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Eczema Can Trigger Your Depression
Many people mistakenly dismiss eczema as a minor inconvenience or irritation. After all, eczema can hardly be said to be a life threatening disease or illness. These people do not fully understand that eczema can affect the normal functioning of a person. It is not just the physical appearance and mere discomfort of itchy skin. Eczema can cause pain due to bleeding and intense irritation. If you are one of those that suffer from moderate to severe eczema, you may feel depressed by reactions of the people around and by your own feelings of insecurity.
In 2004 the National Eczema Society as well as a series of global patient support groups backed a study. This study was the most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted anywhere in the world. The study, called ISOLATE (International Study Of Life with Atopic Eczema), examined the emotional and psychological cost of living with atopic eczema. Atopic Eczema is the most widespread type of eczema.
Two thousand people from eight different countries (France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, the United States and the UK) participated in the study. The participants had moderate to severe eczema skin type.
The study showed that an astounding one quarter of the people interviewed had at one point or other been teased or bullied by others because of their skin condition. Those whose eczema started in childhood and improved only slightly as they aged, carried their problems into their adulthood. Many people interviewed for the study felt that the skin condition affected their quality of life greatly.
For example many people described workplace related problems whereby they had to endure cruel comments openly or behind their backs. They had to suffer from constant stares and a lack of understanding about the disorder. Many co-workers of these individuals mistakenly believed that the eczema disease is contagious and therefore, seek to ostracize the eczema sufferer.
Besides the blatant discrimination at their place of work, one out of every seven patients interviewed firmly believed that their careers got compromised by their skin condition. Many cited problems of getting jobs not because of lack of experience, education or knowledge but because of their eczema skin conditions.
Eczema can also affect the personal life of a sufferer. Many sufferers reported that dating and even the choice not to marry came about as a result of their skin disorder. They reported feeling of insecurity and awkwardness when finding a mate and especially during times of the worst flare-ups.
Without a doubt, eczema can affect your productivity. You should take measures to address your skin disorder and seek to reduce your stress and depression levels.
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Blisters Bubbles And Other Eczema Flare-ups
Let's face it -- eczema is not pleasant to look at, not for the person who has it nor for people looking at that person. Of course, we have a tendency to overreact to even minor disfigurements in our society. The result is that many people with the skin affliction understandably feel self-conscious about their appearance.
Sometimes blisters and bubbles develop as a result of allergies and inflammation of the skin. This is most common in cases of people who suffer from allergic contact eczema, sometimes referred to as allergic contact dermatitis, and irritant-contact eczema. Eczema is defined as: A form of dermatitis, which is a skin irritation, characterized by red, flaky skin, sometimes with cracks or tiny blisters. These blisters may also look like bubbles just below the surface of the skin. Itching and drynessare the two greatest enemies of this skin condition. Therefore keeping the skin well moisturized at all times are paramount to the reduction of flare-ups.
Contact eczema or contact dermatitis occurs when the skin touches something that irritates it. This ignites an allergic reaction. This can occur as a result of close contact with latex, solvents, chemicals, nickel, harsh detergents, or specific plants, for example, poison oak, poison sumac or poison ivy. The inflammation that arises as a result of the allergic reaction can cause blisters and/or bubbling of the skin. Sometimes an autoimmune disease occurs as a result of contact eczema that causes blisters appearing on the skin. Autoimmune disease occurs when your own body turns on itself and attacks your skin. The cause is unknown.
A skin blister is defined as a bubble of fluid beneath the skin. Serum is the clear, watery liquid inside a blister. The serum leaks in from neighboring tissues in reaction to injured skin. If the blister remains closed, serum can provide natural protection for the skin beneath it. Vesicles are small blisters. Bullae are blisters that are larger than half an inch. A blood blister, rather than serum, is filled with blood. These two, allergic contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis are the types of eczema that often cause blisters. Other kinds don't result in blisters.
The most common symptoms of eczema eruptions include a rash, very dry, raw and itchy skin as well as skin that is flaky, red, and inflamed. When most severe, eczema can result in scaly, crusty, and cracked skin that can bleed or weep fluid. This is not only unsightly but very painful as well. Infants most commonly develop patchy rashes on their face, elbows, and knees. Older children and teenagers commonly develop an unsightly and itchy eczema rash on the sides of their neck, their wrists and hands, inside the elbows, behind the knees and the ankles. Finally, adults experience eczema rashes commonly on their hands, arms, legs, and neck. While it is less common for adults to develop eczema on their face, it does occaisionally happen.
It can not be over-emphasized that in order to fight eczema and to discourage flare-ups, it is of utmost importance to moisturize your skin twice daily and to be committed to doing so regularly. Hydrated skin is healthy skin. Dry skin, on the other hand, is more likely to break or crack, especially when scratched. Whatever you do, don't let your skin get thirsty and lacking moisture. Moisturize your skin as often as possible, and moisturize yourself on the inside as well by drinking plenty of purified water every day. Though the eight glasses a day mantra is something of a myth, repeated by millions, try to drink as much as you can even if it is fewer than eight glasses.
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Robert Miller is an author for several well-known online magazines, on
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