RECURRING ECZEMA OF EXPOSED PARTS; HEAT ECZEMA, COLD ECZEMA

Nummular eczema

A 23-year-old female presented with a 1-month history of a pruritic weeping lesion on her right leg, which started after scratching over this pruritic area. She did not mention any specific allergy. Examination revealed dry skin with round erythematous plaque with yellowish oozing and crusting over the right anterior tibial region. A clinical diagnosis of nummular (coin shaped) or discoid eczem...

Dyshidrotic Eczema

Dyshidrotic eczema, also known as dyshidrotic dermatitis or pompholyx, is characterized by pruritic, tense, deep-seated vesicles mainly on the palms and lateral surfaces of the fingers. In the chronic phase, scaling, desquamation, fissuring, and, sometimes, lichenification may be seen. The peak age of onset is between 20 and 30 years of age. The sex incidence is approximately equal. Most cases ...

Infantile Eczema

ACUPUNCTURE AND ECZEMA AND PSORIASIS About Eczema and Psoriasis

Atopic eczema (also known as atopic dermatitis) is a very common inflammatory skin condition.(Guidelines 2006) It is characterised by an itchy red rash that typically tends to involve the skin creases (e.g. behind the knees, folds of elbows, around the neck), and is usually relatively mild.(Emerson 1998) In the acute stage, eczematous lesions are poorly defined and red with oedema, vesicles, an...

Prevention of Eczema

Allergies are becoming more and more prevalent in the Western world. Depending on people’s age, we see different manifestations of allergy, including eczema, food allergies and hay fever. Eczema or atopic dermatitis is one of the first manifestations of allergy and affects approx. 20 percent of all children1. Genetic background plays an important part in this as well. If one of its parents has ...