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When I am starting to really stress out my hands crack and bleed and no ammount of lotion or anything I have ever received from the doctor has helped with this. I know it is all stress related, because when I stop stressing it goes away. This has been going on for years, so I know my eczema is stress related.
Hope you get your eczema cleared up.
Yours in recovery,
Mandy
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I agree with Dolphin, eczema can be stress related. I know I suffer from it sometimes when I'm stressed.
Someone told me once to rub a very small bit of anti-dandruff shampoo on it and it helps clear it up. I tried it. It worked for me but I only had small patches of eczema.
Maybe try and relax, exercise.....you know best what you need to do really!
Will try not to proselytise here, but skin conditions can be a symptom of developing insulin resistance, and can definitely be exacerbated by stress, according to Dr.... oops, forgot her first name, but it's Schwartzbein. Her book explains how the 3 major hormone systems (adrenaline, insulin, cortisol) interact, and how what many of us have been taught about controlling our weight can actually lead to hormonal imbalances with symptoms like fatigue & various inflammatory ailments, including skin conditions. Don't know if this is what is going on with you obviously, but thought I'd give you another choice () in exploring what might be going on!
i got it when my A broke out... the stress was unreal and my arms got covered in eczema, i got constant stomach problems, kidney infections, and digestion probs.
and do u know what.................when i left my A and started looking after myself..everything resmed to normal....rash cleared up, stomach probs stopped and im sleeping a hell of alot better..
stress causes alot of problems... u need to look after urself
I have psoraisis and it can be stress related as well as medication related. There is a great website for information and treatment. Oddly enough, this past year when I have been under the most amount of stress, I haven't had a flare up! Go figure! Cold weather also makes both conditions worse. I keep beeswax lotion on my hands.
Love and blessings to you and the bunnies!
Live strong,
Karilynn & Pipers Kitty
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I would imagine so. When I am stressed I have two things: Hair loss (although that partially may also be due to my underactive thyroid which I now take medication for) and a twitching eye. Needless to say now that I am unemployed both those things have been popping up.
I guess excema can be caused by stress...but it can be caused by a lot of other things too.
My daughter and I used to get it a lot, when I was under a lot of stress so I attributed it to stress and thought it was just part of normal stressful life. That was until I got a really good doctor who was really into prevention.
Once I started following his advice I rarely have any trouble, and nip any hints of it in the bud.
1) NEVER immerse your skin in any cleansers, always use rubber gloves for cleaning and to do dishes.
2) Use a very fatty (moisturizing) soap to wash your hands and wash only when it is hygenically necessary.
3) Don't use any perfumed or colored soaps when showering, use only ivory, or some other very mild pure soap.
4) Use unscented lotion for sensitive skin after bathing to restore moisture.
5) Take as cool a shower as you can, hot water strips skin if natural moisture which protects against excema.
6) Take a SHORT a shower as you can, the longer you stand under warm water, the dryer your skin gets.
7) Use a humidifier in your home if your air is dry.
8) At the FIRST SIGN of excema, put on a rich moisturing (unscented, for sensitive skin) lotion and let it sink in. If it is on your hands, then put on cotton gloves overnight.
9) Never take baths or soak in a bathtub, it is too drying to the skin and literally soaks your natural oils away, which makes you more prone to outbreaks
Soon these things will be a way of life. It has totally cure me and my daughter of our suffering and we have not had an outbreak since.
I think that stress is a factor since it makes your body perhaps not make as much protective oils and your skin can get dry, then all of these other things make it worse and then you get the excema. So, you really need to baby your skin especially when you are under stress.
Yes, but it's also caused my food allergies, or from scented laundry soap or scented laundry dryer sheets. It's also caused by dry weather.
I've switched to fragrance free laundry soap and dryer sheets. I use lots of lotion all year round, and I know what foods cause my eczema to break out.
THEN - after I do all of these things and I get eczema - then I know it's stress...and it's time to do relaxation techniques.
Most definetely... I suffered with it on my fingers & hands terribly from 13 on up through my marriage (28-32). They give you topical steroids for it. I'm sure if I had therapy as a teen, it might have gotten better faster. It itches terribly & the problem is when you get the tiny bumps & open them up, the liquid seeps & it only hurts more later. It drove me insane, I would rub (scratch) my hands on terry cloth towels which made it the worst/most painful. I used to burn my hands in too hot water or thrust them in ice ~ none of which were remedies nor would I recommend. Mine was so bad, my skin would literally cut open & would keep bandaids to cover the openings.
I did take homeopathic rememdies in my 20's, they helped a little. The last few years, it had mostly gone away... the last 6 weeks or so it has come back on 3 fingers & scratching it at all or picking/peeling the epidermis makes it more painful.
I hope your dermatologist gave you a strong topical steroid, use it sparingly (that's what I do) alternating with just keep them bandaged & airing them out & trying to control myself not to scratch it. It is so irritating, it is hard not to ~ most definetely it is a stress disorder.
love, -kitty of light
p.s. I just looked over the other responses, Isabella's right, I wouldn't use anything w/ alcohol or fragrances & as Noni pointed out... I discovered that citric acid (is in lots of drinks) & I gave up all citrus fruits for many years & dairy products made it worsen. Some OTC products help some, I've used Cortisone from the drug store, it's just not as strong as what a physician could perscribe (also, not as expensive either). I've put Neosporin on the cuts & it helps a little too.
-- Edited by kitty at 01:53, 2006-10-08
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