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imaiqahhoney
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by imaiqahhoney on Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:11 pm

none seems to work

Hi,

I used to suffer from eczema problem when i was a kid around 3 years old until i was 15.
Somehow when i was 16 it get totally stopped and not until last few months suddenly it started again.

I been prescribed with steroid cream and steroid tablet. But the steroid cream just work wonders for few days and after I started getting itchy again even with continuous use of the cream.

It affected my underarms, the inner side of my elbow, my neck, under my boobs and now spread to my arms.
I feel hopeless as the Dr has changed the tablet twice and 4 different cream yet to the same result.

My routine, exposure to surrounding, diet been the same. So I really wonder what went wrong?
Help me.

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ckbridgett
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by ckbridgett on Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:36 pm

Re: none seems to work

Doesn't sound good. :|
If your eczema is proving difficult to treat and has been there for more than a couple of weeks I expect the itchiness has now caused you to scratch it and the scratching is now part of the problem. Make sure you are using enough moisturiser, and strong enough topical steroid, but also check out how habit reversal for scratching can make all the difference. :)
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