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Eczema (sometimes called atopic dermatitis or allergic eczema) is a common skin condition that mainly affects infants, but can also affect older children and adults.
Eczema causes redness, itching, and skin thickening. Many people with eczema also suffer from other allergic conditions such as hay fever, asthma, or food allergies.
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Discoid eczema is a common type of eczema or dermatitis with coin-shaped areas of inflammation on the limbs or torso. It is usually very itchy.
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Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is an itchy, scaly red or pink rash, often found in association with dry skin. Eczema often gets better with age, but problems with dry, sensitive skin often persist.
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Eczema is a common skin disorder that affects all ages but most commonly babies and children.
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Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is treated by protecting your skin barrier with moisturisers, avoiding irritants and allergens, and treating flare-ups with medicated ointments or creams.
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Children with eczema get itchy, red, scaly patches on their skin. You should see your GP if you think your child might have eczema also called dermatitis.
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Eczema occurs in around 1 in 5 infants, but usually improves during the teenage years. Most patients either have or will develop other allergies with age.
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Dermatitis (also called eczema) is a skin condition which is common among farmers. It is very uncomfortable and can be caused by contact with a range of things on the farm including: Farm chemicals Solvents and cleaners Disinfectants Pesticides &...
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Eczema (also called atopic dermatitis) is a skin rash which is common in babies and young children, but which tends to get better as they get older. The skin is very itchy and it can be quite distressing to the child. It can usually be controlled and the child helped to feel more comfortable.
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Angioedema , Urticaria (hives), Contact Dermatitis, Eczema, Eczema Action Plan
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This review of clinical trials aimed to find out whether topical pimecrolimus is better than topical corticosteroids or tacrolimus for treating eczema in infants, children and adults by assessing the improvement of eczema and adverse events associated with treatments.
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Eczema is a skin condition characterised by an itchy red rash, which affects between 5 and 20% of people at some time in their life. People with eczema have different bacteria in their gut to people without eczema, and sometimes they have inflammation in their gut. It may be possible to treat eczema symptoms by changing the mix of gut bacteria or by reducing inflammation in the gut. One type of treatment that might achieve this is probiotics - these are live micro-organisms taken by mouth such as the Lactobacillus bacteria found in unpasteurised milk and yoghurt. This review of twelve trials found that probiotics do not reduce eczema symptoms such as itching, nor do they change the overall severity of eczema judged by patients or their doctors. The results varied between different trials but overall do not suggest that probiotics are an effective treatment for eczema. Further studies of new probiotics are needed, because it is possible that different types of probiotics which haven't yet been studied in eczema treatment could be more effective. Probiotics can rarely cause infections and gut problems.
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Atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis or childhood eczema) is a big problem worldwide. The skin of people with atopic eczema often contains high numbers of a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).
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At least one in seven children and one in 50 adults suffer from atopic eczema, a skin condition characterised by an itchy red rash. People with atopic eczema are allergic to things in the environment, such as house dust mites, and exposure to what they are allergic to may make their eczema worse. Specific allergen immunotherapy is a treatment that involves a course of injections or drops under the tongue containing the substance to which a person is allergic. The treatment can reduce the severity of a person's allergy and may therefore be able to reduce symptoms of atopic eczema. We evaluated whether specific allergen immunotherapy was better or worse than a standard treatment or placebo at improving disease severity and symptoms as assessed by participants, parents, or investigators.
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Atopic eczema is the most common inflammatory skin disease of childhood in developed countries. The cause of atopic eczema is probably due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Atopic eczema varies in severity, often from one hour to the next and the disease can be associated with complications such as bacterial and viral infections. There is a substantial economic cost not only to the family of the person with atopic eczema but also to health services. Although there is currently no cure for atopic eczema, a wide range of treatments are used to control the symptoms. One such approach is a dietary one, whereby certain foods such as cows' milk are excluded on the basis that they are thought to cause eczema to worsen. The reason for undertaking this review is because the effectiveness of removing various foods from the diet in the short term management of atopic eczema is unclear.
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Eczema is a skin condition characterised by an itchy, red rash, which affects 5% to 20% of people worldwide. There is no cure, but many treatments can help improve the skin's condition, making life easier. In those for whom these treatments do not work well or who fear their long-term effects, there is often a belief that either something in their diet, or something missing in their diet, is making their eczema worse.
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Eczema is an itchy and red skin condition, which may affect 20% of people world wide at some time in their life. Though it may improve with age, there is no cure. Many children outgrow this disorder as they reach secondary school age. Constant itch makes life uncomfortable for those with this condition, no matter what age they are.
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