Replied by Andrea C (Wales) on 10/01/2013
Hi the bump's are called Mila, they are caused by a buildup of dead skin, and are not life threatening or dangerous. It's when the dead skin build's up under new skin, and these white bump's appear. They are common, and even in newborns, and are basically cyst. You can even get them in your mouth, and lot's of places on the body, they are generally left alone, and can go away by themselves. The only time they will be removed is if there is a secondary Mila which keeps coming back and they look like little seed pearls and feel quite hard. In babies they're referred to as Milk spot's as their so common. It's usually for cosmetic appearances there removed, and kid's can develop them from burns, injury, rashes, and things like Poison Ivy. It's nothing to fret over I promise you. Love Andrea C xxxxxReplied by Mama To Many (Tennessee, Usa) on 10/01/2013
Dear Namaw, Vitamin C is great for buiding up the immunity. You could get them a children's chewable, but it is hard to find those without fillers and artificial sweeteners. I mix 1 t. ascorbic acid with 1/2 t. Baking soda and add water to make 2 cups of liquid. This would make 4 1/2 cup doses, each dose containing 1. 25 g. Of vitamin C. You could give a dose of that twice a day. If it causes loose bowels, reduce the dose.
Extra Virgin Cold Processed Coconut Oil is an excellent antiviral and is great for the skin. I would give 1/2 t. Twice a day and it that agrees with them, move to 1 t. Twice a day. You can spread it on bread or toast if they don't like it plain.
We have found turmeric, the spice, to be amazing for inflammatory skin conditions. You could give 1 or 2 capsules twice a day. If they are too young to swallow capsules, I give mine 1/4 to 1/2 t. turmeric mixed in honey twice a day.
You can mix unpasteurized apple cider vinegar with water (1 part vinegar and 2 parts water) and use a cotton ball to dab on the spots twice a day. If it irritates them, dilute with more water. How old are your grandchildren? Do these bumps itch? Is it possibly molluscum contagiosum? There are a lot of remedies for it on this site.
Please let us know what works for them! ~Mama to Many~
Replied by Jenny (Seattle, Washington, Usa) on 10/02/2013
This sounds very much like Molluscum Contagiosum, which is viral in origin and frequently picked up on playground equipment. Look up images on Google. Apple cider vinegar appears to be the most popular remedy to heal it.Replied by Namaw (Al) on 10/02/2013
The dr said these are not milia, they are something else. But I don't recall what he said it was.Replied by Andrea C (Wales) on 10/04/2013
Hi, here is a link with picture's of children and adults with Milia. Images of milia in children The problem is, it's not got one set of hard and fast rules on appearance and symptoms. What I suggested in appearance is only one face, but it has many. I am not trying to cause a dispute, but by your description I am still of a mind it's Milia. And DRs get it wrong too, I had specialist misdiagnose me (Consultant Dermatologists) several times with a skin complaint when I was a child, and these people were the best skin experts in their field. When my friends six week old son was ill and writhing in agony, continuously crying and stopped feeding for weeks a child specialist said there was nothing wrong with him. I had a look at him, and told her what was wrong, he had a typical male complaint, 'Jock Itch' the poor child's scrotum was swollen, red, and peeling. She then rang the DR and told him, and he said 'I' was making her Neurotic, and don't listen to me, but agreed to come look at the baby. When he looked at the baby he went bright red and speechless, I was right, he couldn't look at me or my friend, and my friend went nuts that a child specialist had missed something so obvious? Then the same child, at 18 months had problem's trying to walk, and the same DR said he was just a late starter, I noticed that he kept trying to walk on his toes and could not put his little feet flat against my hand, or on any flat surface. This is a sign of cerebral palsy in children. She then took him back to the DR and told him what I said, this time he listened and sent him to be tested at the Children's Hospital. Unfortunately I was right, but the good news is, I set up a team of friends to continuously exercise him for 8 hours a day. He hated it, but it had to be done, the DRs had given up on this child and according to them his future was not good. The same child is now a super fit Personal Trainer, while he was still little and recovering I was asked what I did to bring about this miracle, now they use and advise the same as I did to others with children with this illness. So for the sake of at least doing some research it's worth checking it out, I would hate your Grand child to go what I went through. Love Andrea C xxxxxxxxReplied by Namaw (Al) on 10/04/2013
Andrea, I appreciate your thoughts, but I looked at the pictures in the link and that is not at all what these bumps look like. These are huge compared to the milia in those pics. Probably diamete of 1.5 cm, and raised up almost as high.Replied by Andrea C (Wales) on 10/05/2013
Can you ask the DR for the name of the diagnosis you were given, please? That way all of us will be able to help you more, at the moment it's a shot in the dark. Thank you, Love Andrea C xxxxxReplied by Kt (Usa) on 10/06/2013
Hi Andrea. It is so hard to read these posts and not contribute what I have learned over the last twenty years. Although I have made attempts, what I tried to share is not acceptable. Most are looking for cures or quick fixes instead of looking for the cause and making attempts to eliminate it.
I will mention again that our entire food supply has been genetically engineered, in one way or another, to last longer (GMO's). It is difficult to digest and making many people sick. The images shown in the link you provided show different degrees of "milia" that can be easily explained because everyone eats differently and different foods eaten in different combinations of the GMO's will produce varieties of manifestations. I am old enough to observe how the medical profession is coming up with new names for ailments because someone cannot be placed in a one-size-fits-all category that already exits. I am also small enough to be fine-tuned into the way the changes in our food supply can affect us.
I started to get these, milia, but because of what I learned about the hidden sources of MSG in combination with how the GMO's are affecting us, and have infiltrated our food supply, I changed the way I ate and the smaller ones slowly went away. Because of the collection of "sebum" the larger ones needed some help with a pin prick or gentle squeezing. Those areas, now, are kept clear by simple washing. Not applying anything special. Just the circular motion of the face cloth and most important reducing my carbohydrate intake. This includes the root spices. This "sebum" is really an accumulation of too many carbs. Because the animals we eat or get milk and eggs from are being fed GMO grasses and grains it affects us and has to be considered another source of carbs.
This post is being prepared piecemeal because I am on SSD due to multiple brain injuries and sometimes I process slow. It is fortunate because if I had continued in a nine-to-five job, I would not have learned all that I feel has kept me alive a little longer. I cannot afford many of the "natural" remedies so I had to find out which foods supply which vitamins/minerals to heal and learned how even the order they are ingested makes a difference of whether you heal or are contributing to more of an ailment because proper absorption cannot take place. I painfully learned this due to multiple neck injuries when I sustained the head injuries.
Being post menopause I started to eat more spinach for the calcium but learned that spinach contains oxalic acid and it prevents absorption of magnesium. Magnesium is needed for the absorption of calcium. I don't know if I have said this accurately but I know when I ate a lot of spinach before knowing I had to get magnesium in my body first, my neck would "grind and pop" so that I thought my joints were separating. I also had a lot of back pain. The MRI done over ten years ago revealed "degeneration" and one of the vertebra in my neck pressing on my spinal cord. This is what contributed to my researching more on how I could use food as my medicine.
Magnesium has to bind with protein before it is absorbed. Once I changed the way I ate to make sure I was getting the magesium I needed, I started eating spinach after and am pain free. I hope some of this will help someone.
Replied by Carla (Boston, Ma) on 10/06/2013
I agree with one of the previous posters who mentioned molluscum contagiosum, which is very common in children and can be easily treated with home remedies. Here are google images: www.google.com/search?q=molluscum+contagiosum&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=54pRUomnGILS9ASKgIGgCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=543&dpr=1
