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Following are some known potential eczema allergens. People may experience that not all allergens trigger eczema.

• Dust mites, pet dander, pollen, mould are some of the airborne allergens that trigger eczema
• Food like eggs, nuts, yeast, citrus fruits, peas, tomato, berries, currants, fish, chocolate, milk, wheat soya, beans, peanuts, plum, potato, rice, shellfish, flour, grapes, cheese, carrot, avocado, barley etc can trigger eczema.
• Proteins present in wheat viz. gluten can also trigger eczema.
• Spices like clove, garlic, ginger, pepper, coriander etc can also trigger eczema.
• Eczema attack can also occur due to medication and drug consumption. Medicines like aspirin beta blockers and antihistamine cream can cause eczema problems.
• People allergic to pet saliva, washing powders [detergents], fragrance in skin cream, pet hair, creams with parabens content are some other irritants which can cause eczema.
• Skin conditions such as eczema is very much dependent on external factors like what skin cream you apply on skin, what lotion you use as sun screen, weather conditions, emotional stress, dry environment, overheating, sweating etc.

Here are some of the symptoms of eczema, person suffering from eczema may not come across all the symptoms.

• Skin becomes very dry and rough.
• As the skin becomes dry and rough it leads to itchy skin. Skin moisturizing cream need to be applied to keep it moist and get reed of itchiness.
• Skin seems often to be red and inflamed.
• Skin becomes more cracked because mostly people scratch their skin as it becomes itchy and because of the scratching the cracks are developed in the skin, and these cracks allow the infection to penetrate in the skin.
• As the skin becomes dry, it also results into a flaky skin mainly on the scalp.
• Because of the dermatitis herpetiformis: the skin becomes red itchy, skin rashes, anaemia, abdominal problems etc are some of the symptoms caused by eczema.
• Because of eczema, one symptom is also found that the person’s skin becomes very thick and as explained cracks are also developed.

Above are some of the eczema symptoms explained. These eczema symptoms needs to be taken seriously. If you find any of the above symptoms matching with your observation then, there is quite a possibility that you may be having eczema. It is always better to solve or take actions at the initial stage of eczema.

Small babies also show such eczema symptoms. Babies show some eczema symptoms like reddening of the skin, dry skin, cracking and swelling of the skin, bumps on the skin from which blood oozes out. Normally babies develop eczema in 2-3 months. It is believed that eczema is hereditary. Mainly it is observed that babies suffer from atopic eczema.

There are many types of eczema, following are some of the types of Eczema. For more information on the topic follow the link.

• Asteatotic eczema
• Atopic eczema
• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Discoid or nummular eczema
• Hand eczema
• Neurodermatitis or lichen simplex
• Photosensitive or chronic actinic eczema
• Seborrhoeic eczema
• Varicose or statis eczema

As and when people get older the production of sebum within is reduced. Result of less production of sebum, the skin becomes thinner and dry. Asteatotic eczema finds best symptoms mentioned above to infect. Asteratotic eczema effects the shins and due to this the skin looks crackled. Moisturizing is the basic treatment to be given in such situations. If you feel that your skin is getting dry, apply some skin moisturizer on it to keep your skin moist and healthy. This skin moisturizer will equalize the effect of less production of sebum. To prevent asteatotic eczema, avoid sitting near to fire and set humidifier which will keep the room air humid. Taking above steps will prevent the situation getting worse.

Atopic eczema is very common form of eczema found. Atopic eczema is related with Asthma and also hay fever. It is also said that atopic eczema is hereditary. Research says that, there is a gene or a chromosome 11 which causes atopic eczema to trigger. Due to this the immune system starts reacting to substances which are harmless to a common person.

Atopic eczema attack results in reduction of natural oil production for skin : this results in skin becoming dry and the skin flakes. Because of the inflammation the capillaries present in the skin becomes widely open, this results in more blood flow through it. This action makes the skin more red and burning. Because of the burning sensation, people tend to scratch and scratching makes the skin even worse. Scratching will cause the skin to crack and allow the infection enter into the skin.

Atopic eczema normally affects forehead, scalp and cheeks. This infection then can spread to other areas of the body like hands, wrists, bend of the elbows, knees, back of the feet, ankles. From the cracked skin, the fluid oozes out of the skin. This fluid contains clotting agent which we can normally found in blood.

Atopic eczema is linked with urticaria or hives. Women suffer from dermatitis of the nipples.