Fungal infections are very common, especially in humid conditions. The most common fungal infections experienced by humans are ringworm and tinea. Both conditions bear a resemblance to other skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis.

Unlike most eczema’s Stasis Eczema is rarely found in children. It occurs on the lower legs of older adults and is the result of a venous return problem. Also known as venous eczema or gravitational eczema, stasis eczema presents as dry, red, scaly patches on the legs that are itchy and irritated.

This is one of the most common phases of a mother with a child with eczema. However telling someone with an itch not to scratch is a waste of breath. You just can’t help it.

Psoriasis affects millions of people worldwide yet understanding of the condition is very limited. Even people with the condition often do not fully understand it.

Animals lose their coat in Spring. If you’ve got a pet, you’ll know how much hair they leave lying around the house.  In spring time, this can double or even triple in quantity depending on the type of pet you have.  Pet hair floating around the home is not good news for eczema sufferers as […]

Sufferers of the inflammatory skin condition eczema are plagued by itchiness. It is often the single most irritating aspect of the condition and the symptom that causes them the most grief.

Many different aspects of the environment aggravate the itchiness but one of the major problems is the fabric we put against our skin. Many fabrics are course or scratchy and increase skin irritation which in turn increases itching.

Over the past couple of decades Western society has started exploring what the eastern world has known for centuries. Green tea has therapeutic properties.

Acne Rosacea, the skin condition causing a red rash on the face of many adults was until recently thought to be caused by blushing or high blood pressure.

Recent studies however have revealed that Rosacea is in fact caused by a parasite that lives on the skin and around the hair follicles of 98% of adults, but only causes problems in a select few.

I have just read an article on the net stating that “wine may be an effective eczema treatment.”

Surely, this is too good to be true. It would appear that some German scientists have produced a seaweed wine using whole brown seaweed which they state will help improve eczema.

If we knew exactly how to treat eczema, there would be a lot of happy and itch free people out there! But unfortunately, as you all would know there is no easy way to treat eczema.