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Eczema: Introduction

Eczema: Skin rash usually from allergic causes. See free access online books about Eczema below. See detailed information below for a list of 208 causes of Eczema, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Eczema:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Eczema. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Eczema:

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Eczema: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Eczema, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Eczema: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Eczema

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Diagnostic Guides for Eczema

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Eczema from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Eczema. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Eczema

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)
  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Eczema: Medical Mistakes

Eczema: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Eczema: Related Rare Diseases

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Diagnostic tests for Eczema:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Eczema. Some of these are listed below :

  • Bacterial culture - if suspect secondarily infected areas (look for pus-filled lesions, crusting and weepiness).
  • Viral culture - if suspect Herpes Simplex virus infected areas.
  • Blood tests
    • Radioallergosorbent testing (RAST) - to test for specific allergens that may be triggering eczema ( 90% relevant if negative, but only 20% relevant if positive).
    • Ig E levels are increased
  • Patch testing - for allergic contact dermatitis.
  • Skin biopsy, may occasionally be warranted (but diagnosis is usually on history and physical findings)
  • more tests...»

See full list of 7 diagnostic tests for Eczema

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Eczema. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you had atopic dermatitis (eczema)? - to establish if acute or chronic.
  • What areas of the body are affected by eczema? - e.g. the typical distribution of classical atopic dermatitis (eczema) changes as the person grows older. In infants the rash is usually on the cheeks of the face, the folds of the neck and scalp. It may then spread to the limbs and groin. During childhood a drier ad thicker rash develops in front of the elbow, behind the knees and on the hands and feet, which may be dry, itchy, cracked and painful. Rarely does eczema have an adult onset.
  • What symptoms do you have of eczema? - e.g. itch, red skin, dry skin, scaling skin, cracked skin, blisters, puffy and swollen skin.
  • Have you used any new cosmetic products recently? - e.g. perfumes, hair sprays etc may cause allergic contact dermatitis.
  • Trigger factors? - e.g. soap, frequent washing, chlorinated water, bubbles baths, sweating (because it is drying), sand pits, winter months, extremes of hot and cold weather, emotional stress, wool clothing or blankets, chemical disinfectants, detergents, scratching or rubbing, pregnancy, menstruation, various food stuffs.
  • more questions...»

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Eczema) may include:

  • Weepy and crusty skin with pus-filled lesions? - may suggest secondary infection.
  • Blister-like lesions occurring on eczema skin? - may suggest eczema herpeticum (herpes simplex virus skin infection on underlying eczema affected skin.
  • Loss of hair? - e.g. loss of the outer 1/3 of eyebrows due to the rubbing of eyelids.
  • Dark skin around eyes? - may be the result of compulsively rubbing the eyelids.
  • Symptoms of nummular (discoid) eczema? - e.g. red, coin-shaped patches which are crusted, scaly and itchy. Often symmetrical and occurring mainly on the legs but also the buttocks and trunk.
  • more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Eczema (24 listings)

Home Diagnostic Testing and Eczema

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Stories from Users for Eczema

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Everyday Management of Eczema

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Treatments for Eczema

Treatments for EczemaAlleviating the symptoms of eczema is important for people who suffer with this skin condition. Steroid therapies have been a great help, but their...

 

Treatments Eczema

Treatments EczemaThere are a variety of different treatments that can help control eczema. The therapies can come as creams, ointments or even as pills. However, not...

What Is Eczema?

What Is Eczema?Millions of people suffer from the skin condition eczema marked by red, itchy patches that sometime become infected. Listen to experts talk about the...

 
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Medications or substances causing Eczema:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Eczema as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 24 medications causing Eczema

Definitions of Eczema:

Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents.
- (Source - CRISP)

Organs affected by Eczema:

The list of organs typically affected by Eczema may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Eczema

The list below shows some of the causes of Eczema mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 208 causes of Eczema

How Common are these Causes of Eczema?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Eczema. Of the 208 causes of Eczema that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 3 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 205 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 208 causes of Eczema

Conditions listing symptoms: Eczema:

The following list of conditions have 'Eczema' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate sensitization ... allergic skin reaction

    A

  • Acute Pesticide poisoning - xylene ... eczema
  • Albright like syndrome ... eczema
  • Allergies ... eczema
  • Animal allergy ... eczema
  • Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis ... eczema

    B

  • Bird allergy ... eczema
  • Bubble bath allergy ... eczema
  • Bullous Pemphigoid ... eczema

    C

  • Caffeine Allergy ... eczema
  • Canary allergy ... eczema
  • Cat allergy ... eczema
  • Chemical allergy ... eczema
  • Chemical poisoning - Furfural ... eczema
  • Chemical poisoning - Palladium ... eczema
  • Chemical poisoning - Platinum ... eczema
  • Chemical poisoning - Vanadium ... eczema
  • Chicken allergy ... eczema
  • Chrome contact allergy ... eczema
  • Chromosome 2, monosomy 2q37 ... eczema
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... eczema
  • Cobalt allergy ... eczema

    D

  • Developmental delay - hypotonia extremities hypertrophy ... eczema
  • Dog allergy ... eczema
  • Drug Allergies ... eczema
  • Duck allergy ... eczema
  • Duhring-Brocq disease ... eczema

