Our skin is the main point of protection for our bodies, so having eczema breaks down our body’s protection making us more susceptible to infections. We need to make sure we do everything we can to avoid the causes as well as take precautions to replenish what is stripped away from our skin. Drinking water is vital for healthy skin. It sustains cell health and eliminates toxins and waste. Vitamins A, C, D, & E are also significant in the health of your skin, promoting rapid healing.
Dry skin comes from multiple factors and can be caused by genetics, friction, lack of vitamins A & B, and exposure to extreme cold or heat. Some of the most common triggers of eczema are allergens, colds, rough materials, irritants, excessive wetting and drying of the skin, hard water, fragrances & dyes, stress, and low humidity. It is best to avoid anything that your skin reacts negatively to. Even though irritations are not permanent, prolonged use of the irritants can cause permanent allergic reactions.
Physical irritants may be wool or lanolin and would basically cause contact eczema. Contact eczema can be an allergic reaction to things (examples: poison ivy, nickel, ect.) or an irritation from things like detergent. It can also be caused after sunlight exposure, known as phototoxic dermatitis.
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is the greasy peeling of the scalp, eyebrows, & face. It may be caused from a lack of biotin and is also known as cradle cap in infants. This is usually the first type of eczema we will see in our children. Another form we may see is also xerotic eczema, which is dry skin that is serious enough it turns into eczema. It resembles a cracked riverbed. It is also known as asteatotic, craquele, craquelatum, winter itch, or pruritus hiemalis.
Atopic eczema is a form of hereditary eczema. It is an allergic disease and runs in families, usually with asthma. It is also known as infantile, flexural, and atopic dermatitis. Myself as well as 2 of my children suffer from this type of eczema. My oldest and I have asthma, and my middle daughter has been diagnosed with a wheat allergy that I later found is something that triggered her eczema. Researchers have studied eczema in people who suffer from celiac disease. It has been found that eczema occurs 3 times more frequently in celiac patients and 2 times more frequently in relatives of celiac patients.
No matter what form of eczema you have, tap water can cause your skin to become dried and chapped. It is recommended to keep your hand washing to no more than 10 to 15 times daily, especially in hard water. Other things to stay clear from is the prolonged use of topical corticosteroids. Using them excessively can increase side effect risks, the most common being atrophy. People with eczema also should not get the Small Pox vaccine. You are at risk of eczema vaccunatum, which can be fatal.
Cole, Gary W. eMedicinehealth; Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis), 18 October 2011. Web. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/eczema/article_em.htm
U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed Health. Atopic Eczema, 10 October 2010. Web. 18 October 2011. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001856/
Wikipedia: Eczema. Web. 18 October 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema
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