Eczema
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Terminology
- Many authors use the terms dermatitis and eczema synonymously
- Others use the term eczema to specifically mean atopic dermatitis
- Atopic dermatitis is also known as atopic eczema
Types
- Atopic dermatitis: Dry, itchy, red skin
- Contact dermatitis
- Stasis dermatitis
- Dermatitis herpetiformis: Itching, Stinging , Burning sensation. Papules / Vesicles. Small red bumps are usually about 1 cm in size, red in color and may be found symmetrically grouped or distributed
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis: Appear gradually, from dry or greasy scaling of the scalp (dandruff) to scaling of facial areas. Sometimes itching, but without hair loss. In newborns, the condition causes a thick and yellowish scalp rash, often accompanied by a diaper rash. In severe cases, symptoms may appear along the hairline, behind the ears, on the eyebrows, on the bridge of the nose, around the nose, on the chest, and on the upper back
Sign / Symptoms
- Redness of skin
- Swelling, itching
- Skin lesions with sometimes oozing and scarring.
Repertory
- Accompanies by internal maladies: Graph
- Clusters of grapes, like: Calc
- Desquamative: Merc, Nit-ac, Rhus-t, Sep, Sul
- Flat skin lesions: Bell, Lach
- Gard eczema: Ant-c. Ran-b
- Hair skin eczema: Merc, Nat-m, Rhus-t
- Offensive: Psor, Sul
- Raised skin lesions: Bry, Crot-h, Cupr-ac, Tarax
- Rough eczema: Hep
First class remedies
Nat-m
Sil
Sul
Thuj
Dulc
- Crusted
- Moist herpetic rash
- Yellow-brown with a red border
- Dry, coarse scabby
- Bleeds when scratched
- Rash may spread all over the body (Dulc ₳ Psor)
- Sensitive to touch (Scratching agg)
- Herpetic / Vesicular /Moist /Exudating rashes which leads to eczema
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - Body; all over sweet. Psor. Ran-b
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - crusty
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - moist
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - vesicular SKIN - ERUPTIONS - vesicular - yellow
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - glands; Covered with sweet. graph.
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - vesicular - burning
Graph
- Vesicular / Herpetic / Exudating eruption which leads to Eczema
- Small, crusty, dry and scaly rashes (Graph ₳ Petr)
- Eyelids Eczema: Cracked but moist rashes
- The edge of the eyelids is red and covered with dandruff and crust
- Oozing rashes: clear, watery and sticky secretions that scab over the rash
- Unhealthy/sensitive skin that easily infects with any trauma (Hep, Merc)
- Abscess and opening of old breast wounds
- Hands and palms
Med
Petr
Calc:
Mild eczema
Mez
Scalp
Borx:
Scalp eczema
Astacus fluviatilis:
Scalp eczema
Nit-ac:
Hands and palms eczema
Second class remedies
- Tarent is the Remedy of choice for dry eczema that has not responded to Sul, Ars
Banerji protocol
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