What causes frequent eczema?

Nowadays, many diseases recur repeatedly. One reason is that the treatment is not thorough enough, and the other is that patients do not follow the doctor's precautions after treatment, which leads to repeated attacks of the disease. Eczema is a recurring skin disease. Even after treatment, it often recurs and can really cause a person to have a mental breakdown. What is going on when eczema frequently recurs?

What is the reason for frequent eczema? Frequent eczema may be caused by allergic eczema.

Eczema can occur at any age and in any part of the body, in any season, and is prone to occur on the hands, feet, ears, breasts, vulva, and limbs, but often recurs or worsens in winter. It is characterized by symmetry, severe itching, easy recurrence, and some patients may have exudate or dryness, cracking, and desquamation at the affected skin lesions. Over time, it can lead to skin hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Eczema is not contagious.

1. Acute eczema

The skin presents with erythema, papules, vesicles, pustules, flaky patches with unclear borders, and may have yellow exudate and bright red erosions. In severe cases, secondary infection or pustules and local lymph node enlargement may occur.

2. Chronic eczema

The skin is dark red, rough, dry, and has grayish white scales that fall off easily and may be localized like coins. The skin texture becomes wider and deeper, pigmentation is accompanied by lichenification, itching is severe, and exudation is not obvious. The skin may become cracked, scratched, and bloody, or the skin may become infiltrated and thickened.

treat

In treatment, we should first understand the cause of the disease and try to avoid the stimulation of harmful factors.

1. Topical medications: Different topical medications should be used for different manifestations of eczema. If there is exudate on the skin lesions, cold wet compresses are recommended, such as 3% boric acid or 1/8000 potassium permanganate solution wet compresses. If the exudate has been significantly reduced after wet compresses, zinc oxide oil can be applied externally. After the rash is dry and the exudate has stopped, creams containing steroid hormones can be applied externally. For dryness and desquamation, you can choose moisturizers such as vaseline; for skin hyperplasia, infiltration and hypertrophy, you can use patches containing steroid hormones. If it is a bacterial infection, it is recommended to use antibiotic ointments such as mupirocin at the same time.

2. Oral medications: The antihistamine cetirizine, taken orally once a day; or loratadine, taken orally once a day.

3. Pay attention to skin care, avoid washing with hot water or soap to irritate skin lesions, and do not use irritating anti-itching drugs indiscriminately. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and avoid excessive fatigue and mental stress.

4. In terms of diet, pay attention to avoiding spicy and irritating foods , and avoid foods that are allergenic and difficult to digest, such as fish and shrimp.