What is eczema?
Eczema can manifest itself differently in each person. However, whatever the severity of your eczema, everybody deals with the same symptoms: dry skin, rash wounds and intense itching. The fight against eczema and mastery of his “advanced” can become frustrating and uncomfortable. At its most serious stage, eczema can cause serious health problems, affect the quality of life and counteract the normal daily activities.
Eczema is a skin inflamm
ation recurring long-term for which there is no cure. It usually appears in childhood, during the first six months and may continue during adolescence and adulthood. Although some children end up getting rid of their eczema, approximately 80% of them will have a drought and irritability skin throughout their lives.
Often, people with eczema or parents of children with eczema, do not really understand the disease or how to treat it. Some people have even ceased to consult their doctor because they are frustrated by their current treatment. But there is some hope.
At the global level, eczema affects:
12 to 25% of children
49 to 75% before the age of 6 months
80 to 90% before age 5
and 10 to 15% of adults
The eczema and atopic dermatitis
If you think you have eczema or if your current treatment does not seem to treat eczema, the first thing to do is to consult your family doctor. A correct diagnosis and proper treatment are very important. If you need to see a dermatologist, your doctor will guide you.
Although we often associate eczema to a single type of skin, it actually represents a group of diseases that can affect anyone at any age. Atopic dermatitis is usually simply known as “eczema” by doctors because it is the most common group of dermatitis.
The constant itching accompanying eczema is different from all other skin conditions. It is often said that in the case of eczema, are itching that cause rashes, and not the reverse, because the itching occur well before the rash appears. The itch may be that there scratching a lot, which promotes the emergence of red flares and bright.
The signs and symptoms of eczema varies from one person to another.
Identify eczema
-Appears usually before age 5
-Can be caused by a combination of environmental factors, genetic and immunological
-East often associated with asthma and (or) the hay fever
-Dry skin, itchy inflamed much
-Skin that becomes easily