What is Eczema? A Basic Definition

Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out +
         zei^n to
   boil.] (Med.)
   An inflammatory disease of
         the skin, characterized by the
   presence of redness and
         itching, an eruption of small
   vesicles, and the
         discharge of a watery exudation, which
   often dries up,
         leaving the skin covered with crusts; --
   called also tetter, milk crust, and
         salt rheum.
   [1913
         Webster]

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Fri Jul 4

• Molecule discovery gives hope to allergy sufferers - National - smh.com.au: "People with allergies tend to have high levels of an antibody called IgE in their blood and it has been known for many years that IL-4 can drive IgE production in humans and mice. But we now know that IL-21 also stimulates IgE by using an entirely differ
• Actively helping Eczema & Psoriasis Sufferers
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• Child Health - Expert advice on baby / child health problems: Child Health ? Offering expert health advice on common children ailments, such as teething, pain & fever, eczema, cough & colds, possetting and much more. Includes competitions and free information leaflets.

Thu Jul 3

• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• Facial Skin Care Secrets: an excellent skincare information site for all skin conditions
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• pompholyx eczema: avoid nickel based foods
• Pompholyx eczema: dyshidrotic eczema, vesicular hand eczema flucoxicillin for secondary staph infection

Wed Jul 2

• Pyroluria
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• Seborrhoeic Eczema: The name persists partly because some of the areas affected (eg the groins and armpits) are also where there are greater concentrations of sweat glands within the skin.

Tue Jul 1

• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com: a bacterial infection ? Staphylococcus aureus, a lab test revealed ? had accelerated a full-body eczema outbreak.
• Her Skin Erupted, and the Detective Work Began
• Scientist at Work - David Pritchard - Scientist Studies Whether Hookworms Can Protect Against Allergies - NYTimes.com: While carrying out field work in Papua New Guinea in the late 1980s, he noticed that Papuans infected with the Necator americanus hookworm, a parasite that lives in the human gut, did not suffer much from an assortment of autoimmune-rel ated illnesses, inc
• Cases - Trying to Discover the Cause of Eczema - NYTimes.com
• National Eczema Society
• Eczema--bathin g in bleach for chronic cases

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