Eczema Symptoms

Symptoms

Although the different forms of eczema in terms of cause (etiology), emergence of disease (pathogenesis) and the typical clinical picture differ, there is at all a typical eczema reaction. This manifests itself in a typical sequence of symptoms in different stages, which when in contact dermatitis is most pronounced.

Acute stage

The acute dermatitis reaction begins with a pale skin, which is based on the location of the skin irritation is limited (stage erythematosum). In less severe cases, the eczema will heal within a few days. With a stronger reaction to form small, rarely more than pinhead large vesicles, which is filled with clear fluid and itch severely (stage vesicolosum). The bubbles tend to burst quickly and wet (stage madidans). After drying crusts are formed (stage crustosum). If the cause of the dermatitis occurs only once, finally shed form (stage squamosum) and heals from the eczema. The acute stage is uniform and at the same time.

Chronic stage

For repeated or sustained by the irritation heals trigger the eczema, and is not chronic. The different forms of reaction (redness, blisters, crusts, scales) occur simultaneously and side by side on alternating. In addition, inflammatory nodules, as well as scratch-related tracks. Eczema in the chronic stage are less sharply limited. The skin to swell. As a result, a coarse skin (lichenification).

Complications

As a complication of eczema can be super-infection with bacteria or virus occur. A serious but rare complication that primarily occurs in atopic dermatitis, is characterized by herpes simplex virus-induced Eczema herpeticum.

Eczema

The eczema is a skin disease that are in a non-infectious inflammation of the skin expresses. Eczema can be caused by different triggers are. It is characterized by a typical sequence of the characteristic skin reaction (redness, blistering, oozing, crusts, desquamation). The group of eczema include different types of eczema, according to different criteria to classify. Is often synonymous with the broader term dermatitis is used, which, however, also include skin infections that do not count on the eczema. Especially in the Anglo-American language use is the term preferred instead dermatitis eczema used

Eczema: causes, diagnosis, treatment

Red spots on the skin, mostly accompanied by severe itching - what can that be? In most cases it is a dermatitis. Eczema represent 30 to 40 percent for the largest proportion of skin diseases.

Eczema is the collective term for inflammatory, usually itchy, non-contagious skin disease. There are different forms.

1. After the course

* The acute dermatitis, often with itching, redness and blistering is connected. The herd is often wet, and incrustation easy.

* A chronic dermatitis is characterized by dry, scaly skin, increased keratinisation and marked pruritus. The skin is thickened, cracked, and it is rough.

2. After the timer

* Eczema, caused by external factors (exogenous eczema) which, so-called contact eczema. Differences will be allergic to (food, metals) and non-allergic (eg cleaning chemicals) contact eczema.

* Eczema, mainly by internal factors (endogenous eczema) cause. In a endogenous eczema is a genetic predisposition exists - it affects about ten percent of the population. The most common endogenous eczema is called atopic eczema - the neurodermatitis. Ill children in a frequency of about 30% in atopic dermatitis, if a parent under this skin disease. If both parents endogenous eczema occurred, so the disease about 60% of children. Often those affected also suffer under bronchial asthma, hay fever or food allergies.