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Recent eczema articles

talkgreen - Bomull Baby's green top tips

Parenting can be messy and wasteful...but it doesn't have to be that way. Bombull Baby specialises in eco-friendly babywear and products that will keep your little one sustainably clean and rash-free.

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Skin disease patients aren’t getting enough mental health support, new report finds

Anyone living with a chronic skin condition will tell you that the psychological impact can be severe - something we should all worry about, given that 60% of Brits live with a skin issue. Despite that, patients living acne, eczema, psoriasis and so on, are being left to flounder with insufficient mental health support, a new report claims.

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Skincare - Q&A with dermatology nurse Paula Oliver

Skincare has never been a hotter topic; more and more of us are coming to realise that what we use on our skin is important. It’s not about leaving it until there’s a problem; the best skincare regimes are those we can stick with year on year. Saying that, unique issues do come up. Perhaps our skin type has changed as we’ve gotten older or we’re faced with new problems such as the coronavirus. Hand washing has never been more important but all that harsh soap and sanitiser can dry skin like no tomorrow.

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Soothing the Itch - Q and A with nurse Paula Oliver

Having itchy skin might sound like nothing but it can have a massive impact on our quality of life. No one wants to spend half the night lying in bed - scratching. Apart from the general irritation and sleep disturbance, scratching can lead to skin damage. The upper layer of our skin is actually very sensitive and continual rubbing, picking and scratching can take chunks out of our main barrier to bacteria and infection. 

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Sun Care - Q&A with dermatology nurse Paula Oliver

It’s all too easy to fob suncream off as something we use when we’re ‘somewhere warm’. We don’t need SPF in blustery Britain, right? These days, it regularly gets up to 28/30’C in the summer months - that’s the kind of temperature you’d expect on a June day in Rome. Only the very foolhardy would think about visiting Italy without packing some high strength SPF. 

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talkhealth Instagram Live with Ruth Holroyd

Never ones to fall behind the times, talkhealth has finally jumped on board the Instagram Live train. We ‘went live’ with the brilliant Ruth Holroyd - founder of the blog What Allergy? to talk about eczema and the mental health fall out of living with chronic skin conditions.

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Steven-Johnson Syndrome in different skin types

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a serious condition and usually results from an allergic reaction to medication, begins with a fever and produces eruptions which cover 10% of the body area. 

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Hyperhidrosis

We all sweat for a good reason, to help control the core temperature of our bodies. At least 1% of the population sweat in excess of what is required, and they have hyperhidrosis. There are also as many as 5% of people who sweat more than average and also benefit from the solutions discussed in this article.

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