| One in ten people are affected by the common | | | | and scalp) and statis (affects the lower |
| inflammatory skin disease, eczema. Other skin | | | | leg).Eczema has been linked to food allergies, so it |
| diseases have similar symptoms to eczema, so it | | | | would be wise to consult a nutritional therapist to |
| is wise to have a proper diagnosis from your | | | | discover which foods trigger the eczema. Typical |
| doctor. Eczema commonly affects the hands, | | | | trigger foods for eczema are diary products, |
| behind the knees and the elbows but it can also | | | | wheat, soya, nuts and eggs also other chemicals |
| be found almost anywhere on the body. Eczema | | | | additives in foods such as histamine, salicylates, |
| is extremely itchy and typical symptoms are | | | | benzoates and aromatic compounds found in |
| thickening, scaly patches of skin that become red | | | | spices can trigger eczema symptoms. In studies, |
| and fissured. Sometimes tiny blisters appear called | | | | when heavy coffee drinkers stopped drinking |
| vesicles that rapture, weep and eventually crust | | | | coffee their eczema symptoms improved, so |
| over.There many different types of eczema | | | | coffee may well be another food allergy for |
| which are allergic (contact dermatitis), asteatotic | | | | eczema sufferers. Avoiding irritants such as hot |
| (affects the legs, manly in the elderly), atopic | | | | water and soap can also be beneficial to eczema |
| (affects the face, neck, elbows and knees), | | | | sufferers. Following a vegan type diet with plenty |
| discoid (round lesions that affect the trunk and | | | | of seeds, leafy green vegetables, whole grains |
| leg), lichen simplex (caused by irritation of the | | | | would be beneficial to the eczema sufferer.The |
| skin), photoallergic (caused by sunlight on sensitive | | | | following supplements may help if you are |
| skin), pompholyx (affects the fingers, hands and | | | | suffering from Eczema. |
| soles of the feet), seborrhoeic (affects the face | | | | |