Are you familiar with celiac disease? If you have dermatitis herpetiformis, you would be. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the small intestine, and is triggered by an intake of gluten. It’s a very serious condition, which is why you will see many products now marketed as gluten-free. Due to the relatively obscure nature [...]

For this article, we’ve compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions dermatologists receive about eczema. You may also find this article handy for giving you a quick answer, or links to more detailed information. Frequently Asked Questions What is eczema? Eczema, as a general term, is a chronic skin condition (dermatitis), usually an inflammation [...]

As you may already know by now, a lack of moisture is often a factor towards aggravation. But what happens when a lack of moisture is the cause of eczema? It’s highly possible that you may have xerotic eczema. Xerotic eczema happens to be the last of the commonly found types of eczema in patients, [...]

What you don’t know really can hurt you! Consider this, people commonly use more than 5,000 chemicals daily in household and toiletry products. And the use of these products, especially those in aerosols, spray bottles and atomizers will undoubtedly spread the chemicals around in the air. Here’s the kicker, did you know that any one [...]

In the last article, we touched on dyshidrosis, which is one of the less common types of eczema. In truth, what should have been done first was to give a brief overview of all the less common forms of eczema first before getting into details. At the end of the day, you may be asking [...]

So far, we’ve covered quite a few types of eczema, and hopefully you have found the information therein to be of value to you. But we can’t forget those out there who may have one of the less common types of eczema, one of which is dyshidrosis. So to do things a bit differently this [...]

So far we’ve covered both atopic eczema and contact dermatitis. This next article will cover another common type of eczema, seborrhoeic dermatitis. Seborrhoeic dermatitis differs quite a bit from both atopic and contact eczema, and in effect should be treated differently. As you read on, you will find out more about seborrhoeic dermatitis, which should [...]

In this article, we’ll be focusing in on contact dermatitis. While it is not the most wide spread type of eczema, it is still one of the more common types, along with others such as seborrhoeic dermatitis. Much like the article on atopic eczema, this article will be spent going into details about what makes [...]

You may be wondering, what is atopic eczema? Afterall, atopic eczema is the most common type of eczema found in people, and is usually the one that is referred to generally by the public and online physicians. Fortunately for you, this article will go into depth about atopic eczema, focusing in only on this particular [...]

This may or may not come as a surprise to some of you, but some of the things that you eat could actually be a factor in what causes eczema! To clarify, there aren’t any foods that will give you eczema just by eating it, but they may aggravate it if you already have a [...]