Skin Allergy and Skin Allergy Symptoms

Skin Allergies

There are various kinds of skin allergies commonly known. For the most, widely recognized skin allergy is Eczema. Atopic eczema links with asthma and hay fever. People of all ages are affected by them. My son has Eczema. He’s going to turn 3 in October. About 3 months after he was born, he developed baby acne all over his face. Even after about 6 weeks, the rash did not go away. That’s when I knew he had baby eczema. While getting diagnose was a relief, there was so much to learn about topical treatment creams and eczema creams and such. Now he’s almost three years old and I say he has improved so much dealing with eczema.

ECZEMA

Did you know that the word ‘Eczema’ comes from Greek words that mean ‘to boil over’? Eczema is also known as ‘atopic dermatitis’. This is a common condition. More than 15 million Americans have this condition and ten percent of that is children. There’s growing number of people diagnosed with Eczema. Lot of talk is that it’s due to increasing exposure to chemicals and other allergens. Eczema is due to very dry skin where itchy inflammation occurs. The more you scratch more inflammation that leads to possible skin infections will occur. Here are some of symptoms of skin allergies:

· Redness of skin

· Dry skin, where scratched areas become thickened

· Affected areas appear to have lumps or blisters

· Weeping or crusty deposits

Studies have shown that Atopic Eczema often occurs where there are families with a history of allergies but certain people just have eczema without the family history. Also related to eczema is stress.

Other reasons for eczema may be result of skin contact with a substance to which the individual is sensitive to. In some cases, a person may have chronic eczema without any known allergies. For these cases, a person needs to pay special attention to avoid contact with irritating chemicals, powders, cleaning agents, etc. Use of eczema creams will help to alleviate these symptoms.

TOPICAL TREATMENT AND ANTIHISTAMINE

Eczema patients have dry skin. In order to alleviate dry skin is use of eczema cream. Using the cream will hydrate your skin and keeps it healthy looking. Best eczema creams are available in herbal formulations. If eczema conditions are severe, prescription ointment/cream that has steroids will help to reduce inflammation.

Antihistamine helps with itching. It’s vital to keep fast acting antihistamine in the house to control the itching especially at bedtime to control scratching while sleeping. My son uses both steroid cream and Benadryl to help with his eczema.

Patients with eczema should avoid using harsh chemical in their personal care products. Often labeled for eczema user products does not include fragrance or harsh chemicals. Use of mild, non-drying soap and it’s known that liquid non-soap cleanser helps with sensitive skin.

HIVES

Hives can appear anywhere on the body. Hives are smooth, raised, red, pink or white bumps of varying sizes. Also you can get hives inside your throat. These hives are dangerous because it affects your breathing. Hives usually appear right away after allergic reaction. Common allergic reaction that cause hives come from:

· Drugs (antibiotics)

· Foods (fish, shellfish, nuts, peanuts, eggs, berries and food additives)

· Insect bites or stings

· Pollens, molds, animal hair which are inhalant allergens

· Contact allergens (chemicals, plant substances, skin creams, cat scratches, moth scales or even animal saliva)

While medications such as antihistamines are great treatment for hives it’s important to identify the cause for this allergic reaction. If for some reason, hives are not related to allergy, it’s difficult to find the cause.

Often in cases of skin allergies, a rash may break out on your face even though an allergen did not directly come in contact with your face. You can touch with your hands whatever you’re allergic to and then touch your face to have the breakout on your face. Skin on our hands is much thicker than our face, so the breakout on our face can have more severe reaction.

At anytime you can have allergic reaction even if you have been using the product before without a reaction. Consult with your physician or dermatologist for proper diagnose and treatment for skin allergies.