Eczema are a common skin disease They affect the skin (epidermis) and the top layer of the underlying dermis, with small cones, called papillae, the epidermis is serrated.
In the acute stage, the skin is inflamed, reddened, itchy, and is spongy with water storages provide. Nor can the affected skin wet and form crusts. In the course dries out the skin, reddish nodules arise and top layers of skin shed from. The horny layer is thickened, and Schrunden cracks.
Eczema occur in different characteristics. They are three common forms of sub-groups:
* Contact dermatitis:
The contact dermatitis can occur when the skin is repeatedly exposed to harmful chemicals, such as solvents or detergents. In addition there is the allergic contact dermatitis, which is characterized by allergies triggering substances may be developed. It occurs most sharply limited to the skin at the contact with the triggering substance had.
* Atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis):
Atopic dermatitis is also called endogenous eczema or atopic dermatitis means. In contrast to contact dermatitis is not caused by external factors, but by a genetic predisposition. It often occurs in infants in the form of so-called milk on. Typical symptoms in adulthood are lesions on the Beugeseiten joints. The skin dries out over time and displays "tree-bark-like" coarsening. As a special form can also be associated with severe itching, the whole body or isolated occurring lesions occur.
* Seborrheic dermatitis:
This Ekzemart is characterized by an excessive sebum production and abnormal composition of the fat from. There are sharply limited, symmetrical, yellow-red flock with greasy scaling. It also speaks of salt stains. Almost always schuppt the scalp, which also is inflamed and reddened. Also on the chest and back as well as in the genital area can occur Eczema herd.
