{"id":231,"date":"2019-04-29T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/eczema-and-impetigo-marshall-dodds\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:49:52","slug":"eczema-and-impetigo-marshall-dodds","status":"publish","type":"reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/de\/case-study\/eczema-and-impetigo-marshall-dodds\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Dodds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;Strangers would comment that his face had been painted&#8221;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2-year-old Marshall Dodds had been suffering for many months with eczema and impetigo<\/li>\n<li>Louise Dodds, his veterinary surgeon mother, suspected it could be something she was feeding Marshall due to his inconsistent flare-ups<\/li>\n<li>The 33-year-old had tried to eliminate varying foods from her son\u2019s diet in a bid to improve his symptoms<\/li>\n<li>However, when Marshall got impetigo and needed systemic antibiotics, Louise decided to take a closer look at food intolerance\u2020 testing programmes to pinpoint exactly which foods could be causing his angry flare-ups<\/li>\n<li>After eliminating his trigger foods from his diet, such as kiwi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/beef\/\">beef<\/a>, cow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/intolerance\/milk\/\">milk<\/a> and duck, his symptoms dramatically improved within just a few days<\/li>\n<li>His mum says that he can now \u2018be a toddler without constant scratching and irritation\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20190416_182002-474x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"433\" \/>For many months, Louise Dodd\u2019s 2-year-old son, Marshall, had been suffering with bouts of eczema and impetigo but could not pinpoint exactly what was causing his angry flare-ups.<\/p>\n<p>His symptoms were itchy and \u201cstrangers would comment that his face had been painted!\u201d Louise exclaims.<\/p>\n<p>Louise, a veterinary surgeon, sought advice from Marshall\u2019s GP in hope that they could shed some light as to why he was suffering from these irritating symptoms at such a young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave antibiotics and a mineral oil-based ointment, but this made his skin dry, so we sought another moisturiser which helped, but not fully,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old noticed that his symptoms would come and go and therefore suspected that something in his diet could be aggravating his eczema.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming months, Louise tried to eliminate different food groups from Marshall\u2019s diet in a bid to improve his debilitating skin condition. \u201cWe tried to eliminate foods like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/gluten-intolerance\/\">gluten<\/a>, but it still happened\u201d Louise explains.<\/p>\n<p>Here at YorkTest, we find that the average customer who shows a positive result reacts to 4-5 different ingredients. As a result, it can be challenging to pinpoint all reactions through guesswork alone.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Marshall started to suffer from impetigo which required systemic antibiotics that Louise decided to confirm her two-year-old\u2019s food triggers through YorkTest.<\/p>\n<p>YorkTest\u2019s award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\">Junior Food Intolerance* Test<\/a> tests your child\u2019s reactions to over 100 ingredients and includes one 30-minute consultation over the phone with one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/our-experts\/\">experienced nutritional therapists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The simple finger-prick blood test revealed that Marshall was reacting to a range of foods, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/do-you-have-a-kiwi-fruit-allergy\/\">kiwi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/can-you-have-a-beef-intolerance\/\">beef<\/a>, duck, lemon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/egg-intolerance\/\">egg white<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/food-intolerance-advice\/problem-foods\/dairy-intolerance\/\">cow\u2019s milk<\/a> and lamb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst I suspected dairy and egg, the rest of the results were a surprise, especially beef and lamb as he loved these foods and were a large part of his diet,\u201d Louise says.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with YorkTest\u2019s guidebook, food and drink diary and nutritional support, Louise began to remove his trigger foods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to remove both [his] high and mild trigger foods and his skin improved dramatically. If he eats something with even a mild trigger as a hidden ingredient, [his] skin flares up and we would double-check the packaging to notice it was one of the triggers!\u201d his mum explains.<\/p>\n<p>Within a few days, Marshall\u2019s skin condition dramatically improved. Louise found the elimination process \u2018mainly straight-forward but [it] can be difficult when eating out [as] we have to check everything!\u201d Louise says.<\/p>\n<p>Louise mentions that taking a yorktest programme has \u201cdramatically improved his skin and overall happiness. He can now be a toddler without constant scratching and irritation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Marshall followed the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/products\/foodscan-junior-test\/\"><em>yorktest Junior Food Intolerance* Test<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strangers would comment that his face had been painted. 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