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I have this problem
for the past fifteen years! If I take medicine it
subsides for some months and again appears. I am fed
up of taking the medicines! No use!". Eczema
is an allergic skin disease. It is another form of
Dermatitis. It is very common among infants and children.
Adults do report this as a chronic ailment. Strictly
speaking, eczema is a chronic form of
Urticaria.
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Eczema
causes a very frustrating situation for the sufferer
and for the family.You can say this is a costliest
skin disease. Most of the patients think that it is
incurable. Homoeopathy has definite solutions!
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Eczema appears most frequently on the
face, neck, wrists, elbows and knees but may involve
any area of the body. In children, the inner creases
of the knees and elbows are often affected. It usually
starts with itching, and once the sufferer scratches
and it's almost impossible not to scratch the skin
gets even more irritated. It becomes red and dry with
blister, crack and even become like dried leather.
As you can imagine, it gets even more itchy, which
leads to more scratching.
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And with all
that scratching, the skin breaks down and becomes
very susceptible to infection with bacteria, viruses
and fungi. Sometimes small watery blisters form that
may ooze water or thick sticky “Honey”
like fluid.
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Contact dermatitis is another
most commonest skin lesion which may be allergic due
to an irritant. Sun Allergy, Dermatitis due to imitation,
Ear-rings or chain, kumkum, inner garments are very
common clinical manifestations. An allergent or an
irritant most often affects workers in industry, construction,
hairdressing, food preparation, floristry, housekeeping,
and health care. Rubber, soaps, solvents, adhesives,
and metals are chief culprits on the job.
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Even the offenders include shoes, fragrances in personal
hygiene products, and dyes in clothing. Your Doctor
will diagnose easily and differentiate with Tinea,
and Psoriasis
without special investigation.
What causes it?
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Allergy
is the basic for Eczema. As asthma, it is a hereditary
disease. Eczema is often associated with asthma. Clinical
study will establish the familial tendency of anyone
of the allergic diseases such as eczema, allergic
rhinitis or asthma they give history of suppression
of these ailments with strong medication. There are
certain genes that make extra-sensitive skin. The
combination of extra-sensitive skin and a trigger
in the environment just pushes some victims over the
eczema edge. In those predisposed to eczema, outbreaks
may be caused by a change in the way a person's immune
system reacts to certain kinds of physical, chemical
or emotional induced stress.
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In
susceptible people, outbreaks can be caused by "Allergic
triggers". Besides with potential allergens,
any emotionally charged event such as a move to a
new job, shock or depression may trigger a flare-up
of the disorder.
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But
how can I manage the itching?
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really can't expect a child to stop scratching something
so itchy eventhough, you tell him so and you know what's
good for him. Try to reduce the itch by keeping the
skin moist and cool. You don't have to cut down on baths,
but do use a very moisturizing soap or put a little
vegetable oil in the bath. Keep those fingernails short
and clean even if they do scratch, they don't cut and
cause infections.
Liquid paraffin, petroleum jelly, or
coconut oil topical application would help the moisturising
effect. Avoid all the possible food allergens from your
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| Treatment |
Clinically,
most of the eczema patients enter a Homoeopathic clinic
as a chronic sufferer giving a history of suppression
with antihistamines and steroids. If you study carefully,
these ailments are genetically predisposed and immune-based.
The chemical or steroid drugs used in modern medicine
can palliate your symptoms for a short period. This
suppression will take its own form with another name
of allergic diseases such as Dust Allergy, Asthma
and Urticaria .
If we analyze the disease it appears
gradually on the particular victim as the disease
force develops from the genes. This force cannot be
tackled with a forcible medication. The medicine should
be similar to the nature of the disease and administered
in dynamic form. That could be a Homoeopathic Remedy!
This wonderful medicine alone will establish a permanent
cure.
Normally, people believe that the Homoeopathic
medicine will make the ailment worse earlier and then
heals it. This is not true . This could be possible
only with a history of suppression as in this ailment
with a history of strong medication. When a patient
is administered with a suitable remedy he may develop
his previous symptoms such as Itching or Oozing but
it would make you fine with clear skin within a couple
of months.
Since eczema often
runs in families, parents may have a good idea whether
their own children are at risk. But even if the child
inherits the predisposition, we are able to lower
the chances of being a chronic sufferer.
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