Eczema comes from Greek word ekzein, broken down ek is out and zein is boil. That it can means either boil over or break out. Which is a chronic inflammation of the skin, that patches of skin are rough and inflamed, from blisters causing itching and bleeding. The blister become scaly, the skin becomes and becomes itchy. The main symptom of eczema is itching of the skin, by itching the skin may become raw. There are even different types of eczema, atopic, contact, Adult and Infantile Seborrhoeic, Dicoid, Pompholyx, Asteatotc, and Varicose. Even I have had eczema all my life, the itching make it feel better but with a down fall where my skin becomes very dry, red, and having cracked hands that sometimes bleed out. …show more content…
Even having an allergy can cause a trigger for eczema. Exposing to certain materials can cause irritation to the skin. In my family my mother has eczema on the bottom of her hands, my two elder sister and I have eczema on the top of our hands. We got it from our mother and it is also from the environment and locations we live in depends on the severity of the state of break out. Also in our family foods trigger an outbreak for example citrus fruits and food color dyes like red juice. Even the fragrance of soaps and laundry detergents can cause the skin to be