Eczema can be Treated Eczema is an itchy skin condition which can affect any area of body. Apart from skin, it can also involve mucus membrane. This can affect population of all age and sex. Most common symptoms are itching, redness, swelling and oozing. Sometimes ulcers are formed and it become painful due to secondary bacterial infection. Symptoms can start…
Allergy can be diagnosed Allergy is a commonly used term for many skin condition. Any kind of itching may be referred as allergy which is not true. Allergy is a hyper reactive immuno system to certain stimuli causing itching, swelling, redness or oozing. Though skin is a common site of allergy, it can involve airways and gut which have mucus…
Allergy vs. Infection Allergy is a commonly used term for any itching condition of skin. There are many other diseases which can cause itching. One of the common disease is infection of skin by parasite or fungus. As we have discussed previously, allergy is a hyper reactive immunity system and it need a stimuli to start. Interestingly, infection can produce…
Steroid – The double-edged Sword The word steroid is very commonly used and very easily misunderstood by patients and public. There are many medical conditions where steroids are a life saving drugs. Steroid refer to a group of drugs which are similar to the hormones secreted by adrenal glands. These hormones play very important roles in variety of biological functions…
Psoriasis is just a skin Condition Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease where patient get red scaly area on skin, scalp, palm and sole . It can start with very few lesions on elbow or knee and may progress to involve larger area producing redness and scaling in entire body. Itching is subjective and can be mild in some person…