Anyone have severe eczema soultions?

Question

I have severe eczema and in the winter my hands even bleed.
at night I use Eucerin calming creme on my hands and put socks over them. got any better ideas?

Answer 1

Try the Natural Cures, works and helps better.

The term ‘eczema’ is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘to boil.’ It refers to an inflammation of the skin, which results in the formation of vesicles or pustules. It is the most common and most troublesome of all skin diseases.

Eczema is essentially a constitutional disease, resulting from a toxic condition of the system. The disease covers a wide variety of forms, the majority of them being of a chronic variety.

Symptoms: Eczema in its acute form is indicated by redness and swelling of the skin, the formation of minute vesicles and severe heat. If the vesicles rupture, a raw, moist surface is formed. From this, a colourless discharge oozes, which forms skin crusts when it accumulates. The disease is usually worst at night when the heat of the body is retained by the bedclothes.

The skin itches at all stages. In the wet stage, it may become infected with bacteria. The healing of the condition is affected by scratching in response to the irritation. Scratching not only spreads infection but also lengthens the stage of dryness and scaling.

Causes: Allergies play an important part in causing eczema. Some women get eczema on their hands due to an allergy to soap or detergents used to wash clothes or dishes. Some persons develop it around the fingers when they wear rings because of allergy to metals. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, in a recent study of children with atrophic eczema, found that 75% were allergic to a number of foods. The most common triggers for sensitive persons are eggs, peanuts, chocolate, wheat, cow’s milk, chicken, and potato.

The real cause of eczema, however, is the failure of the human system to excrete the poisons from the various orifices of the body. Waste matter is excreted from the rectum through stools, from the bladder through urine, from the lungs through breath and from the pores of the skin through sweat. Sometime the pores of the skin are overworked, as waste matter is not properly eliminated from the other orifices. If the pores are not given the chance to perform their normal function, the sweat will be full of morbid matter and this gives rise to skin diseases like eczema, acne, boils, and other eruptions.

Other causes include faulty metabolism, constipation, nutritional deficiencies, and stress brought about by nagging spouses, jealousy, frustration, and a host of other emotions. Suppressive drug treatment of the formal disease is also a most potent subsidiary causative factor in many cases.

The Cure: Skin applications to cure eczema may give temporary relief. If the exudation is suppressed, some other more serious disease may develop. The best way to deal with eczema is to cleanse the blood stream and the body.

The treatment should start with a fast on orange juice and water from five to days, depending on the severity and duration of the trouble. Juice fasting will help eliminate toxic waste from the body and lead to substantial improvement. In some cases, the condition may worsen in the beginning of the fast due to the increased elimination of waste matter through the skin. But as fasting continues, improvement will manifest itself.

Fruits, salt free, raw or steamed vegetables with whole meal bread or chappatis may be taken after the juice fast. Carrot and musk melon are particularly beneficial. Coconut oil may be used instead of ghee. After a few days, curd and milk may be added to the diet. The patients may thereafter gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet of three basic food groups, namely (i) seeds, nuts, and grains, (ii) vegetables, and (iii) fruits. The large proportion of the diet should consist of raw foods. Seeds and beans such as alfalfa, mung, and soyabeans can be sprouted.

This diet may be supplemented with cold-pressed vegetable oils, honey, and yeast. Juice fasting may be repeated at intervals of two months or so, depending on the progress being made, in chronic and more difficult cases of eczema, patient should fast at least once a week till he is cured.

The patient should avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages, and all condiments and highly flavoured dishes. He should also avoid sugar, white flour products, denatured cereals like polished rice, and pearled barley and tinned or bottled foods. He should eat only pure and wholesome foods.

Raw vegetable juices, especially carrot juice in combination with spinach juice, have proved highly beneficial in the treatment of eczema. The formula proportions considered helpful in this combination are carrot 300 mL and spinach 200 mL to make 500 mL or half a litre of juice. The patient should get as much fresh air as possible. Restrictive clothing should not be worn. 2-3 L of water should be taken daily and the patient must bath twice or thrice a day. The skin, with the exception of the parts affected with eczema, should be vigorously rubbed with the palms of the hands before taking the bath.

Coconut oil may be applied to the portions with eczema. It will help the skin to stay soft. Walking or jogging should be resorted to in order to inactivate the bowels. Sun bathing is also beneficial as it kills the harmful bacteria and should be resorted to early in the morning, in the first light of dawn. A light mudpack should be applied over the sites of the eczema is also helpful. The pack should be applied for an hour at a time and should be repeated twice or thrice a day.

