Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Important Facts About Common Eczema Treatments

By Liandra Sosby

If you suffer from eczema, you may already be aware of the many common eczema treatments available to help relieve your symptoms. These consist topical and oral medication. And, if your eczema is severe, you may have to use both of these together.

It is a good idea to seek expert medical advice for proper eczema treatment since two different people will not experience eczema the same way.

In the beginning, you may choose creams, ointments , lotions as well as bath oils and even emollients as your preferred eczema treatments.

No matter what type of eczema that is bothering it is well advised to use moisturizers because they are known to cause rehydration of dry as well as cracked parts of the body. Among different products to choose from, you could consider using Moisturel,Eucerin as well as Aquaphor and even mineral and baby oils.

Using topical steroids is another common eczema treatment you may wish to consider that can be used along with moisturizers. This helps with swelling as well as irritation and inflammation. There are low potency and high potency topical steroids. Which type you use will depend on how severe your eczema condition is.

Protopic and Elidel are good examples of topical immunosuppressants that may be used for eczema treatment. These two are especially effective because they control the reactions of the immune system against irritants and triggers and thereby help to clear the affected part of the body and gives relief as well. This eczema treatment should however, is used only as a last resort.

Other eczema treatments include using oral antihistamines that will bring down itchiness, using oral steroids which is very effective when other treatments fail to do the job, trying out phototherapy as another last resort eczema treatment, and finally, using antibiotics on affected and inflamed parts of the body, though this eczema treatment must be taken only after having been advised by a doctor. - 14130

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