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This is a rather common, non-contagious skin condition characterized by reddening, rash-like blotchiness, sometimes cracking, weeping and crusting and bleeding of the skin. It's usually accompanied by fiery itching that can be near impossible to resist scratching, and scratching often makes the condition worse and leads to damage the affected area.
It can affect different people at different times of their lives, in different areas of their body, at differing severities. Some don't get it that badly and not for too long, some have it on-going, some have it covering large areas of their body and are affected by it badly, even left with massive scars. Although there are some suggested causes such as stress, diet and contact with irritating substances such as clothes washed with the wrong washing powder (and thus removing these things can sometimes clear it up), sometimes it can appear and disappear with no apparent cause.
Doctors are still baffled to this day as to the exact cause of it and there is no known cure, only treatments that reduce the severity of the symptoms. Different treatments work for different people, what works for one person may not necessarily work for another.
I thought we could perhaps share some treatments we've found here, as some sufferers are always looking for a better treatment (some haven't found anything that works yet).
I remember being prescribed something... P something, some number of whatever. It BURNED and only made me want to itch it more. I couldn't actually stand it. I had to wash it off and apply sudocreme, which cooled the burning instantly.
I found sudocreme cools the itching and stinging, and it helped to stop the itching which ultimately helped the excema go away at the affected site. But now it's come back elsewhere, and the sudocreme doesn't really work any more.
Currently trying a different cream (all natural ingredients, plant oils and extracts) that my grandma thinks works wonders. I'll report back with how it goes.
It can affect different people at different times of their lives, in different areas of their body, at differing severities. Some don't get it that badly and not for too long, some have it on-going, some have it covering large areas of their body and are affected by it badly, even left with massive scars. Although there are some suggested causes such as stress, diet and contact with irritating substances such as clothes washed with the wrong washing powder (and thus removing these things can sometimes clear it up), sometimes it can appear and disappear with no apparent cause.
Doctors are still baffled to this day as to the exact cause of it and there is no known cure, only treatments that reduce the severity of the symptoms. Different treatments work for different people, what works for one person may not necessarily work for another.
I thought we could perhaps share some treatments we've found here, as some sufferers are always looking for a better treatment (some haven't found anything that works yet).
I remember being prescribed something... P something, some number of whatever. It BURNED and only made me want to itch it more. I couldn't actually stand it. I had to wash it off and apply sudocreme, which cooled the burning instantly.
I found sudocreme cools the itching and stinging, and it helped to stop the itching which ultimately helped the excema go away at the affected site. But now it's come back elsewhere, and the sudocreme doesn't really work any more.
Currently trying a different cream (all natural ingredients, plant oils and extracts) that my grandma thinks works wonders. I'll report back with how it goes.
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