A six-year-old girl who suffers from painful eczema that causes her skin to weep and bleed was unable to bathe without being in pain and missed over seven months of school before finding the right treatment to help her sore skin. Esme Cockram from Pontardawe, near Swansea, was diagnosed with mild eczema as a toddler, which appeared in the creases of her skin.
However, two years ago, her condition worsened and she was covered in eczema from head to toe, even losing hair due to the chronic condition. Esme struggles to sleep due to the intense itching and mum Leanne has to change her bedding daily, as the sheets are covered in blood by morning.
As a result of her painful skin, Esme missed seven months of school last term and struggled to get out of bed due to the pain caused by her broken, sore skin. Leanne said that the whole family was impacted by her waking throughout the night and baths were so painful that she refused to go near them for a year.
