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What does eczema mean?

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Noun
  1. An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.
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These powerful immune-suppressing salves have become popular for hard-to-treat eczema, a condition characterized by red, itchy, inflamed skin.
Of the allergic diseases, eczema is the most common among both adults and children.
Many of the children I saw had eczema or had had allergic symptoms in infancy.
Hand eczema can redden and crack hands, covering them with itchy, scaly patches.
Whether your eczema is due to an irritant, such as detergent, or due to an allergen, such as nickel, care and treatment of your skin is the same.
An important part of treating atopic eczema is reestablishment of the protective barrier of the skin.

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