Eczema on hands
Sent by: Hand Moisturizing.
Eczema is a skin disease that affects people of all ages, but for both genders the common cause is usually genetic. 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, in eczema is quite a rare consequence.
The hand eczema is a very common condition. Studies indicate that 4% of men and 10% of women are affected by the condition. 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 experience eczema are diagnosed with the type called contact dermatitis. This can be irritant or allergic and it is difficult to make the difference between them sometimes. Hand eczema differs in severity from one patient to another but it usually becomes apparent by skin redness and dryness.
Initially it manifests on fingers and between them and it can become very itchy and scaly. As it happens with the other types of eczema, in time, hand eczema may also develop blisters and cracks on hand skin. If it is not treated properly and in due time, it will probably spread to arms and feet.
The most basic cause of hand eczema is therepeated wetting and drying of hands. Three situations favor the development of the problem: if you had atopic eczema in your childhood, if you have a history of hay fever or asthma, and in case 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.
Sent by: Hand Moisturizing, Pankrella Christina.
