I feel sorry about your son. I know that it must be very annoying and upsetting to suffer for eczema. I’ve been discussing this with several colleouges of mine. prednisolone is never good to take for a long duration. It will cause your son to be immunocompromised. I’ve got a friend that ends up getting ‘ring worm’ on her skin after he use hydrocort cream for more than few months. well, she most probably choose a higher strength of hydrocort so her eczema can improve faster. Please take my advice, don’t take too much unnecessary risk. It may cause more harm than you think it can.

You can use prednisolone for acute case, of course. If necessary, you can antihistamine for a longer duration. It is mainly to relief the itchiness so your son can have better sleep. It is good for his growth as well. Children need to have enough rest for his/her developmental.

What might help is you have to identify what substance that really cause or worsen the eczema. Your child might be allergic to certain type of soaps or powder. Try to change it with other alternatives. Ointments and moisturisers almost always help. Well, weather also will play a role, but nothing we can do about the weather, isn’t it? Try to avoid your son from been exposed to extreme heat, it will dry the skin and cause itchiness.

I hope that I’ve answer your question. I really wish that I can help you with this little piece of information.