What is eczema, and how is it treated

Google it. There’s tons of info out there. For me, I get a rash when I react to metal touching my skin (ie a belt buckle, a watch strap, etc.) that then gets really itchy. I went to the doctor and got some cream (I can grab the name of it i…

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Common sense to prevent eczema In particular, chronic eczema, and most of the treatment through the years has not been cured, patients often lose their confidence. In fact, eczema is not “incurable” disease incidence as a result o…

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The definition of eczema Eczema is a common skin disease. Symmetry with clinical manifestations of eczema, exudative, pruritus, multi-shaped and characterized by recurrent. Is also a kind of allergic skin… 5 comments health skin treatment

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my cat has eczema is being treated with hormone tablets. Any advice of other ways to treat the problem?

Q: She is twelve years old a neutered Briman. I live in France and the tablets she takes are MEGA Chat the vet says it is OK to keep taking the tablets but I don’t like the weight gain. She does not have Fleas, which can cause eczema

A: Yes, my cat had the same problem and was put on the steroid, prednisone! Steroids and hormones are much the same and have the same side effects. My cat developed congestive heart failure because of this, his lungs filled with fluid and he almost died. I took him to another vet and they put him on a diuretic for the fluid and he improved. My new vet said that 99% of the time cats develop eczema because of their diet. He suggested dry food containing no fish product, (as this is the problem), and my cat has never had the problem since.

Eczema: Should I avoid exposing skin treated with corticosteroid cream to direct sunlight?

Q: I’ve heard that if you use corticosteroid cream on your skin for eczema, you shouldn’t expose the skin to sunlight/daylight. Is this true? Two people now have told me to only use corticosteroid cream at night to avoid light exposure. Any insights here?

A: Actually,it does matter when you use corticosteroids because the use causes de-pigmentation and thinning of your skin.If you use them and expose youtrself to sunlight,your skin will lack protection from the ultraviolet rays of the sun(since the melanocytes are inhibited by the corticosteroid)and you get a lot of damage-this is especially true in people of African descent.Prolonged use of steroids can therefore predispose you toskin cancer as well as Cushing’s syndrome etc.So limit your use of them,and never use during the day and also,use a sunscreen and moisturiser in the daytime to protect your skin from its effects.

What are the best Natural Alternative solutions for treating eczema?

Q: I have been to a doctor today & he said I have eczema, which started after Christmas, there are so many possible factors, allergies etc. While I am ruling them out one by one I need to treat the eczema, I don’t want to take anti-biotics or use steroid creams. I know a LOT about holistic & nutritional things, but I would like to know what the natural solutions are for treating eczema, I will be applying E45 Cream to all affected areas (arms, shoulders, neck) daily. I will be going back to the doctors in a week or two. Proper answers please, no “take drugs” comments, I want answers to the question I am asking, what are the natural alternatives?Thanks for the replies so far, I eat VERY healthily, I know almost as much as Gillian McKeith, & believe in holistic lifestyle, I eat cooked rice & millet pasta, with plenty of cold-pressed hemp seed oil, tomatoes, herbs, take plenty of supplements, I also eat cooked Quinoa, & steamed vegetables with garlic & have had 2 colonics recently, (also removed hundreds of intestinal worms). I plan to try to slowly convert to raw foods. I think that the cause of this eczema could be allergies, or food related, I have been eliminating possible causes one by one & have found that heat starts me itching, but I started eating organic “quinoa & rice with garlic” snacks by Biona after christmas, I worked out that they contain about 6grams of salt in a bag (i would eat one bag a day, i know that 6g is the most you should at in a day but now I believe that this is the biggest cause of the itching, Salt. So I won’t be eating these for a while to find out if the itching & scabs improve.So for now, I would like to know what natural & holistic methods exist for helping to heal the scabbed skin & stop the itching (although if salt is the cause of the itching it should stop soon as I have stopped eating so much salt). I will also be drinking plenty of water to try to get more hydrated as I was dehydrated before. Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try some of the cold pressed hemp oil on my skin, & I think perhaps the goats milk helping people is probably because of the high fat content, so I will continue pouring the hemp oil on my pasta & in soups. Keep the suggestions coming though, I appreciate them.

A: The best way to cure your eczema is through your diet. You are what you eat, do you want to be a flaky pastry, or a crumbly bit of bread?Cut out dairy, meat and wheat and eat raw living vegan foods. I am a raw food vegan, my husband and I eat 100% raw vegan foods. Our website is under construction at the moment but there is quite a lot of info, links and books on it already for you to see. www.purelyraw.comOK, so you may not want to go raw overnight, so I’d advise at least to begin with cut out dairy, then meat and wheat.I have been vegan for 10 years, during that time I have lapsed back into dairy a few times. Each time my skin has immediately become itchy and dry and ugly. Then after just 2 weeks with no dairy it is back to beautiful and comfortable again.To explain briefly, eating cooked foods, meat and dairy make our blood acidic, this creates an acidic body. So when you sweat your sweat irritates the skin. When you start to clean your diet up you go into a more alkaline state and your sweat is no longer irritable to you. Our natural atate is alkaline. And disease free.Eating cooked foods, meat and dairy dehydrates the body. It takes much fluid to digest these things, this takes away fluid from the skin and dries it out. Raw foods digest themselevs, using up none of your liquid, energy or digestive enzymes.Cooking food destroys 80% of the nutrients, vitamins and all the enzymes. Change your diet. Eating purely raw foods has brought me a level of happiness and health I never imagined possible. My husband and I work to help others achieve this too. Please have a look at our website, and then check out the links and see what raw food and veganism has done for thousands of others.Good Luck, feel free to email me at my website with any questions or if you just want more info. Good Luck, and don’t take the steroids!!!