1. Eczema Written by: Katie Dalrymple Written on November 3, 2018
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2. Brief history
Your skin is red and sore. It may even look scaly. You itch like crazy. You know you haven't been near poison ivy and you don't have chickenpox, but you're starting to worry that you're slowly turning into some kind of scaly creature from a monster movie. No need to worry. It's just eczema

3. Age groups
If you have eczema, you're not alone. About 1 out of every 10 kids develops eczema. Most kids who have eczema got it before they turned 5 years old, but you can get it when you're older than 5. The good news is that more than half of the kids who have eczema today will be over it by the time they are teenagers. Yes eczema can affect everyone. Atopic dermatitis commonly occurs in infants, with dry and scaly patches appearing on the skin. These patches are often intensely itchy.

4. Symptoms of eczema
 Eczema makes your skin dry, red, and itchy. Sometimes you may even break out in a rash. It's a chronic condition, which means that it comes and goes. Your skin can get inflamed, red, dry, and even scaly. T

5. How eczema affects the human body
Eczema affects your body by giving you rashes and they are really itchy
Everyone has special cells on their skin that irritates them when coming close to something that you are allergic to
People with eczema have more of these special cells and are easily irritated.
Some things that can set off eczema include:
soaps, detergents, or perfumes
hot and sweaty skin
dry winter air with little moisture
other things that can irritate your skin, such as contact with scratchy fabrics (like wool) or dust mites in your bedsheets
So try using hypoallergenic soaps and detergents

6. What Causes of eczema?
Skin has special cells that react when they come in contact with anything that irritates them. They make the skin inflamed to protect it. If you have eczema, you have more of these special cells than other people do. These cells overreact when something triggers them and they start to work overtime. That's what makes your skin red, sore, and itchy.

7. Cures and treatments
There are no cures for eczema but you can treat the symptoms. Eczema is not a terminal disease but it is very itchy and uncomfortable. If you scratch the rashes you can make it worse because then you will then get an infection that can kill you. To help the itching go away you can get a wet washcloth and put it on your rashes and if you need to you can rub the rashes. You may also use oatmeal bathes and lotion to help treat the symptoms.
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8. Preventions of eczema
To prevent eczema you can use special lotion or take an oatmeal bath to sooth the itching. Eczema can't be cured, but you can do plenty of things to prevent a flare-up. For facial eczema, wash gently with a nondrying facial cleanser or soap substitute, and use facial moisturizers, makeup, and sunscreens that say noncomedogenic/oil-free .
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9. How eczema affects our daily lives
About half of the kids who get eczema will also someday develop hay fever or asthma themselves. Eczema is not an allergy itself, but allergies can be a trigger factor for eczema. That means that if you have allergies, your eczema may flare up sometimes.
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10. resources
Hyde, P. (Trans.). Eczema. Retrieved November 1, 2018, from I selected website because it gave the perfect information on my disease this
Hyde, P. (Trans.). Eczema. Retrieved November 1, 2018,
Mclntosh, J. (2017, November 14). What's to Know about Eczema. Retrieved November 22, 2018, from this website talks about the disease eczema in a descriptive way and tells the reader the age group eczema effects and the causes of eczema.