Eczema

Eczema
Eczema describes many types of dermatitis or skin inflammation that can be episodic. It can be red, oozing, blistering, scaly, or thickened. On fair-skinned people the affected area turns a brownish-gray color and on dark skinned people the area becomes either lighter or darker. The typical sites are the face, elbow, wrists, and knees. Eczema is also known as atopic dermatitis and although it is a chronic problem for approximately three percent of all people in the United Stated it is most common in infants, affecting about ten percent of them. There are many different aspects of eczema that can be researched and discussed but the main topics of this paper are the symptoms so one will be able to recognize eczema, causes, and treatments, including ways of preventing the disease.
Eczema has many symptoms that will occur allowing a person to recognize it. Some signs are patches of itchy, dry, thickened skin, usually on hands, neck, face, and legs. Often the inner...