The definition of eczema

Eczema is a common skin disease. Symmetry with clinical manifestations of eczema, exudative, pruritus, multi-shaped and characterized by recurrent. Is also a kind of allergic skin inflammation to the diversity of skin rash, symmetrical distribution of recurrent severe itching, easily characterized by chronic evolution. Can occur in any part of any age, any season, but often in the winter or exacerbate relapse tendencies have exudative, chronic process, easy to attack repeatedly.

Eczema Category

According to the characteristics of lesions can be divided into acute, subacute and chronic eczema. Three, there is no clear boundaries, you can change each other.

(1) acute eczema:

Consciously intense itching, skin lesions pleomorphic, erythema, papules, or blisters herpes Hill into a film-intensive, easy-exudative, ambiguous state, surrounded by scattered small papules, Qiu herpes, often accompanied by erosion, scab, such as secondary infection , may be concentrated pustule or scab. Processing appropriate to reduce the inflammation, lesions in the 2 to 3 weeks after the regression, but often recurrent and to sub-acute or chronic eczema.

(2) subacute eczema:

To reduce inflammation after acute eczema, there is still intense itching, skin lesions with papular, crusted and main dome can be seen a small number of herpes, mild erosion. Appropriate treatment can be cured within a few weeks, not handled properly, can be converted to acute attack or chronic eczema.

(3) chronic eczema:

Often acute, subacute recurrent eczema chronic eczema to 2; also began obvious due to the regular scratch, friction or other stimulus, which is the beginning of the pathogenesis of chronic eczema. Its performance for the infiltration of the skin lesion hypertrophy, surface roughness, pigmentation or with, for the limitations of plaque lesions, common in Hand, Foot, leg, cubital fossa, breasts, vulva, anus, etc., clear edge. Chronic disease, it could take more than a few months or years, but also can stimulate the acute attack.

How the treatment of eczema, eczema treatment the best way? General eczema treatment: At present there is no effective Western treatments for eczema, the use of symptomatic treatment. Treatment within the service for more than antihistamines such as diphenhydramine, non Flanagan, chlorpheniramine, cyproheptadine and so on, can be used alone or in combination with, but also with sedatives, such as vitamin C combination. Drug dosage form outside the lesion based on clinical performance, such as swelling obvious exudation should choose the solution more than the cold wet, erythema, papules may be lotion, emulsion, cement paste, oil, etc.; were blisters, erosions were You need to use oil; performance, those with scar ointment; lichenoides change if more optional mud paste, ointment, emulsion, film, and hardware tincture.

Eczema is a disease is a recurring problem, once the physical contact allergens, or has some incentive to the attack could lead to eczema, so the selection of patients with eczema drugs must be cautious. Do not use a hormonal drug, for hormone will lead to illness, but also caused other dermatitis.

Eczema symptoms

Medical clinical diagnosis of eczema, eczema symptoms can be divided into the following categories:

(1) infant eczema: eczema baby milk of Chinese medicine called ringworm. Usually the second or after birth month began. Occurred in the Department of face and skin folds can also be extended to the whole body. General increase with age, gradually reduced to heal. But there are also a small number of cases to continue to develop in childhood or even adulthood.

1. Exudative eczema: type of fat commonly found in infants, early in the cheeks, the occurrence of erythema, papules, Qiu herpes, itch scratch due to drama and to show how the amount of red fluid surface erosion. In severe cases, can affect the whole body or even the entire face. Pustules can be seen if there is secondary infection and local lymph nodes, fever.

2. Dry eczema: the baby was particularly prevalent in the thin and weak. Occur in the scalp, glabella, such as parts for flushing performance, scaling, papules, but no significant effusion. Showed chronic infiltration may be mild hypertrophy, there are chapped, scratch or colorectal blood scab. Often paroxysmal severe itching caused by the baby crying and sleep disturbed.

(2) Children's Eczema: an allergic skin disease of children. The skin is not healthy development of children, the most outer layer of thin skin, a rich capillary network, endothelial rich moisture and chloride, so prone to eczema, allergic reaction.

(3) breast eczema: more common in breast-feeding women, the areola moist, erosive, crusted, time may be thickened slightly longer, the occurrence of chapped, pain when feeding. long-term. There subcutaneous induration, and should be considered eczema complicated by the possibility of carcinoma. Therefore, breast eczema should be more alert to the timely inspection.

(4) scrotum eczema: Acute are swelling, water, scab. While chronic thickening planus, and very itchy and easy to relapse. Often associated with local hyperhidrosis, genital stimulation, neuroendocrine obstacles, such as chronic prostatitis.

(5) female genital eczema: often the size of the labia minora and the adjacent skin irritation, erosion and chronic thickening, very itchy. Often associated with fungal vaginitis, leukorrhea and endocrine disorders on the increase.

(6) anal eczema: acute stage of eczema around anus red and swollen, rotten to the core, chronic phase showed infiltration, hypertrophy, or even chapped.and pain, especially in the more obvious after it. As a result of regular scratch, thickening or thinning of the skin can be, shiny shrink. Anal eczema children with Enterobius vermicularis, and adults with hemorrhoids, hyperhidrosis relevant.

(7) of hand eczema: the Department took place in the palm of your hand easy to infiltration thickening, the formation of hyperkeratosis chapped. Finger client recurrent vesicular eczema often, crusted, thickened, scaling, involving a nail bed can affect the development of the Department, with the result that the deck of rough, uneven depression. Contact with water, soap, washing powder, such as eczema often heavier.

(8) foot leg eczema: incidence of anterior tibial and ankle, often as a result of varicose veins of lower extremity or trauma. Knot buff thickened, moss, and erosion can also be positive, flowing, easy-secondary infection or the formation of ulcers, refractory stubborn.

(9) chapped eczema: with allergies, and by the daily contact with detergents, soaps, dyes, paints and caused by sunlight and other stimuli. In the course of disease, trauma, endocrine disorders and other factors may increase the disease.

Common sense to prevent eczema

In particular, chronic eczema, and most of the treatment through the years has not been cured, patients often lose their confidence. In fact, eczema is not "incurable" disease incidence as a result of the reasons are complex, difficult to treatment. Patients and doctors should be to establish confidence in healing as much as possible to avoid all kinds of suspicious pathogenic factors, such as laundry water, excessive use of soap, scratch and outside force, such as drug misuse. Life to avoid stress, over exertion, food eat chili, fish, shrimp, crab or strong tea, coffee, alcohol, clothing should not use silk, wool and chemical fiber products, to maintain normal bowel patency, adequate sleep, Note the winter cleaning and moisturizing skin. These can reduce the recurrence of eczema.