"Rachael Simpson" wrote in message
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message

One of the irritants to eczema, is sweat, and getting too warm,
especially at night. Vinyl and rubber near the skin promote sweat and
skin heating. Make sure you have a good layer of cotton (not polyester)
mattress padding between the vinyl and the pure cotton bottom sheet, to
wick away any sweat.

you know, i knew the part about the sweat - i mean I know how sweat makes
it worse, it does on myself. But i hadn't thought about the vinyl matress
and sweating from it - i do use a waterproof - hypo-allergenic mattress
pad, but i don't use it always - will start doing that. i think it's all
cotton: will have to check on that though.

Racheal wool is a wonderful product for waterproofing but as Janet mentioned
should never be in contact with the skin of sensitive people. It is
wonderful though for warmth if wet and will act as a buffer between the
vinyl mattress and the sheet. It's even better if it's felted (such as an
old woollen blanket cut up to fit the mattress and then run thhrough a hto
wash then cold rinse a few times).


(Don't use any biological washing agents, on his clothes, towels or
bedding).
An extra cold rinse cycle in the machine after the normal wash, can
also help remove detergent traces.

i use dye & perfume free detergent - hadn't thought or previously been
told about the extra wash part. that makes a lot of sence - gonna start
doing that also. might have to wait til after the drought
though....well's starting to go dry!

Half a cup of vinegar (but a good quality naturally brewed one such as malt
vineger) added to the rinse cycle also gets rid of detergent residues and
shouldn't cause any allergy reaction.