Eczema Symptoms
Symptoms of eczema include itching, redness, irritation or blisters. If these symptoms are not treated, the skin may become thick, scaly and dry, with areas where there is hair loss and color changes. The skin is affected by eczema for a long time is more vulnerable to secondary infection, usually caused by bacteria.
Each type of symptom of eczema has characteristics and patterns of specific symptoms:
- Atopic Eczema (atopic dermatitis) appears as patches of dry scabs, reddened and irritated skin on. If the skin becomes infected, it may become a wet look. Scratching the itchy patches of skin cause irritation and increases the risk of infection by bacteria.
- Contact dermatitis: when an irritant causes contact dermatitis, symptoms can range from mild redness to extensive blisters or ulcers on the skin. When a reaction is allergic contact dermatitis causes redness of the skin, slight irritation or small blisters and severe itching. When caused by plant allergies (poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac), the reaction usually is intense, with irritation and blisters that occur in streaks where the leaves of the plant touched the skin.
- Hand eczema: usually appears during the winter and cracked skin patches, dry, with or without redness. Other forms of hand eczema generally cause itching, irritation redness and blistering and peeling. Irritation may occur in the fingers below the rings.
- Nummular Eczema: starts as small areas of irritated skin that become scaly skin patches round, red and red.
- Eczema asteatotic: usually occurs in the lower legs and causes itching or stinging pain in areas of reddened skin, cracked, or mild irritation.
- Stasis Dermatitis: usually begins with mild redness and itching at the bottom of the legs, which are slightly swollen or swollen due to poor circulation in the legs. Poor circulation usually is caused by varicose veins or poor venous circulation, but may be caused by swelling of the legs (edema) associated with heart failure or kidney problems. If you see redness or suddenly altered sensitivity could be caused by bacterial superinfection. Bacterial infections require immediate medical attention.
- Lichen simplex chronicus: this itching makes the skin rough, thickened darkens. Itchy. Scratching makes it worse.
- Seborrheic dermatitis: causes patches of scaly skin, red and yellow crusty greasy. These crusts are most common in the scalp as dandruff, but can also occur elsewhere in the body, including eyebrows, eyelids, ears and skin cracks near the mouth and nose. These patches can cause itching or burning. In children, lesions in the scalp (cradle cap) can be colored yellow and oily.