vulnerable and the infection would just come back after a while. Finally, her doctor referred us to the best skin specialist in town and the specialist told us about this remedy. (bleach in her bath 3* a week). The amount of bleach that she suggested was about 1 teaspoon for every 3 litres of water. We just to had to try it! After so many attempts, we just couldnt watch our daughter go through anymore suffering. After the first bleach bath we gave her, her staph infection was gone! After a few baths in bleach her skin got notcibly less and less dry. We kept this routine up for about a month or so, and after discontinuing the bleach water bath, we wre just able to maintain her skin by just using plain old creamy vaseline on her skin daily. SHe is now almost 2 years old, and we are so thankful for this remedy. Please dont knock on theparents who had no choice but to go this route. it was theonly thing that helped us.

By: Johnathon Smith

Johnathon Smith — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59:30 +0000

This isn’t that big of a deal. It is just like having chlorine in your pool and we all let our kids go swimming don’t we? Yes, if you mix the bleach 50/50 with the water it is going to be dangerous and honestly you’re stupid. Its a 1/2 a cup of bleach to a whole bath tub of water. Unless your washing your kids in the bathroom sink this level of dilution isn’t going to harm your kids, unless your stupid enough to leave them unattended and let them drink the whole tub. Yes, bath time is a time to play. So, let them have a different bath after this bath. This should be treated just like any other treatment, you don’t leave a kid with asthma on a breathing treatment all day. You monitor them for the 15 minutes and then take them off and let them run around. You clean your house with bleach, the fumes from that are more dangerous than this 1/2 a cup bleach bath. The people who argue this is cruel and wrong are the same type of people who don’t let their kids near the microwave because it will give them cancer.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:43:16 +0000

It works because it is treating the staph on the skin to stop the repeated skin itching-cracking-infection with staph bacteria…itching-cracking- infection cycle.
Which it does by killing the staph bacteria which are more prevalent on those with atopic eczema (90% of those eczema sufferers compared with only 25% of the average population have a lot of staph on their skin).
Unless you experience it yourself it would be impossible to understand quite how debilitating and constantly irritating eczema is when really bad. As an adult with chronic eczema all I can say to everyone is please consider the treatment-it is proven to work…even if you think it sounds crazy! The concentration is extremely dilute. It’s no cure, but if it helps calm things down it is so worth it. Constant itching (and then pain once you have itched and the skin breaks) does your head in!

By: DoubleSuccess

DoubleSuccess — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:03:48 +0000

We have 4 and 7 year foster children that had moderate excema when they arrived with us 3 months ago. I decided to google alternative treatments as it was quickly apparent that the prescribed medicines didn’t work. Hit the Mayo Clinic article first try and tried the bleach bath as recommended that night. Next day there was surprisingly significant improvement. After the second bath both were excema free and continue to be with a maintenance dilute bleach bath every few weeks or so that seems to have no side effects. Makes me wonder if this information was actually surpressed by the big pharma companies. They’ll be losing a lot of money now.

It also makes me wonder about the etiology of excema. If excema supposedly is not caused by bacteria then it shouldn’t be clearing up from this, should it? Now it is time to do some research into why it works.

By: JimDoe

JimDoe — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:01:47 +0000

Thats funny Star, which medical websites claim the moon shot was a fake or elvis is still breathing. Go figure while you,re so busy doing your figuring.

By: PSD

PSD — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:16:45 +0000

I have eczema on my inner arm, a little on the back and inner knee area. I started taking this bleach bath remedy last week and can happily say that their has been a visible improvement in my eczema in a matter of days!
For those who are concerned with the possible pulmonary or breathing problems associated with the inhalation of bleach, or if you are a sufferer of asthma (as i am), i would recommend that you open the bathroom window whilst you are taking this bath and if you have an extractor fan in your bathroom, switch it on.
I would sincerely recommend this remedy to anyone who suffers from atopic dermatitis. Good luck!

By: Star

Star — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:31 +0000

JimDoe you also pointed out that there are hundreds of websites saying how bad bleach baths are for you; well there are hundreds if not thousands or hundreds of thousands of websites that say that Elvis isn’t dead, the moon landing was faked, and President Obama is an alien muslim…..goes to show that you can’t believe everything that you find on the internet, go figure.

By: Esperanza

Esperanza — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:21:00 +0000

Just a clarification: Re: Jim Doe’s statement: “And I,ve never heard or met in my experience even one doctor to say bath in it but try not to get your face wet….” In spite of his statements, it sounds to me like JimDoe has never consulted a doctor for directions on how to administer a bleach bath to a child. A bleach bath is not like a regular bath. It is of very short duration (10 minutes) and NOT AT ALL like a regular bath, where you wash your hair and clean your whole body. Think of it as a ten minute, supervised soak, done no more often than 2 to 3 times per week–(not more often than every other day.) The child’s upper torso and head never get in the water AT ALL, though you can take a wash cloth of the bleach bath water and run it over exposed areas–(areas not under the water) that are prone to eczema. If JimDoe had ever done this, he would know how easy it is to do correctly– without getting faces in water–for even very young children. With our son, we simply put some favorite bath toys in the water and sit beside the tub and watch him play for 10 minutes. If your child is too young to keep his own face out of the water, then get in the tub with him, nestling him between your legs and supporting his body in the water while you play with toys together. This is not rocket science. You NEVER leave a young child unattended in a bath. Not momentarily. Not ever. My son has NEVER had his head go under the water in all of our time of bleach bathing. It is EASY to do this.

By: JimDoe

JimDoe — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:42:38 +0000

Esperanza, I missed reading this part of your post.
” Note: Once you’ve got the eczema under control– and it won’t be long– you don’t have to keep giving regular bleach baths. Taper off. We only do it as necessary now– so far this year only twice! If your child is truly suffering, you owe it to the both of you to try bleach baths.”
At least you seem to be doing smart bathing. Maybe,just maybe what you are doing is safe.I,m glad to have gone back and read that part I missed. I apologise for using the word yoyo.You are not a yoyo. And I still know what I,m talking about.
Heres one thing I do know. Bleach can kill off whats called the Good bacteria in the skin. Thats when syestematic yeast and ringworm and fibered fungus can set in. Be careful and do watch for these signs, Brusing on skin usually side and back and knee, That could be yeast overgrowth inside the skin organs and blood. Matted fibers in the hair and or brittle breaking hair.
To all here good luck and wishing you all very well.