Eczema
is by no question a painful and irritating disease. Scratching your skin once
it attacks will only make it worse. There are many ways to provide temporary
relief to eczema and most of the ingredients required are found at your home.
Just a word of caution, though, eczema is a disease that should be treated with
medical care. If the recommended treatments in the succeeding sections seem to
make your eczema worse, stop the treatment and consult a qualified physician.
Coconut
Oil
Apply a
liberal amount of coconut oil on the affected area. This will moisturize your
skin and help prevent dryness and flaking. If you cannot get coconut oil, use
mudpack as a replacement. Coconut oil is readily available in drugstores.
Cold
Compress
Do this
for two times a day and feel the relief. It will reduce the itchiness, thus
preventing you from rubbing it. The cold compress, however, may absorb the
moisture of your skin so keep the usage to a minimum number of times daily.
Ideally, apply a dermatologist-approved cream right after the cold compress
treatment.
Milk
Compress
Place a
cloth dipped in milk on the affected area and leave it there for 15 minutes.
Just like coconut oil, this will moisturize your skin, relieve the pain and
reduce the possibility of drying and flaking.
Sunbath
Sun
bath may be done while walking briskly in the early morning or while jogging.
This should be done before ten in the morning when the sun's rays are still
cool to the skin and are still rich with vitamin D. After ten in the morning,
the sun's rays are already very harmful so stay away from open spaces.
Steam
Bath
Do this
twice a day to get relief. If steam bath is too hot for you, you can use a mild
hot compress to relieve the pain. Be very diligent in doing this so you do not
experience itching and inflammation again and again.
Each
person's skin will have different reactions to the remedies provided above.
Always consult a qualified physician if the eczema gets worse or if no relief
is felt. Remember to stay away from water contact unless it is necessary
because water is a known trigger to eczema attacks. This happens when the skin
gets wet and no moisturizer is applied. Once the water evaporates, the skin is
left dry and this causes the eczema to get worse.
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