News tagged with eczema
Whiter laundry and a surprising new treatment for kids' eczema
It's best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective treatment for kids' chronic eczema.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Common fragrance ingredients in shampoos, conditioners are frequent causes of eczema
Considerably more people than previously believed are allergic to the most common fragrance ingredient used in shampoos, conditioners and soap. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden ...
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Why are allergies increasing?
Allergies have become a widespread in developed countries: hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma are all increasingly prevalent. The reason? Excessive cleanliness is to blame according to Dr. Guy Delespesse, a professor at ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Study reveals major shift in how eczema develops
Like a fence or barricade intended to stop unwanted intruders, the skin serves as a barrier protecting the body from the hundreds of allergens, irritants, pollutants and microbes people come in contact with every day. In ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Eczema in children is increasing, but diet is not the cause: Avoiding foods may do more harm than good
One in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often associated with an allergy. Many people believe that certain foods are responsible, or at least make the symptoms worse. However, in information ...
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Acetaminophen use in adolescents linked to doubled risk of asthma
New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 13, 2010 |
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Gene linked to peanut allergy
An international collaboration led by researchers at the University of Dundee has discovered a genetic link to peanut allergy. It has been known for some time that peanut allergy can be inherited, but this ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Scientists unlock mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine
Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 25, 2009 |
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Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe ...
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Genomic differences identified in common skin diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop more precise treatments for the dozen-plus inflammatory ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Eczema treatment creams could make it worse
New research at the University of Bath suggests that using emollient creams to relieve the symptoms of eczema could actually make the condition worse.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Probiotics may have some benefits for kids
(AP) -- A leading medical group says there's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children.
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Promising antimicrobial attacks virus, stimulates immune system
A promising antimicrobial agent already known to kill bacteria can also kill viruses and stimulate the innate immune system, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. In a paper appearing online June 4 in the Journal of ...
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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Study characterizes eczema patients most at risk for dangerous viral infections
Eczema patients at risk for serious viral infections have more severe disease, are more likely to be allergic to food and other allergens, and have a frequent history of staph infections, according to researchers at National ...
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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Eczema
Eczema is a disease in a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes which are characterized by one or more of these symptoms: redness, skin edema (swelling), itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing, or bleeding. Areas of temporary skin discoloration may appear and are sometimes due to healed lesions, although scarring up is rare. In contrast to psoriasis, eczema is often likely to be found on the flexor aspect of joints.
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