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 Eczema is a skin disease in a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis the term eczema or broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. these consist of dryness and recurring skin rashes that are characterized by one or more of these symptoms of redness skin edema itching and dryness crusting flaking,blistering, cracking,oozing,or bleeding. areas of provisional skin discoloration may emerge and are from time to time due to healed lesions although scarring up is rare contrary to psoriasis eczema is often probable to be found on the flexor look of joints.
Atopic eczema
Atopic eczema is an allergic disease assumed to have a genetic element and frequently runs in families whose members also have hay fever and asthma. Itchy rash is specifically noticeable on head and scalp, neck, inside of elbows, behind knees, and buttocks. Experts are urging doctors to be more attentive in weeding out cases that are, in actuality, irritant contact dermatitis. It is very common in developed countries, and rising is the most severe and chronic form of eczema it almost always begin in childhood frequently} during infancy physicians estimate 65 percent eczema patient are diagnosed in the first years of life and 90 percent of patient experience it before age 5. often the effects fade during childhood though most will have ad for life.it is estimated that atopic dermatitis affects over thirty millions americans.
Contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis is of two types: allergic Some substances act both as allergen and irritant Other substances cause a problem after sunlight exposure, bringing on phototoxic dermatitis. About 3/4 of cases of contact eczema are of the irritant type, that is the most familiar occupational skin disease. Contact eczema is curable, provided the offending substance can be avoided and its traces removed from one’s environment.
Xerotic eczema is dry skin that becomes so serious it turns into eczema. It worsens in dry winter weather, and limbs and trunk are most often affected. The itchy, tender skin resembles a dry, cracked, river bed. This disorder is very common among the older population.
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is a condition sometimes classified as a form of eczema that is intimately connected to dandruff. It causes dry or greasy peeling of the scalp, eyebrows, and face, and every now and then trunk. The condition is harmless except for in serious cases of cradle cap. In newborns it causes a thick, yellow crusty scalp rash called cradle cap, that seems associated to lack of biotin and is often curable.
References:
http://www.nationaleczema.org/living/eczema_quick_fact_sheet.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema
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Eczema