Water Treatment: In cases of acute eczema, cold compress, or cold-wet fomentations are beneficial. The affected part should be wrapped with a thick soft cloth. The cloth should be moistened with cold water (55-60 degrees F) every 15-30 minutes for two hours at a time. The bandage should be left intact, keeping the cloth cold. There may be intensification of itching or pain initially but this will soon subside. A cold compress may be applied twice daily for a week or so.

Hope this helps, Good Luck.

Answer 2

I concur with "Nurse Susan". . . and add these suggestions, as a fellow eczema sufferer, some 22+ years now:

1. Creams don't always totally absorb into an eczema area. In fact I sometimes find they clog pores and make my eczema episode worse. (I use Eucerin products too, as often as possible).

2. Instead of soap, I shower using Origins brand (it's a natural ingredients skin care company - often having their own stores in malls across America) "Modern Friction" Facial Scrub. . . a little goes a VERY long way. Yes, I said 'facial scrub.' The body scrub is too harsh for my sensitive skin. It is expensive, at about $38, but one jar lasts me about 4 months of 3 x's/wk. showers.

3. After I shower, I rub-in 'food grade' pure almond oil, or pure jojoba oil (which seems to absorb quicker than the almond oil) all over my body - especially eczema areas.

4. I keep a prescription cortizone cream on-hand, and use very sparingly light 'dots' of it rubbed onto the areas that may be near peeling or bleeding stage.

5. This regime has nearly cleared my eczema one hundred percent on my legs. ( I also quit shaving my legs - as that dries them even more - and I always keep the sun off my legs: long skirts and pants only; no shorts - sun exposure seems to make my eczema worse too.

6. Diligence is the key. Pay attention. Treat. Treat. Treat. Moisturize. Keep hydrated.

7. My fingers are crossed for your successful healing :-)

Answer 3

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Anyone have severe eczema soultions?
I have severe eczema and in the winter my hands even bleed.
at night I use Eucerin calming creme on my hands and put socks over them. got any better ideas?

Answer 4

THIS WORKS - I know because I have it!
1] Buy some Aquaphor ointment [ large ]
a] cover hands with aquaphor before bathing/showering [ yes, I know that sounds odd but it helps ]
b] coat hands with aquaphor, and cover with gloves before bed.
c] use the calming creme under gloves outdoors in winter
d] reapply calming creme during day
2] Don't use soap - use unscented or sensitive skin body wash, face wash, lotions and potions
3] Eat a healthy diet - lean protein, whole grains, lots of fruit and veggies. Avoid fried, fast. and junk food - even diet junk food
4] Drink about 1/2 gallon of water a day - this will help flush
any toxins out
5] take a multivitamin with minerals - sometimes a little bit of one nutrient helps a lot!
6] be extra vigilent about this routine in times of stress [finals, marraige], in winter, etc.
7] If any parts becomes more inflammed, runny or oozy, apply some antibiotic ointment so it won't get infected

Answer 5

I would recomend the Aveeno treatment. You would use their soap to wash your hands, and their lotion to calm the itching. Keep the socks on your hands at night regmin, but instead of the Eucerin cream, use the Aveeno cream. That should help you out alot.

P.S--If that doesn't work try cocoa butter in place of the Aveeno.

Answer 6

Try taking Evening Primrose Oil. I was born with eczema, and was prescribed everything....from black coal tar cream to steroids and nothing made a difference.
My mum went to a local health shop and asked and she advised that I take 3000 mg of Evening Primrose Oil daily. She said that although there was no strong evidence, she had heard that it has helped loads of people.
I've done that now for around 5 years and my skin is incredible.

Answer 7

I have the same problem. If you have smaller areas that are bleeding and sore (even itchy) try putting neosporin or any triple antibiotic on the area and cover it, i.e. bandaide. It keeps it moist and protects the area from infection. It also has helped clear it up temporarily in that area.

Answer 8

Powder rice and boil it in water till it cooks to a paste.Add turmeric powder and dried neem leaf powder(neem is optional). Apply this paste over affected part and expose to sunlight for 15-20 minutes and wash with cold water.

Answer 9

Fruits. Bananas are my favorite. btw did you know that tomatoes are the #1 selling fresh fruit? true beans

Answer 10

fruit grows on shrub or vines and fresh vegetables grow in the land.