International Eczema-Psoriasis Foundation: Eczema …

Our Mission is for Eczema, Psoriasis and Dermatitis information to be easily understood to enable the patient to improve their treatment of eczema rashes, psoriasis rashes, and dermatitis rashes. The eczema - psoriasis symptoms and past treatments vary from one patient to another, and treatment must be tailored for each individual case. Therefore, we do not answer individual questions about your skin condition.

The eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis skin areas are sensitive, irritating and at times painful that affects our work as well as our emotional well being and sometimes affects our friends, spouse and other relatives. Our skin is our front line protection against the outside world. The skin guards our internal organs against sunburn, dirt, bacteria, and other dangers. As our body's largest organ, the skin is also the first to react to changes that affects our skin and our entire body.

Eczema (often referred to as dermatitis affects both children and adults with a rash or red patches of irritated skin. The normal cause or response is due to contact with a skin irritant or environmental factor such as products with chemicals including detergents, perfumes and cosmetics and sometimes clothing that has an allergen or rub or abrade an area or shoes that continue to irritate the foot or ankle. Most forms of eczema often short term hopefully and the skin will often regenerate if the cause is eliminated. The eczema symptoms range from dry, itchy, rashes and sometimes a scaly skin area appears. Severe symptoms may become red, raw and bleeding.

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition with symptoms of whitish silver 'layers of rough scales' over the skin lesion that often itch. Usually most medical researchers think of psoriasis as immune disorder therefore psoriasis is usually thought of as a long term skin disorder. We don't think it has to be this way as the body's immune system can be changed.

Our immune system over reacts as the body is in the sympathetic mode of 'fight or flight'. Fight refers to any actual aggressive item of not just a physical fight but just pushing extremely hard to get a job done which causes a state of anxiety. And similarly the sympathetic nervous stem is in a 'flight' is we are running from the bear or some other enemy or problem that can be affecting us that keeps us engaged or irritated. Therefore the body is trying 'too hard' to grow new skin cells and the cells build up in response to the need much like those patients with leukemia with an over supply or over production of white blood cells. Likewise with those patients with multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis. The skin cells generate much more frequently in four days instead of the normal twenty eight days or monthly thus a build up of scaly white silvery scales.

Improving the quality of our intake of foods and beverages help very much to improve our immune system by increasing the potential of hydrogen needed for new skin regeneration and likewise of all vital organs including our minds. Foods such as vegetables and water are the highest on hydrogen which is the one atom that holds all body cells together and aids in new skin cell regeneration. The result is a build up of hydrogen in the body for skin cell repair and better looking skin.

Eczema is a common skin disorder. Symptoms of eczema include dry, rough, red, itchy, skin dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing or bleeding skin and scaling of the skin. One of the most common symptom is the itch, which is a side effect of eczema.

Psoriasis is a skin condition that occurs when the cells of the skin grow too quickly. The signals from the immune system causes the skin cells to form in days rather than weeks. The body does not shed these excess skin cells, but will continue to pile new forming cells on the surface of the skin.

Dermatitis is a general term that describes an itchy skin with rashes or inflammation of the skin. There are different types of dermatitis, including seborrheic dermatitis and atopic dermatitis (eczema). Though the disorder can have many causes and occur in many forms, it usually involves swollen, reddened skin. Dermatitis is a common condition that is not life-threatening or contagious. But, it can make you feel uncomfortable and self-conscious.

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