Eczematous dermatitis: symptoms and treatments for the disease

Almost every person during his life is faced with such a problem as an allergy. The body of one person is more vulnerable to the action of allergens, while the other does not react at all to their introduction. However, sometimes each of us can experience a runny nose or watery eyes after contact with plant pollen, skin rash of the face after applying a new cosmetic product, or red spots on the hands after using household chemicals. One way or another, allergy symptoms often lead patients to dermatologists, and doctors need to be able to diagnose and treat these diseases in a timely manner. Today estet-portal.com talks about the characteristic symptoms and treatments for eczematous dermatitis.

Eczematous dermatitis: characteristic clinical presentation and treatment

The appearance of weeping and scaly redness on the skin of the hands, feet, legs or eyelids may be a manifestation of eczematous dermatitis. This pathology is allergic in nature, but it is not a simple allergy.

In eczematous dermatitis, regardless of its localization, the allergens for the patient's body are the proteins of his skin, which are previously in contact with chemicals, cosmetics or even jewelry.

It is very important to start treating the disease as early as possible in order to prevent its transition to a chronic form.

Eczematous dermatitis:

• main causes of eczematous dermatitis;
• clinical presentation of eczematous dermatitis: characteristic symptoms;
• effective treatments for eczematous dermatitis.

The main causes of eczematous dermatitis

Eczematous dermatitis most often occurs in patients with a genetic predisposition to allergies, suffering from chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and other pathologies of an allergic nature, as well as working in hazardous industries or living in an unfavorable environmental environment. Among the immediate causes of eczematous dermatitis, contact of the patient with one of the following objects and substances can be distinguished:

• ornaments or watches made of nickel, chrome, zinc or their alloys;
• tools or magnets containing cobalt;
• braces and dentures;
• cosmetics or household chemicals;
• drugs containing lanolin and certain antibiotics;
• rubber products;
• glue or plastic;
• some building materials.

Clinical presentation of eczematous dermatitis: characteristic symptoms

Eczematous dermatitis often occurs on the hands, feet, legs, or eyelids. In the acute stage of the disease, the skin at the site of contact with the substance that caused the allergic reaction becomes edematous, blisters and red spots appear on it. The lesions are most often symmetrical in shape, with the skin hot to the touch. In the subacute stage of the disease, the vesicles burst, and in their place a weeping surface appears, gradually covered with crusts. If you stop the patient's contact with the allergen, but no more measures are taken to stop the acute and subacute process, the disease can become chronic. In this case, the skin becomes dry, thickened, the patient experiences severe itching on the affected area of ​​the skin.

Effective treatments for eczematous dermatitis

The treatment of eczematous dermatitis consists of several mutually complementary components:

stop skin contact with
• substance that provokes an allergic reaction;
treatment of underlying diseases of the body that predispose to the development of allergies;
avoiding the consumption of allergenic foods such as chocolate, citrus fruits, seafood, nuts and so on, as well as avoiding stress as much as possible;
local treatment of affected areas of the skin using zinc ointments, special talkers or hormonal ointments – depending on the course and symptoms of the disease;
systemic therapy with antihistamines and desensitizers.

The appointment of emollients to patients, regardless of the form of the disease, which prevent the evaporation of moisture from the surface of the skin, plays a very important role.

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