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic ... eczema
  • Ectodermal dysplasia, Margarita type ... eczema
  • Egg Hypersensitivity ... eczema
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type ... eczema

    F

  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - amines ... eczema
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - food additives ... eczema
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - MSG ... eczema
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - salicylate ... eczema
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - sulfite ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - amaranth ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - Annatto ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - antioxidants ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - benzoate ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - BHA antioxidants ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - BHT antioxidants ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - carageenan gum ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - Carmine ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - erythrosine ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - guar gum ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum acacia ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum tragacanth ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - lecithin ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - locust bean gum ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - quinoline yellow ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - saffron ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - salicytes ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite derivative ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - sunset yellow ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - tartrazine ... eczema
  • Food Additive Allergy - xanthan gum ... eczema
  • Food allergies ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - abalone ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - almond ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - aniseed ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - apple ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - apricot ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - avocado ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - banana ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - barley ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - bean ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - beef ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - beer ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - bell pepper ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - brazil nut ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - buckwheat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - cabbage ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - carp ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - carrot ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - cashew ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - castor bean ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - celery ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - chamomile tea ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - cherry ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - chestnut ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - chick pea ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - chicken meat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - cinnamon ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - coconut ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - codfish ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - Coriander ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - crab ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - crayfish ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - cumin ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - date palm ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - duck meat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - fennel ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - fish ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - frog ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - fruit ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - garbanzo (legume) ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - garlic ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - goose meat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - hazelnut ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - hops ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - kidney bean ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - kiwi fruit ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lamb ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lentil ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lettuce ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lima bean ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - Linden tea ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lobster ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - lychee ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - mackerel ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - mango ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - meat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - melon ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - milk ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - mollusk ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - MSG ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - mussel ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - mustard leaf ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - oat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - olive ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - oranges ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - papaya ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - paprika ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - parsley ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pea ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - peach ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - peanuts ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pear ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pecan ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pine nut ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pineapple ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - plantain ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - plum ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pomegranates ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pork ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - potato ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - pumpkin ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - Quorn ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - red meat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - rice ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - rye ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - salmon ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - scallop ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - sesame ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - shellfish ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - shrimp ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - snail ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - soy ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - soybean ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - spices ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - strawberry ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - sulfite ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - sunflower seeds ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - thyme ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - tomato ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - tree nuts ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - tuna ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - turnip ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - turtle ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - vegetable oil ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - walnuts ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - watermelon ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - wheat ... eczema
  • Food Allergy - zucchini ... eczema
  • Fukuda-Miyanomae-Nakata syndrome ... eczema

    G

  • Gluten allergy ... eczema
  • Goose allergy ... eczema

    H

  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Ginkgo biloba ... allergic skin reaction
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Garlic ... eczema
  • Hyper-IgE syndrome, autosomal recessive ... eczema
  • Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia ... eczema

    I

  • Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... eczema

    K

  • Kartagener syndrome ... nummular eczema

    M

  • Meleda Disease ... eczema
  • Mycosis fungoides ... eczematous rash
  • Mycosis fungoides, familial ... eczematous rash

    N

  • Nickel contact allergy ... eczema
  • Non-Food Allergy - bent grass ... eczema
  • Non-Food Allergy - dust mites ... eczema

    P

  • Parakeet allergy ... eczema
  • Parrot allergy ... eczema
  • Pet allergy ... eczema
  • Phenylketonuria ... eczematous rash
  • Pigeon allergy ... eczema
  • Pollitt syndrome ... eczema
  • Primary immunodeficiency disorders ... eczema
  • Pyridoxine deficiency ... eczema

    R

  • Rodent allergy ... eczema

    S

  • Say-Barber-Miller syndrome ... eczema
  • Seafood allergy ... eczema
  • Skin allergy ... eczema
  • Soap allergy ... eczema
  • Sparrow allergy ... eczema
  • Sunscreen allergy ... eczema

    T

  • Trichorrhexis nodosa syndrome ... eczema
  • Trichothiodystrophy, type C ... eczema
  • Trichothiodystrophy-neurocutaneous Syndrome ... eczema
  • Trichothiodystrophy-neurotrichocutaneous Syndrome of Pollitt ... eczema
  • Turkey allergy ... eczema

    V

  • Varicose veins ... eczema on legs

    W

  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... eczema

    Conditions listing complications: Eczema:

    The following list of conditions have 'Eczema' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    S

  • Scabies ... eczema

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  • Causes of Eczema Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Eczema based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Eczema?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Eczema, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Eczema:

    Subtypes of Eczema:

    Eczematous rash (3 causes), Mild allergic skin rash, Allergic skin rash, Allergic skin reaction (2 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Eczema:

    Skin symptoms (3491 causes), Scaly skin (411 causes), Rash (900 causes), Skin problems (3250 causes), Tough skin (388 causes), Skin texture changes (454 causes)

    Symptoms related to Eczema:

    Skin rash (900 causes), Itchy skin (1247 causes), Skin blisters (331 causes), Skin ulcers, Atopic dermatitis, Dry skin (170 causes), Red rashes, Scaly skin (411 causes), Crusting (7 causes), Flaking, Blistering (331 causes), Cracking, Oozing, Bleeding (1206 causes)

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    Medical News summaries about Eczema

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