Video: Eczema & Washing Clothes

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With eczema, you should wash clothes with fragrance free, non-chemical detergents. Get expert laundry tips for treating eczema in this free health video.

Video Transcript

When you have eczema, you have to be careful on how you wash your clothing. Because it's something that you really wouldn't think about. We talked earlier about wearing cotton clothing and breathable fabrics. Also includes, on your bedding, using cotton sheets, or sheets that are very soft. If you do find that the person, or your child, or even yourself, have an allergy to feathers for example, a down comforter is not a great idea to have, or a down pillow because it can induce allergies which can induce itching and eczema. When you're doing your wash, what we had to do when my daughter was an infant, was we went along with the baby detergent that they sell at the store. We soon found out that the fragrance was very irritating to her allergies as well as to her eczema. So, what we did, as a whole family, we washed all of our clothing in a fragrance free, non-chemical detergent. One that we like to use is one that doesn't have any dyes or, like I said, any fragrances. You just put a cap full in the laundry, just like you would any other detergent, and it washes your clothes just as effectively as one that does have a fragrance. It just doesn't have that scent when it comes out of the washing machine.

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