General Tips for the Treatment of Eczema
Treating your eczema will vary depending on the type of eczema you have. Treatment of eczema can be as simple as changing the way you wash your clothes, or it can be as hard as changing the way you live your life. The best way to get on top of your treatment of eczema is finding out what is triggering your outbreaks. Here are a some simple tips that may help you prevent future outbreaks.
Your skin is sensitive so if must continued to be moisturized, something as simple as taking a shower may affect your skin regimen when you have eczema. I realize that sometimes when we get up in the morning you may need a cold shower to get you started for the day, but if you have eczema it’s best to take a warm shower and apply moisturizers while you are still wet. Warm showers will allow you skin to absorb the moisturizers easily. When choosing a moisturizer to apply after your shower make sure that the moisturizer is designed for dry skin and that it is fragrant free. Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Eucerin, and Aquaphor are all great products that help with the treatment of eczema.
After you completed your shower and you’re picking out your clothes for the day try to avoid tight fitting clothing that makes you itch and chafe. Try to wear loose fitting clothes that don’t irritate your sensitive skin.
Another tip that aids in the treatment of eczema is to wash your clothes in laundry detergent that works for sensitive skin. Non-fragrant Dreft works great. It’s also a good idea to take your clothes through the spin cycle twice to ensure no detergent is left after the rinse cycle.
As much as possible when your skin is irritated from an eczema flare up try to reframe from scratching. I know this treatment of eczema is much easier said than done but scratching can lead to bleeding and secondary infections. If you can’t control yourself from that annoying itch than scratch as lightly as possible, and add a moisturizer or other dressing to prevent self abrasions. Covering the affectted with dressing or you using thick gloves can lessen the damage caused by scratching.
Another useful tip in the treatment of eczema is that you don’t want to over exert yourself when you are experiencing a breakout. Sweat can aggravate the affected area further. If you must work out during an eczema flare up then try to perform routine that won’t cause your body to sweat as much. Making your routine as light as possible during breakouts will aid in the treatment of eczema.
If you have taken all of the above steps and your conditions have not improved than chances are you have not identified the trigger that is causing your eczema outbreak. Don’t give up hope eczema is a tricky disease just continue to pay close attention to how your skin reacts to certain situations and you will soon find the triggers that are haunting you. Continue to stay updated on this blog as I will continue to post tips on the treatment of eczema
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Dear Sir/`Madam,
Could ALL eczema be a fungal infection?
I first had my suspicions because areas I scratched became infected, as though eczema was transmissible. Was that because I was scratching areas of skin already susceptible, or was I spreading an infectious agent to new skin?
The evidence I was looking for was under my glasses. The pads of my glasses always had eczema under them. But was this because these were hot, sweaty susceptible areas of skin, or because infected pads (soft plastic variety) had infected the skin? The answer was given by a colleague, who had similar glasses, but eczema under only one pad - the other was completely free of eczema. This demonstrated to me that eczema was transmissible, and there was an infectious agent I might be able to defeat. And I did defeat it, by using standard anti-fungals.
(Both myself and my colleague were diagnosed with eczema, by the way, not a fungal infection.)
It is my firm belief that the vast majority of eczema sufferers suffer from a fungal infection, and that a standard double-blind trial, utilising strong anti-fungals in the trial, would prove this.
Best regards,
Ralph Ellis
I don’t like to use petroleum-based products. My skin becomes addicted to it because my body stops producing its natural oils and I get even more dry and itchy.