Eczema is a superficial inflammatory reaction caused by the surface rubbing against each other. The ailment usually occurs in people with high obesity, who sweat frequently and suffer from diabetes.
The causes of eczema
Eczema occurs as a result of rubbing the adjacent surfaces of the skin. This is when non-specific inflammation occurs.
Eczema – symptoms
In obese people, the lesions of eczema are localized on the skin folds – especially under the breasts, on the neck, in the abdominal folds. In turn, in the remaining patients, the location of the lesions is:
- smells,
- groin,
- genital area,
- buttock fissure,
- the navel area,
- behind-the-ear area,
- interdigital area.
In places of increased friction, sweating and maceration of the epidermis, acute dermatitis occurs with the presence of erythema, oozing, and erosions, often covered with crusts. Chronic extrusion dermatitis has the clinical picture of chronic irritation contact dermatitis. Symmetrically appearing eruptions are erythematous with exfoliation and have a chronic long course. The lesions are accompanied by persistent itching.
Can Eczema Cause Complications?
Complications of eczema eczema include:
- secondary bacterial infection,
- yeast bacterial infection,
- sometimes contact hypersensitivity.
How is eczema eczema diagnosed?
The tests show epidermal hyperplasia and non-specific inflammation. In diagnostics, it is important to differentiate between eczema and other ailments with similar symptoms, e.g .:
- psoriasis,
- thrush,
- seborrheic dermatitis,
- Darier’s disease.
Eczema and treatment
In the treatment of eczema, care should be taken to thoroughly dry the skin folds after bathing and to use suspensions or powders with talc and zinc oxide, and in the case of more severe inflammation – with the addition of steroids.
DIG. W-49. Yeast displacement.
Lit .: [1] Braun-Falco O., Plewig G., Wolff HH, Burgdorf WHC: Dermatology, eds. half. Gliński W., Wolska H., Wydawnictwo Czelej, Lublin 2002.
Source: A. Kaszuba, Z. Adamski: “Lexicon of dermatology”; XNUMXst edition, Czelej Publishing House