Eczema is a skin inflammatory disease that is contagious and carries the acquired character. Very often hereditary character.

The disease is characterized by itching and rashes on the skin with periods of remission and exacerbation. Another name for eczema is dizziness. Wet eczema is quite common among adults. Distinguish acute and acquired form of the disease. With different types of eczema, the symptoms are identical: redness of the skin, swelling, the appearance of bubbles, mocclusion, peeling, the appearance of cracks and spots on the skin, hemorrhagic and serous crusts, severe itching.

Wet eczema has a base of immune system disorders that lead to a delayed-type allergic reaction. More necessary are psychosomatic causes, such as violations of the functions of the digestive, endocrine and nervous systems. Wet eczema also appears due to heritable location and external stimuli. Often eczema develops in children who are ill with diathesis and asthma. The location to the disease, usually, persists throughout life. The disease can manifest itself as an allergic reaction to food, pollen of plants, dust, medicines and dyes, washing powders.

Complications may be the addition of infectious and fungal components. The diagnosis is based on an anamnesis and a medical picture of such a disease, like a damp eczema. Healing of the disease is carried out in a complex and focused manner, first, to eliminate the prerequisite that triggered the development of the process. Therapy aims to eliminate neuroendocrine and neurotic disorders, exacerbation of acquired diseases. Hypoallergenic diet provides excellent results with a disease such as wet eczema. Healing includes hyposensitizing therapy, the use of sodium thiosulfate, gluconate and calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate. With more severe forms of moccasive eczema, corticosteroid hormones are recommended. A positive result is the reception of antihistamines - pipolfen, dimedrol, tavegil, peritol, telphast, clathradine.

Wetting eczema in the acute form is treated with haemodesis, group B vitamins and diuretic products. An appreciable improvement comes after taking imunnokorrektorov - decaris, thymalin, dyuzifona, pentoksila. The external healing consists in applying lotions with boric acid, dimexide, silver nitrate. The skin is treated with salicylic ointment, Castellani liquid, Wilkinson's ointment, Cestoderm, Lorinden C.

During exacerbations, it is recommended to minimize contact with water and household chemicals. The skin of the hands should be lubricated with cream, the work related to chemical substances must be done exclusively with gloves.

Breastfeeding of newborns suffering from eczema should be coordinated with the pediatrician. With all this, the baby can not be tightly wrapped and wrapped around. With wet eczema, long walks in the fresh air are very useful. Dermatologists advise to use clothes made from natural fabrics. Nails need to be carefully cut, to avoid scratching, skin trauma and development of pustules. In the bath for bathing the baby you can add decoctions of string and chamomile, bran, birch kidney extract.

The disease has a hereditary nature, therefore during pregnancy, it is recommended that future mothers be excluded from such foods as eggs, citrus fruits, smoked foods and chocolate. In the case of a wet eczema, one should keep in mind that the condition of the sun is exacerbated by the action of direct sun rays, so the affected areas should be protected from exposure to sunlight. Sunburn is useful only during the healing period, then the skin comes to normal condition.

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