i have had it since i was a very small child. it is just one of those things that you have to spend all of your time keeping it under control
i take 1. atarax (prescription) to stop the extreme itching 2. i use elidel (prescription) for the the eczema on my face and my hairline. 3. i use protopic (prescription) for the other areas of my body. 4. i also do not take a bath or a shower every day. :D 4a. if i do take a shower, i use not so hot water because that only makes the itching worse. and then you CAN'T stop scratching it. even if the skin is coming off. hydrocortizone breaks down the skin over time and it is not good to use it continually. aveeno is used just because i like to put something in my bath. does nothing for my ezcema. seasonal changes in the weather mess me up royal. i try to keep my body hydrated by drinking tons of water and skipping out on the caffeine. my biggest trigger has been sugar. SUGAR of all things. i don't know what it does to me. i just want it, but then i can't stop myself and before i know it, i am covered from head to toe in itchy spots. when i was in high school, i was allergic to my clarinet reeds (bamboo)and had to go out and buy very expensive plastic reeds. can you imagine that? i would get these secondary infections all around my mouth. just imagine the teasing. i also had it on every finger but my thumbs from the bottom knuckle to the cuticle. my mom understood my pain. she always took me to the doctor for it. my brother has it really bad too. stress is the other big factor. when i was getting divorced, my skin was a crawling and itching.
i have learned to live with it, but it sucks. every once in a while, i go tot see my dermatologist and he tells me the same thing, that it will never go away. it is worse when you are an adult. you don't get teased, but you feel that god could have done better when picking from the disease grab bag. i dread even getting a scratch because i know that when it starts to heal, my ezcema may take over.
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timeasmymeasure
oh yeah!!! exzcema (had it all these years still can't spell it
Date: 2004-11-09 06:54 pm (UTC)i take
1. atarax (prescription) to stop the extreme itching
2. i use elidel (prescription) for the the eczema on my face and my hairline.
3. i use protopic (prescription) for the other areas of my body.
4. i also do not take a bath or a shower every day. :D
4a. if i do take a shower, i use not so hot water because that only makes the itching worse. and then you CAN'T stop scratching it. even if the skin is coming off.
hydrocortizone breaks down the skin over time and it is not good to use it continually.
aveeno is used just because i like to put something in my bath. does nothing for my ezcema.
seasonal changes in the weather mess me up royal. i try to keep my body hydrated by drinking tons of water and skipping out on the caffeine.
my biggest trigger has been sugar. SUGAR of all things. i don't know what it does to me. i just want it, but then i can't stop myself and before i know it, i am covered from head to toe in itchy spots.
when i was in high school, i was allergic to my clarinet reeds (bamboo)and had to go out and buy very expensive plastic reeds. can you imagine that? i would get these secondary infections all around my mouth. just imagine the teasing. i also had it on every finger but my thumbs from the bottom knuckle to the cuticle. my mom understood my pain. she always took me to the doctor for it. my brother has it really bad too.
stress is the other big factor. when i was getting divorced, my skin was a crawling and itching.
i have learned to live with it, but it sucks. every once in a while, i go tot see my dermatologist and he tells me the same thing, that it will never go away. it is worse when you are an adult. you don't get teased, but you feel that god could have done better when picking from the disease grab bag. i dread even getting a scratch because i know that when it starts to heal, my ezcema may take over.
it'll be okay though ms. c
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