Eczema
Eczema (From Greek ?????? ?kzema, 'to boil over') is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin).In England, an estimated 5,773,700 or about one in every nine people have been diagnosed with the disease by a clinician at some point in their lives.
The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes that are characterized by one or more of these symptoms: redness, skin edema (swelling), itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing, or bleeding. Areas of temporary skin discoloration may appear and are sometimes due to healed injuries. Scratching open a healing lesion may result in scarring and may enlarge the rash.
The word 'eczema' comes from Greek words, that mean 'to boil over'. Dermatitis’ comes from the Greek word for skin – and both terms refer to exactly the same skin condition. In some languages, dermatitis and "eczema" are synonymous, while in other languages "dermatitis" implies an acute condition and "eczema" a chronic one.The two conditions are often classified together.
Autoimmune estrogen dermatitis
Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis
Autosensitization dermatitis
Breast eczema (Nipple eczema)
Chronic vesiculobullous hand eczema
Circumostomy eczema
Dyshidrosis (Acute vesiculobullous hand eczema, Cheiropompholyx, Dyshidrotic eczema, Pompholyx, Podopompholyx)
Ear eczema
Eyelid dermatitis
Hand eczema
Hyperkeratotic hand dermatitis
Id reaction (Disseminated eczema, Generalized eczema)
Irritant diaper dermatitis (Diaper dermatitis, Napkin dermatitis)
Juvenile plantar dermatosis (Atopic winter feet, Dermatitis plantaris sicca, Forefoot dermatitis, Moon-boot foot syndrome, Sweaty sock dermatitis)
Molluscum dermatitis
Nummular dermatitis (Discoid eczema, Microbial eczema, Nummular eczema, Nummular neurodermatitis)
Nutritional deficiency eczema
Sulzberger–Garbe syndrome (Oid-oid disease)
Xerotic eczema (Asteatotic eczema, Desiccation dermatitis, Eczema craquelé, Pruritus hiemalis, Winter eczema, Winter itch)
