Eczema is a chronic disease of the upper skin (epidermis) and is characterized by the presence of inflammation and a variety of rash options. It can be diagnosed in both children and adults. Appears regardless of gender, national or occupational characteristics. It is characteristic of people prone to allergic reactions to irritants and antigens. The article describes the most effective ways to help get rid of eczema with the help of traditional medicine and pharmacology.
Reasons for the appearance and classification of eczema
Most often, a rash with eczema is deployed on the scalp, neck, upper back, hands, elbows, knees, sometimes on the calves and feet. Much less often, it appears on the abdomen, lower back, chest. Attacks of the disease can bother the patient for several weeks in a row - subsequently, the disease either spreads over a large area of the epidermis, or goes away. The sooner you start therapy, the more likely it is to get rid of the manifestations of the disease as quickly as possible. In this case, you must adhere to therapeutic nutrition.
Eczema in the later stages is not an ordinary small rash, which many patients often confuse with urticaria. Blisters, blisters (as with second-degree burns), severe itching and pain appear. When you try to open such bubbles yourself or squeeze out pus accumulated inside, relief does not occur - eczema only spreads to an even larger area of the skin.
Depending on the course, the following stages of the disease are distinguished:
- acute - lasts about two months and brings unbearable torment to the patient due to severe itching and burning;
- subacute, which is characterized by less intense pain, but can last much longer - up to six months, provided that there is no adequate treatment;
- chronic, which can occur for several years and periodically aggravate and cause discomfort to the patient, then again go down to the state of urticaria.
Depending on the degree and stage of the disease, the intensity of treatment will vary. In most cases, it is not enough to use therapeutic ointments. You should also completely review your diet and get rid of bad habits. It depends on the patient himself how to get rid of eczema - in the early stages and quickly, or provoke an exacerbation and suffer from a subacute form for many months. The sooner you start treatment and change your diet, the more likely you are to achieve long-term remission.
How to get rid of eczema forever?
Is it possible? Yes, any dermatologist will confirm that there are many people who survived only one relapse of the disease, and for the rest of their lives it no longer bothered them. Is there any secret that can help get rid of eczema forever? The result of treatment always depends on the cause that triggered the problem. If the rash began due to an allergy that constantly haunted the patient, then relapse can not be avoided. If, for example, eczema began after a single poisoning, then most likely there will not be a recurrence of the disease. In this case, we can talk about "cure forever."
In some cases, eczema may return after a decade or even longer. In this case, the patient may not notice any provoking factor - poisoning or allergies. In fact, allergic manifestations can occur in the body unnoticed by the carrier itself. Thus, manifestations of eczema can begin suddenly and literally in a few days develop into an acute form.
Patients are wondering how to get rid of eczema if they have not suffered from such problems before? The principle of treatment is the same for everyone - both for chronic patients, and for people whom the illness suddenly overtakes. You should regularly make compresses with therapeutic ointments and review your diet.
Drug treatment
How to permanently get rid of eczema on the hands (sometimes the period of remission can reach up to several years, subject to all the rules of therapy), an experienced dermatologist will tell. In some cases, consultation with an immunologist, endocrinologist is also required. Here is a list of the most commonly prescribed drugs:
- preparations for external use based on steroid hormones have a powerful anti-inflammatory and desensitizing effect (they are prescribed not only for eczema, but also for atopic dermatitis and other skin diseases accompanied by severe itching and burning);
- if the course of eczema is mild, you can use anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory ointments and creams (those that have a solidol are especially good).
Also, a dermatologist can prescribe drugs for oral administration - gluconate or calcium chloride intravenously, sodium thiosulfate intramuscularly or intravenously, drugs with a clear antihistamine effect - Diphenhydramine, Suprastin.
In most cases, after the departure of the main symptoms, spots remain after eczema. How to get rid of them? Effective ointment for scars "Contractubex", and if the traces are still fresh, you can use "Solcoseryl" (a tool that stimulates the regeneration of the skin).
Solidol Eczema Ointments
What other remedies will help get rid of eczema? Solidol and drugs with it in the composition occupy an honorable second place after hormonal preparations. Solidol can be used both in pure form or in half diluted petroleum jelly or as part of self-prepared medicinal ointments. How to get rid of eczema with solidol? The following ointments should be applied several times a day to the affected area of the skin:
“Solipsor” is a pharmacy ointment, which, in addition to solidol, also includes birch tar, lanolin, beeswax, plant extracts of garlic, string, licorice, caraway seeds, pumpkin, linseed and olive oil.
Ungvetol acts due to the presence of fat solidol with menthol. The composition also includes the following components: resorcinol, b-trinitrotoluene, sunflower oil, resorcinol.
"Kartalin" is an ointment, which, in addition to solidol, contains many plant ingredients: eucalyptus and chamomile oils, beeswax, plant extracts of a string and chamomile, which have the ability to relieve skin itching and burning.
Chernyshev ointment is produced on the basis of fat solidol and plant extracts of Eleutherococcus, calendula, celandine, and wild rose. With regular use, it helps to quickly get rid of eczema on any part of the body.
"Magnipsor" - a remedy for eczema and dermatitis of the mixed type. In addition to solidol, it contains mineral additives. This is the Dead Sea salt, sea buckthorn oil, tea tree extract.
Depending on the manifestations of the disease, you can choose the best remedy for yourself. How to get rid of dry eczema? You should choose a product with maximum moisturizing and nourishing effects - for example, with oils in the composition. Depending on the composition, all therapeutic ointments can be divided into three groups:
- preparations, the composition of which, in addition to solidol, is enriched with plant components: Markin ointment, Antipsor, Kartalin;
- ointments, the composition of which is enriched with mineral components: Rybakov ointment;
- preparations, which include both mineral and plant components - Magnipsor.
