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.