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Eczema
Anyone with eczema want to talk. I was taken to the hospital after a fall well there they diagnosed me with afib soon after the diagnosis I became itchy and had a rash it was terrible I couldn't sleep I thought I was allergic to the afib medicines but I realized I have to take them or I might have a stroke so I went to a dermatologist and he said it was eczema I'm in my early 70s and with the dry cold weather and as my skin ages it gets thinner and therefore the eczema has just started some reasons for it or what I've listed above could be stress which I always have anxiety I always have and prior allergies which I've always had hay fever so the the relief I get the most from is cold water and I try not to use too much of the prescription cortisone cream as it is not good to do so so I do use over the counter hydrocortisone and other lotions and of course I I dilute my laundry detergent a lot and just take care of my environment sleep with a humidifier and hydrate inside and out. Let me know how you're coping with your eczema and how long you've had it.
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As a child I had Eczema every time I use bubble bath salts. My Mom figured out what was causing it but didn’t know why. A number of years ago I found out it contained egg whites.
I think there is something you are using that is causing it.
Do a diary for food, chemical and purfumes. See when it happens go back 3 days and see if anything pops out at you.
Check your laundry soap, You don’t want any perfumes.
I wish you the best as we are close in age
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You could try wet/dry wraps https://nationaleczema.org/eczema/treatment/wet-wrap-therapy/
if your skin is dry and itchy.
I am 45 and have experienced eczema off and on since I was in my 20's. Only recently though has it gotten really bad, and to where I can see a pattern. It will flare up in the Spring, and I will literally suffer with it all thru the Summer as well. It goes away for the most part in the Fall. During the "cold" months (I'm in the Dallas Texas area), I might have a small patch come up in an odd place that will drive me crazy for a bit. But nothing like the Spring. I plan on talking to my Dermatologist about different options this time around. Not sure what. But I have the strongest prescription steroid cream, and it hardly does anything. That mess is miserable! It has scarred my skin. I get it on the insides of my knees/legs. So at night when I have them together, or touching anything, the heat just sets it off.