Skin Health #3:: Eczema
what is eczema
Eczema falls into the family of dermatitis and is also known as Atopic dermatitis, it dries of the skin and makes the area affected bumpy and itchy. Immediately this disease affects the skin the site will look irritating and dull.
Eczema affects people in different parts of the world but on beautiful thing is that it can be treated and it's not contagious, tho in Nigeria we have the feeling and fear that eczema can be contagious but scientist has proven to it that eczema is not contagious.
Different types of eczema or dermatitis
There are so many types of dermatitis not just atopic dermatitis, there is Neurodermatitis, Seborrheic dermatitis, Contact dermatitis and many more but am focusing on atopic dermatitis today.
But all this types of dermatitis are very delegate skin disease that should be given attention as soon as noticed.
Causes of atopic dermatitis
Here in Africa it is believed that only non hygiene people develop eczema because of living in a dirty environment.
But that's not just the only cause of eczema there is more to that.
- Some products are not good for some skin color and they can cause eczema as result.
- Sensitive skins might react to some bathing water, bleach, detergent and this might cause eczema.
- Some types of dermatitis can be caused by hormone changes that is why here in Africa we often see pregnant mothers full of eczema.
- Some hormonal drugs can also cause eczema, I am an example of this when I was talking a particular hormonal drug I started having eczema all over my back, immediately I stopped the treatment my skin went back to normal.
There are many other medical and scientific factors that can cause eczema.
Development of eczema
It starts by drying up the site, then it fits a little bit inflamed and it start itching and spreads round the body.
As we can see from the above picture gradually the site will get darker than the body, and the area will look thicker too.
Should I see a doctor
Yes see a doctor immediately you notice that this skin disease is now affecting your sleep and secondly if the person starts to run temperature please see a doctor immediately.
You might have been on self treatment but no improvement please see a doctor because it can get complicated.
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Hello Medhiver @beauty197, thank you for your participation and your valuable contribution, which today you share and present to us.
Talking about Atopic Dermatitis or Ezcema, is a skin condition quite common in the general population worldwide. You present us with a current, fresh, theoretical content, to end with your recommendations.
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@marilour thanks for the suggestion, when next I will add links of where to read and get more informations about the topic, as for the picture it is a free copyright image, this is the
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1049085-overview#a1
You did well, one of the things she meant was to place the link as an extension [ name of link](link address)
You can also source some statement within the posts, it's all to make your post better.
Thanks 🙏
Your image source seems to be same as your references too. You can learn how to copy image link address. Long pressing on mobile should give you the options and you'll choose the right one.
Ohhhhk, I know better now, am making another post soon and I will do better.
Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing your post and for encouraging people to see their doctors when they have something like this. We ll get better care there than otherwise.
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