Eczema on hands
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Although people of all ages are affected by eczema, genes seem to have the final word in the spreading of the disease. Where does eczema appear? Well, it can be seen almost everywhere on the skin.
You can recognize eczema by the following symptoms: dryness of skin, repeated rashes, redness of the skin, skin swelling/edema, itching, crusting, blistering, flaking, oozing, cracking and even bleeding. Besides these, occasionally, temporary skin discoloration might appear due to lesions that have already healed. However, scarring, very seldom accompanies eczema.
The hand eczema is a very common condition. It affects 10% of women and 4% of men, according to Ronald Vender, MD, FRCCP. Apparently, hand eczema has been reported mainly by people who work as homemakers, bartenders, mechanics, hairdressers, surgeons or dental workers, as well as by parents. What do all these people have in common? Humidity favors hand eczema and all the above mentioned categories will wash their hands very often.
Approximately 75% of people who suffer from eczema are diagnosed with the type called contact dermatitis. This can be allergic or irritant and it is difficult to make the difference between them sometimes. Hand eczema differs in severity from individual to individual but it usually becomes apparent by skin redness and dryness.
Initially it appears between fingers and on them with the possibility for the skin to become scaly and itchy. Like the other types of eczema, in time, hand eczema may also lead to the appearance of cracking, swelling and blisters on the skin of the hand. If left untreated the condition will gradually spread to the skin of feet and arms.
The most basic trigger of hand eczema is therepeated wetting and drying of hands. Three situations favor the development of the problem: if you had previous episodes of atopic eczema, if you suffer from asthma or hay fever, and if you have psoriasis. Fortunately there are a few things you can do to ease your hand eczema symptoms and get rid of the condition. Besides the practical advice that any health care provider will give you in such situations there are also some pharmaceutical products from which your doctor will surely select the best. Don’t hand wash dishes, in case you wear gloves, make sure to put a cotton pair under the rubber one so as to avoid the hand irritation because of detergents or synthetic glove material.
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