Preventing Eczema

Atopic dermatitis or eczema is a chronic skin condition caused by inflammation. I personally have been dealing with this condition for some years now and it isn't severe as some peoples condition. I just have a small parch on my hand that decided to inflame every once in a while when it's irritated. So I decided to do a blog on this today. This condition is hereditary and is uncomfortable when the skin becomes irritated because you just feel like scratching till you bleed (sorry to paint the horrible picture, but its true!). About fifty-five million Americans are estimated to be effected by this condition and the symptoms continue through out adulthood. Research done by Diana Bautista at UT Berkeley studies how the nervous system reacts with the immune system which is found to be the cause of the itching and inflammation symptoms. She says that the sensory receptors in the skin are the first to respond to the itch, thus by blocking the neurons connected to the receptors then cam also block the itching.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131003121300.htm