Eczema: atopic eczema can effects hands or other parts, hand eczema is hand only.
Answered 7/15/2015
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Eczema: Yes both are eczema and the atopic eczema refers to a specific distribution of the skin involved
Answered 7/14/2015
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Can be: Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, relapsing dermatitis that is a type of eczema specifically associated with the other "atopic" (literally, "strange") illnesses: allergic rhinitis (nasal allergies) and asthma. The term eczema is non-specific; dry, rough, scaly, itchy rash, anywhere. AD:anywhere, but prefers (based on age): cheeks, then front arms/legs, then backs of legs, then, by 19, hands.
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