What is Eczema?
Eczema is a skin inflammation that produces red, itchy, rash-like areas on the face, scalp, wrists, and hands. Eczema can also occur at the crease of the elbows, in back of the knees, and sometimes elsewhere on the body. It is associated with other markers of atopy, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy. Persistent scratching or rubbing can bring on chronic eczema, with its distinctive dark, thickened, scaly red patches.
Types of Eczema
Atopic dermatitis is marked by a hypersensitivity, or allergy, to a food, inhalant, or other common substance that doesn't bother most people. People with this type of eczema tend to have a family history of hay fever, asthma, or eczema.
Seborrheic eczema/dermatitis is marked by inflammation, flaking, and scaling on the face and scalp. This type of eczema tends to run in families.
Contact eczema/dermatitis is marked by an acute localized rash after you have come into contact with an allergen (nickel in jewelry, oil in poison ivy).
Stasis eczema affects the lower legs and ankles. This type of eczema is associated with circulatory problems in the legs and ankles. This type of eczema generally appears in middle-aged and elderly people.
Symptoms of Eczema
Causes of Eczema
Treatment and Prevention of Eczema
Eczema is a skin inflammation that produces red, itchy, rash-like areas on the face, scalp, wrists, and hands. Eczema can also occur at the crease of the elbows, in back of the knees, and sometimes elsewhere on the body. It is associated with other markers of atopy, such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy. Persistent scratching or rubbing can bring on chronic eczema, with its distinctive dark, thickened, scaly red patches.
Types of Eczema
Atopic dermatitis is marked by a hypersensitivity, or allergy, to a food, inhalant, or other common substance that doesn't bother most people. People with this type of eczema tend to have a family history of hay fever, asthma, or eczema.
Seborrheic eczema/dermatitis is marked by inflammation, flaking, and scaling on the face and scalp. This type of eczema tends to run in families.
Contact eczema/dermatitis is marked by an acute localized rash after you have come into contact with an allergen (nickel in jewelry, oil in poison ivy).
Stasis eczema affects the lower legs and ankles. This type of eczema is associated with circulatory problems in the legs and ankles. This type of eczema generally appears in middle-aged and elderly people.
Symptoms of Eczema
- Itchy, red rash-like patches of skin that are dry, rough, scaly, or cracked
- Small red pimple-like blisters
- Leaking ("weeping") of fluid, crusting, and flaking in affected areas
- Chafing and peeling
- Thickened, dry patches of skin in persistent cases
- Itching, swelling and inflammation in lower legs and around ankles (stasis dermatitis)
Causes of Eczema
- Allergic reactions to foods, pollen, animal fur, or other substances
- Antigens
- Milk, eggs, shellfish, nuts, wheat, strawberries, and chocolate can trigger it
- Family history
Treatment and Prevention of Eczema
- Eliminate exacerbating agents, such as soaps and detergents, food allergens, and cosmetics
- Lessen excessive bathing or use of lotions
- Emollient creams of ointments
- Psychological approaches
- Antihistamines
- Antibiotics
- Topical corticosteroids
- Systemic corticosteroids
- Soothing creams and ointments
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