Eczema

Eczema affects people of every age and is equally widespread in both males and females. It is one of the most common skin disorders and doctors often use the word “dermatitis” interchangeably with eczema. Eczema is skin that is dry, itchy, inflamed and extremely irritated. Eczema is a skin condition that can be mild dry eczema; it can be acute or at its worse it can be chronic. Atopic eczema, the most common type of eczema, affects approximately one in every eight children in the United States every year. It very often affects infants as well. In fact it is estimated that a high percentage of newborns (in the area of thirty percent) are likely to develop the skin disorder.
Approximately seventy-five percent of children who develop eczema early in their lives will outgrow it before they reach their teens or early adulthood, however over half of these same children are very likely to develop asthma, hay fever or hypersensitivity to many allergens. As well these children will always be prone to drier skin than those who have never had eczema. Eczema of the face is the most popular spot for a child to develop the skin problem although it often also shows up on the hands, elbows and backs of knees. For reasons unknown, it tends to improve first on the face as a child grows but it is slower to leave the other affected areas of the body.

Moisturizing is such a vital part of living with eczema, regardless of what age a person is. An important distinction must be made about eczema- eczema in and of itself is not an allergy, but there are a vast amount of allergies that can cause eczema to occur and then reoccur time and time again. Being aware of the difference between the two is important to understanding the disorder.
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