Understanding Childhood Eczema
Chapter One
What is eczema?
"When he was first born he had beautiful skin, really soft ... but he turned
three months and he just came out in this rash. I took him to the doctors
and I had a feeling it was, and he said it's infantile eczema and it will go by
the time he's a year old, but it didn't go, it got worse."
"She was about four months old when it first appeared. I went to the GP. I
guessed it was eczema."
"I took him to the doctors and they said it was eczema ... I breast-fed him
for one year and you would have thought that breast-feeding a baby it would
be protected. So I think I felt a bit cheated actually."
This book is about the type of eczema known as 'atopic eczema'. This is the type of
eczema with which people are most familiar. It is an itchy skin condition, which is
most common in childhood and which often occurs on hands and in the creases
behind the knees and elbows. It varies a lot in severity and can affect just one or
two small areas of the body or it can be very extensive and cover nearly all the skin.
The appearance of skin affected by eczema can vary. Often the skin appears
reddened and it can become thickened over time, particularly ... read full excerpt from Understanding Childhood Eczema ebook
