How to Help Your Child with Hand & Foot Eczema Elaine Siegfried,
MD, National Eczema Association Scientific Advisory Committee
Member Director of Pediatric Dermatology at SSM Cardinal Glennon
Children’s Medical Center and Professor of Pediatrics and
Dermatology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine For
children with AD who also have eczema on their hands sometimes
the pattern of their eczema can give you a clue to the trigger
and possible ways to minimize flares. If the eczema is worst on
the top of the hands, especially over the area around and
between the thumb, and first finger (insert image) this suggests
that the problem is aggravated by frequent hand washing and
vigorous lathering, or excessive use of hand sanitizers. A
simple tip to teach children who have hand eczema is to wash the
palms only (rubbing the palms together, with no soap on tops of
hands). Carrying a small tube of pocket moisturizer will help
encourage them to apply it immediately after washing. For
children with foot eczema, choos