Question 1

what causes exzma?

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Eczema: It is unclear exactly what causes eczema but from a holistic stand point, it's an imbalance in the immune system over acting to an unknown substance that we had introduced into our body through our gut.  If we heal the gut a lot of our peculiar ailments will disappear. A good quality probiotic is a good start.  All disease starts in the gut, according to hippocrates.

Question 2

what should i do for my eszema?

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Eczema: Steroid creams and moisturizing creams twice a day are best.  This is a chronic disease.   Hope this helps

Question 3

my baby got really bad ezecma what do i do?

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Avoid dry skin: Dove bar soap for sensitive skin, stelatopia cream cleanser, cetaphil gentle skin cleanser, are examples of cleansers.Baths should be warm, not hot, short about 10 minutes. Avoid dry skin by keeping moist  aquaphor healing ointment, cerave moisturizing cream, cetaphil moisturizing cream, eucerin etc.Topical steroids may be necessary for severe cases. Dermatologist canbe consulted if no results.

Question 4

how do you treat excema?

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Eczema: You must find the cause and if possible remove it.  Eczema is not a specific disease, but inflammation from whatever cause confined to the epidermis, with cell swelling and death in patches.   The most common variant is in the flexural creases of elbows and knees.  Many rx's; topical steroids such as over-the-counter Hydrocortisone can be very helpful especially under saran-wrap.

Question 5

what should i do about exzema?

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Depends: On severity of your eczema. You will need prescriptions for topical steroids and any good moisturizers. Use skin cleansers for baths instead of soaps . Go see your physician about it before it gets out of control

Question 6

what to eat to make ezema better?

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Not much: Diet has little effect on eczema, yet some small studies have found that probiotics and teas may help relieve eczema.

Question 7

can excema be cured or just managed?

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Managed: It is often a chronic condition, but may go into remission if triggers can be avoided. For contact dermatitis identifying contact allergy with patch testing is important. Identificatuon of trigger foods with possible oral desentisation with oral desntization has been shown to lead to eczema free skin in about two thirds of individuals in 2 years.

Question 8

hey looking at what i can do for weeping exczema ?

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See a dermatlogist: for cortisone medicated wraps. Yo may need systemic prednisone.

Question 9

my excema on my back won't go away after a couple years?

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Eczema: We need to know exactly what have you tried, for how long, and look at you skin, and review your medical history.

Question 10

what is the best thing to do about excema and how do children get it?

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Moisturize skin: Children are often genetically predisposed to getting eczema, and it often is seen with other allergies and asthma.  To treat you need to keep the skin well moisturized- use a daily moisturizing cream.  Sometimes children may also need topical creams to help with the inflammation (such as hydrocortisone) or to combat a secondary bacterial infection.  Anti-histamines such as Benadryl (diphenhydramine) help with itch.

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