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Our-Eczema: July 2008
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Saturday, 26 July 2008. I had an email from Brooke, who has recently started phototherapy. Brooke is very pleased with the results she has had so far. I had will post some information on the treatment in my next post. I had UV treatment up the local hospital and it worked well for me too but unfortunately as soon as I stopped the treatment my eczema returned. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogging Fusion Blog Directory. View my complete profile. Dry Patches - The Eczema Blog. Use l...
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Our-Eczema: March 2008
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Saturday, 29 March 2008. Glasgow Rangers Legend Andy Goram and myself in the Quarry Bar in Glasgow last week. Thursday, 27 March 2008. Here is an interesting article for those of you who suffer more during the summer! It is summertime and you ought to be enjoying the sunny weather and all. Yet, for those of you with eczema, that is hardly the case. For those of you that get intense itches during summer, here are some tips to help you control your eczema during summer. Hot days can also mean make you thir...
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A Topic: Dermatitis: What constitutes a treatment
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Wednesday, January 9, 2008. What constitutes a treatment. So, what constitutes a treatment for Atopic Dermatitis - according to conventional medicine, anyway? According to Dr. H (dermatologist), here's what can constitute a treatment (I'm pretty sure he meant for medium to severe atopic):. These agents may calm your atopic dermatitis by way of lowering the resistance of your entire immune system. January 12, 2008 at 1:33 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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A Topic: Dermatitis: Stop scratching!
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Friday, May 8, 2009. If you have atopic dermatitis, the above sentence is one you're probably used to hearing. Love it or hate it, I doubt that you can stay indifferent to it. Let's start at the beginning. As I've mentioned before on this blog, it truly is unhealthy to scratch, as it aggravates the skin and worsens your condition. Those are the bare facts. So how the heck are you supposed not to scratch? Your blog made me smile and you itch all you want. My mother...
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A Topic: Dermatitis: July 2007
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Side note: some people get drowsy or sleepy from the antihistamines. Not me. Doesn't do a thing. Or like my mom would tell the doctors when I was a kid: "I. It made her sleep".]. Seeing as my atopic's been getting worse lately, my mom reminded me of the switching scheme again just the other day. So now I'm back to the old regime: Aerius mornings, Zyllergy (aka Histazine) nights. All this, by the way, is in addition to:. Links to this post.
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A Topic: Dermatitis: An Ounce of Prevention
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Saturday, January 19, 2008. An Ounce of Prevention. The following can be considered preventive measures, and may be very helpful a such, as per the adage that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". Still, they do not constitute a treatment. And once your situation gets real bad, they may not cut it by themselves. Stay cool in the other sense as well. Stress, anger and emotional pressure can worsen the situation. I know it sounds impossible, but...Keep ...
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A Topic: Dermatitis: January 2008
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Friday, January 25, 2008. Treat your nails well, and they will treat you well. What I mean by that is simply, that the better treated your nails are, the less harm your scratching will do. So what's an atopic's maniCure? Keep your nails cut super-short. File them if you need to, make sure there are no jagged edges to break the skin's surface. So if you scratched so hard that it's bleeding, treat your skin; but also, treat your nails. Links to this post. When thing...
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A Topic: Dermatitis: The real deal: products I actually use
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. The real deal: products I actually use. After years and years of testing. I'm bound to have some insights of my own, right? Well I do. And here they are in front of you. Please note I am not paid by any of these products/companies to endorse them. My baseline, the best of all and most used by far, the one off of which all else is tested is the one and only Vanicream. Specifically Rambam's hospital-brewed version with extra olive oil.
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A Topic: Dermatitis: May 2009
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A blog for all things atopic dermatitis. Friday, May 8, 2009. If you have atopic dermatitis, the above sentence is one you're probably used to hearing. Love it or hate it, I doubt that you can stay indifferent to it. Let's start at the beginning. As I've mentioned before on this blog, it truly is unhealthy to scratch, as it aggravates the skin and worsens your condition. Those are the bare facts. So how the heck are you supposed not to scratch? Links to this post. There and back again. I had focused most...
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Our-Eczema: August 2008
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Tuesday, 5 August 2008. Phototherapy: A Treatment Option for Some Types of Eczema. Phototherapy exposes a patient to ultraviolet (UV) light for a controlled amount of time and may be prescribed to treat moderate to severe:. Two types of phototherapy are used to treat eczema:. PUVA (also called chemophototherapy). There are two types of UVB therapy:. Broadband (3-5 treatments per week). Narrowband (2-3 treatments per week). Broadband - This UVB therapy has been around for more than 80 years, and it is sti...