"When I tell them 'Oh, this is eczema,' they get surprised because they never had eczema as a child," she says ... the belly button," Lipner explained. Nummular eczema, also called discoid ...

Eczema is not contagious, and is a chronic disease that causes symptoms of dry, itchy skin that can appear like a red rash, ...

dyshidrotic eczema and nummular eczema. Atopic dermatitis most often affects children and is chronic, which means it’s long-lasting and can periodically flare up. Contact dermatitis occurs when ...

"In children, especially ... Eczema can present in a variety of ways, making self-diagnosis difficult. "Nummular eczema is quite different from atopic dermatitis in terms of how it presents ...

Background: Parents and carers of children with eczema often underuse emollient therapy, essential to repairing and protecting the defective skin barrier in atopic eczema. Educational ...

leaving 135 children evaluable. Of these, 18 subjects visited an eczema specialist in the three months prior to joining the programme and thus might have already received additional education on ...