It underpins everything.” The number of different elements that can cause eczema in adults and the fact that triggers vary significantly from person to person can make it particularly difficult ...

Adults can get any type of eczema, including atopic dermatitis (AD), which many ... than the surrounding skin. Years of scratching causes this. The thickened skin can itch all the time. Adults also ...

The known causes of eczema are many and varied ... It affects both children and adults, and associated conditions include asthma and hayfever. Experts think this type of eczema may be hereditary ...

Eczema is not contagious, and is a chronic disease that causes symptoms of dry ... and while many children outgrow eczema, for adults it can become a recurring condition that frequently affects ...

Peter Moffat knows well the everyday struggles of living with atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common type of eczema. Now he’s using his celebrity status to raise awareness of these struggles so that ...

Older adults who have dry skin are more at risk ... Asteatotic eczema is rarely dangerous. However, when eczema causes cracks or breaks in the skin, bacteria and other infectious organisms can ...

In teens and adults, eczema on the face can occur ... they think is stress-related eczema on their hands, but the cause of hand eczema may be unknown. Last but certainly not least, eczema can ...

In a case-control, multicenter study from France, researchers investigated medications as a possible cause of chronic eczema in patients older than 60. They compared 102 eczema cases with 204 ...

Here in the UK, 1 in 5 children and 1 in 12 adults suffer from atopic eczema, a painful and debilitating condition that causes dry, red and itchy skin. It typically affects the hands, the backs of ...

NIH researchers define diagnostic criteria for topical steroid withdrawal (TSW), distinguishing it from eczema.