Stopping Dupixent for my 14mo because he’s traumatised
Hello everyone,
My son has been on monthly dupixent (syringe) since he was 6mo for moderate - severe eczema. It is great to be honest, he does get flares here and there but no where near how he used to.
However, he has developed such a strong phobia of medical settings and anyone wearing scrubs.
It’s gotten progressively worse the last few months. He was recently really sick and we took him to ED. He is so terrified. He would scream when the nurses would try to check his temp, weight him, the doctors couldn’t listen to his chest let alone swab him. They couldn’t physically assess him at all.
Not to mention he turns blue because he’s screaming and fighting so badly whilst being restrained during the injection.
The doctor suggested we look into getting him some OT which I have booked in.
We are considering taking him off the medication so he isn’t terrified of health care for the rest of his life.
Any parents go through this? Anyone have experience taking their child off Dupixent?
Thank you in advance 🫶🏻