My 3 years old son do have eczema and asthma, most of the night soon before dozing off, will tends to scratch his head, neck, back, hand, leg etc...almost all over his body. So we have to help to scratch for him till he falls asleep, else if he scratch himself, skin will be very red or even bleed....and he will easily get flu and sneeze too but we still have to switch on air con as he easily get irritated or sweat without aircon....i do have a Honeywell AP bought in 2007 till now still using, but doesn't helps too.
On Sat, out of sudden read from somewhere about air humidifier to use on aircon room due to maintain humidity level, find it that it might be related, so search online and found a Novita Air Humidifier NH900 Refurnished Set @ $149.50 through the Novita eStore and quickly place an order. I like the feature of the sensor reading and auto-maintain the humidity level, and it does have Atopy mode that is for baby too because i do have a 1 year plus son too....
Last night i use it on Atopy mode, wake up quite a few times to check the humidity level and the reading is at the correct range, tonight shall use my hygrometer that used on my camera storage cabinet to test out again.
And for my son, didn't see him having flu or sneezing last night but do still scratch too. Will monitor it and see how.
By the way, have you got your Novita 002H? currently have promo at $699 with free filter bundle pack. And if not, which brand and model you bought? Because if the Novita Air Humidifier that i have right now doesn't helps, will then look at the model you using....
Yes my 6 month old son has atopy too. But for him, we went to the doctor early. Doctor prescribed some day and night cream and herbal tea bath. Strictly no soap allowed. Works after one week. No more scratching himself or being fussy/irritable when asleep.
For me, I'm the gone case as I have been ignoring this problem for years. Went to the same doctor after seeing how my son reacted to his treatment. But after one week of cream, herbal bath and pills, no difference to me. So I'm hoping the AP will help. I haven't bought it yet. Have been skimming through the previous mega-thread (500+ pages!). The Sharp A50 sounds promising, think I'm going to get it this weekend.
The XM 2 that these people are raving about also looks good. But it's just launched and not available locally. I'm not sure how easy it is to order online.