Most often, before getting rid of itching eczema, the patient has to try several drugs. If after a week of regular use there is no improvement, you should stop using it and choose a new drug for treatment, the composition of which differs from the first one.
How to get rid of eczema on your hands
On the hands, manifestations of eczema are most often noticeable. The sooner you start therapy, the more likely it is to return smooth hand skin in seven to ten days.
- Wash hands with antibacterials as often as possible. During the day, many bacteria try to attack the epidermis of the hands and fingers. Because this part of the body is most susceptible to the development of eczema and dermatitis.
- To choose products for hand skin care without alcohol in the composition - the drying components will not be useful in dry or wet eczema. On the contrary, the dried epidermis will cause the patient even more pain.
- Hormonal ointments with therapeutic creams with solidol in the composition should be combined. For example, in the morning and at lunch, use the drug with the maximum therapeutic effect, and before going to bed, use the remedy from the arsenal of alternative therapy.
- In parallel with the treatment with ointments and creams, you should adhere to a hypoallergenic diet, which will stop the spread of eczema to larger areas of the skin surface.
Therapeutic diet: nutritional features and symptom reduction
Can I get rid of eczema with just a diet? Yes, in some cases this is possible. Since problems with the state of the epidermis are very often provoked precisely by allergic manifestations, it is important to adhere to a hypoallergenic approach to the preparation of the diet:
- Refuse to eat any citrus fruit is lemon, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, etc.
- Completely abandon the use of natural juices, both factory-made and self-cooking.
- Exclude any number of drinks that contain ethyl alcohol - even if it is naturally brewed beer, expensive wine, etc.
- Fast food contains a large amount of fat, preservatives, dyes - it is better to refuse to eat such food.
- Avoid fried or frying dishes. Do not add mayonnaise, ketchup and other spicy and fatty sauces to your food. The less spices and spices used in cooking, the better.
Alternative methods of treatment and prevention
How to get rid of eczema on the arms, legs, lower back as quickly as possible and at minimal cost? You can try traditional therapy methods.
- Shake one raw egg. Mix the resulting talker with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. In order for the mass to turn out to be of a uniform consistency, you can add a tablespoon of petroleum jelly and mix thoroughly - as a result, you get a rather thick suspension for application to the skin. This recipe will help patients who are looking for an answer to get rid of soaking eczema. The yolk contains components that nourish the skin, and vinegar has an anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effect on the epidermis.
- Baths with sea salt. It is necessary to prepare the most concentrated solution with sea salt, which contains about 1 kg of dry product per liter of water. Arrange a bath for the area of the skin that is affected by eczema. The easiest way to soar feet, hands. If eczema is on the back or neck, lotions or compresses can be made from tissue dipped in saline. If there are blisters, you should refrain from the procedure, since the salt very pinch the surface of the skin.
- Compress of olive oil (teaspoon) mixed with one egg yolk. Mix the ingredients until smooth. Apply a thin layer to the affected area of the skin, allow to absorb, then rinse with warm water. Such a compress has a healing effect, accelerates skin regeneration processes.
Mustard powder in the fight against manifestations of eczema on the hands
If the patient is looking for an answer on how to get rid of eczema on his legs, then such an extreme way can come to his aid. Mustard improves blood circulation and thereby accelerates the regeneration of epidermal tissues. If cracks and wounds are present, you should refrain from using this recipe in practice, since it is possible to increase pain, burning and even more inflammation of the affected area of the epidermis.
Dilute regular mustard powder with hot water to a creamy consistency. Add a pinch of sugar - as much as possible, but remember that the more sugar, the more burning the mixture. For a nourishing effect, you can add one egg yolk to the mixture. Apply the resulting mixture in a thin layer to the affected skin. It’s normal if there is a slight warmth. If the patient experiences a burning sensation, rinse immediately with cool water.
Mustard makes the epidermis cells regenerate faster, so healing is much faster. This treatment is quite traumatic for people with sensitive skin.
Hypericum oil and other medicinal plants in the fight against eczema
St. John's wort is a plant with recognized healing properties. Homemade oil from the stems and inflorescences of this plant will help get rid of eczema at home.
How to cook concentrated hypericum oil at home? For its preparation, it is better to use not the stem and leaves, but inflorescences. Of course, theoretically it is possible to make oil from the whole plant as a whole. But if it is possible to select flowers, it will be better, they have a maximum concentration of useful components.
It should be laid in dense rows of inflorescences and leaves of the plant in a glass container. Pour the unrefined olive or sunflower oil into the container to the very top. Close as tight a lid as possible. Avoid light rays.
Insist on the windowsill, in the bright side of the house for two weeks. Despite the fact that such infusions are usually prepared in a dark place, St. John's wort is better to insist on the sunny side - the main thing is to ensure that the jar is tightly corked. If the oil gradually evaporates, it is permissible to add its amount to the maximum once every two weeks. After one and a half to two months, an oil infusion is obtained, which has a multi-healing effect.
Medical advice: how to prevent relapse of the disease
The following simple tips will help minimize the possibility of recurrence of eczema:
- adhere to proper nutrition: avoid greasy, spicy, stomach-heavy dishes and fast food;
- exclude alcoholic beverages from your diet, stop smoking;
- Before each meal, wash your hands thoroughly, as well as vegetables with fruits that are eaten;
- Avoid psycho-emotional overstrain, stress, overwork - almost all skin diseases have a psychosomatic background.