A Case Discussion On Eczema

Like we learned in chapter 1 the job of the integumentary system is to cover and protect the body but what happens if your skin develops a disease like eczema? Eczema is a chronic, common, non-infective inflammatory condition characterized by intense pruritus, redness, and scaling (Eczema, p.1). This condition can appear at any age, but it usually occurs during infancy or early childhood (Eczema, p.1). Eczema or any skin disease are the most common group of occupational health problems leading to absence from work (Eczema, p.1). Several factors play a big role in eczema, both internally and externally, depending on your genetic makeup you may be prone to getting eczema in as early as a few months after you were born or by allergens as a young

Mild cases of Eczema are a little worse than a tendency toward dry, itching skin.

The goal of treatment for eczema is to relieve and prevent itching, which can lead to infection (2017 Web MD, LLC, 2017). There are things to do at home to relieve symptoms such as lukewarm baths, applying moisturizer, moisturizing every day, wearing cotton and soft fabrics, using mild soap, air drying or gently patting skin dry, learning individual eczema triggers, using a humidifier and keeping fingernails short (McIntosh, 2017).

Dermatitis is a general term that describes an inflammation of the skin. There are different types of dermatitis, including seborrheic dermatitis and atopic dermatitis (eczema). Although the disorder can have many causes and occur in many forms, it usually involves swollen, reddened and itchy skin. (www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/dermatitis-000048.htm)

Having a family history of skin rashes, reactions to foods, skin prick tests and total serum IgE levels determined the mother and the father atopic status. After reviewing table 2, it appears that for gestational age and birth weight of infants who have an atopic background are at higher risk of developing eczema. Non-atopic parents can also have infants at risk for developing eczema. Non-atopic parents can reduce the risk of their infants developing eczema by not feeding infants solid foods at least until 10 weeks post-term which leads me to the feeding practices for

eczema through immunoglobulin or scratch tests to determine the cause of symptoms and to best

Growing up, I had a condition that affected me and gave me a very hard time, writing this paper I was able to learn a lot about my condition. Eczema is a dry skin condition in which skin becomes inflamed and irritated. Eczema originates from a Greek word, “ekzein” which means “to boil,” it is also called dermatitis. Eczema causes the skin to be dry, scaly, red and itchy. In worst case scenarios, the skin will crust or bleed. Eczema always makes the body prone to infections because constant itching may lead up to the skin splitting and bleeding. Eczema is usually associated with having allergies, asthma and hay fever.

Eczema is a term used to describe itchy, red inflammation of the skin with oozing of fluid and crusting, which doctors also describe as atopic dermatitis. People who have eczema usually have a family history of asthma, hay fever and atopic dermatitis (eczema). Dermatitis affects about one in every five people at some

Eczema is simply an itchy inflammation of the skin that can show up as red, crusty patches on the skin. Eczema not only occurs in adults but also in babies, eczema is hereditary, if a relative have had Eczema, Asthma, or even Hay Fever more than likely it will get passed down. Eczema is not contagious.

I have chosen to present a case of a lady presented with severe Atopic Eczema. I chose this case as Atopic Eczema is one of the most common dermatological complaints in Hong Kong and it also has great impact on patient's quality of life.

Atopic eczema developed in the first year of life in 60% of the children who had the condition, and out of these 75% of the children developed the condition in the first 6 months of life.14 AD can be a distressing condition, with a very harsh influence on children's well-being, there personal and educational progress

Hand eczema is a disease that takes place in the integumentary system. This disease is known to cause people to become emotionally and physically distressed. Some patients in this study that has this disease has gotten it before the age of 20 and between the age of 40-59. Hand eczema can start out as a not so bad disease to a severe sickness. It’s really nothing to mess with especially if you’ve never heard of this disease or wouldn’t think you’d ever get it. Hand eczema can cause you to stay home from work, disability, and mainly just change your life completely because it got really bad and there was nothing to do for it. Hand eczema has two factors and they are endogenous and exogenous.

In this study, sixty children were used to be observed for an extended period of time for 6-9 months while being exposed to these certain factors that may cause their eczema to flare up. They used daily logging on electronic diaries to determine their daily exposure to these factors and how their eczema reacted in regards to itchiness or how much it bothered them and how much they scratched. The temperature, humidity, pollen levels were determined and recorded from different scientific areas. The amount of exposure to the sun and the other outdoor elements were logged by the parents. As well as the amount of sweat that was perspired

a chronic allergic dermatitis; a paradigmatic complex genetically-determined skin disorder which affects persons with the inherited predisposition to atopy, syndrome of allergic hypersensitivity, and can be characterized by the presence of an intense pruritus, a chronic or chronically relapsing course, an elevated level of serum IgE causing the high-grade sensitivity towards both specific (allergenic) and non-specific irritants and an inflammation of skin. According to Lyons et al. (2015), “it begins in the first 5 years of life in 90% of patients, and usually presents in a characteristic age-dependent distribution with facial, scalp, and extensor involvement in infants and young children, and predominant flexural involvement in older children

Since birth, K has struggled with severe asthma and allergies, both of which have periodically resulted in the development of Eczema, an itchy inflammation that occurs