So anyway...I grew up and had to clean house. When cleaning house, a person has their hands in all sorts of cleaning supplies. I had to use rubber gloves untill about 8 years ago when I found this company who stressed the fact that chemicals in our cleaning products, shampoo, lotions,ect were just full of chemicals that were bad for our skin. Some of the chemicals were found to contain cancer causing chemicals too! I changed the way I shopped, started purchasing these products and I don't have eczema any more!!! NOT EVEN A TRACE!!

 

Read below my research on psoriasis and eczema and then consider switching stores like I did!! Just send me an email saying you would like more information and give your name and phone number. I will call you as soon as possible!

Eczema Overview
Eczema is an allergic condition that affects the skin. Another name for eczema is dermatitis. Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin. There are several different types of dermatitis, but the one people usually mean when they say eczema is atopic dermatitis. Atopic refers to a lifelong tendency to allergic conditions such as asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

Eczema can be triggered by just about anything coming in contact with the skin. It occurs in atopic people, who are extra sensitive to skin irritation. Dry, flaky skin appears over red, inflamed areas, causing intense itching and burning.

Eczema is a very common condition, and it affects all races and ages, including young infants. About 1-2 percent of adults have eczema, and as many as 20 percent of children are affected. It usually begins early in life, even before asthma or hay fever. Most affected individuals have their first episode before age 5 years.

For some, the disease will improve with time. For others, however, eczema is a chronic or recurrent disorder. Although it can occur just once, it usually occurs on and off throughout life, or lasts the entire lifetime.

Eczema can be a difficult, frustrating condition. The natural human desire to scratch or rub an itchy rash just makes the condition worse, and treatments can be slow and are not always completely effective.

Eczema drugs tacrolimus (Protopic) and pimecrolimus (Elidel) have been found to cause cancer!
Topical immunomodulators, such as tacrolimus and pimecrolimus, in the treatment of atopic dermatitis]

 

In treatment of severe atopic dermatitis, drugs with carcinogenic potentials are used to manage the disease. We therefore analyzed whether patients having severe atopic eczema had an increased cancer risk. The study population included all individuals hospitalized in Denmark with a primary diagnosis of atopic dermatitis during 1977-1996. Follow-up was conducted in 1996 in the Danish Cancer Register. A total of 6275 persons were included. Among 2030 adult patients, an increased risk of cancer was observed, standard morbidity ratio (SMR)=1.5 (95% CI: 1.2-1.9). Half the excess cases of cancer was keratinocyte carcinomas of the skin diagnosed within the first 9 y of follow-up, SMR=2.4 (95% CI: 1.4-3.9). For men, SMR=2.7 (95%CI: 1.2-5.4). In conclusion, earlier hospitalized adult atopic dermatitis patients had an increased risk of cancer. Half the excess cases of cancer were keratinocyte carcinomas. This may be a result of a detection bias or due to the carcinogenic potentials of some of the therapies of severe atopic dermatitis

Contact eczema can be divided into two distinct problems, which are referred to as direct irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis. The former term refers to exposure to acids, alkaline mixtures, detergents and various other chemicals that acutely inflame the skin. The condition can become chronic with repeated exposure. This form of eczema is often encountered in the workplace. Allergic contact eczema is caused by exposure to an allergen that sensitizes the skin leading to acute inflammation when re-exposure occurs. A crucial distinction between the two is that prior exposure to the agent is necessary for allergic contact eczema to occur whereas direct irritant contact eczema can occur at the first exposure. For example, most people will develop eczema on first exposure to strong chemicals that are acid or alkaline in nature.

Many laundry soaps contain chemical additives which are the actual irritants (e.g., sodium silicate, sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate). Hand cleaner soaps contain small harsh particles to assist in grease removal, such as pumice, talc, borax, corn meal or wood flour. These are sometimes irritating. Some yellow laundry soaps contain "rosin" to make the bar more soluble, which is also a sensitizer.

Other types of eczema arise as a result of causes within the body. These include: atopic eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, discoid or nummular eczema, pompholyx or dishydrotic eczema, and varicose dermatitis also known as stasis eczema. Other similar conditions, which are caused by internal factors, include juvenile plantar dermatosis and lichen simplex. There are several types of dermatitis/eczema that look quite similar but have different causes and require different treatments.

Eczema can cause a wide range of symptoms. All types of eczema cause itch, with the exception of seborrheic. The main symptoms (one or all may be present) include: redness, weeping skin, pain, heat, tenderness, scaling, crusting, dryness, fissures (broken skin) and vesicles (small blisters) occur.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that generally appears as patches of raised red skin covered by a flaky white buildup. In some cases, psoriasis is very mild and people don't know they have it. In other cases, it is very sever and covers large areas of the body.

Psoriasis is not contagious. You can not "catch" it from another person and a person cannot "catch" it from you.

Psoriasis means "itch" in Greek

What causes Psoriasis?

The exact cause of psoriasis is unknown. However, researchers believe psoriasis is related to faulty signals sent by the body's immune system. The faulty signals accelerate the growth cycle in skin cells, which pile up on the surface when the body can't shed them fast enough.

There are different forms of psoriasis: inverse psoriasis, guttate psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and plaque psoriasis. Each form of psoriasis differs in severity, location, duration and the shape and pattern of the scales.

Inverse psoriasis occurs in the armpit, under the breast and in the skin folds around the groin, buttocks, and genitals.

Guttate psoriasis often affects children and young adults. It usually occurs after a sore throat.

Plaque psoriasis is the most common form. About 80 percent of people with psoriasis have plaque psoriasis. Plaque psoriasis can appear anywhere on the skin surface. The knees, elbows, scalp, trunk and nails are the most common locations.

Statistics

In the United States two out of every hundred people have psoriasis (four to five million people). Approximately 150,000 new cases occur each year.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a common skin condition where the skin develops areas that become thick covered with silvery scales. It is a common problem, and millions of people in the United States have psoriasis. The course of psoriasis is quite variable, but in most sufferers it is a chronic problem that continues for years. The presence of psoriasis can cause emotional distress.

Psoriasis is considered a skin disease, but really it is the result of a disordered immune system. The T-cells, a type of white blood cell, become over-stimulated. They then direct the skin to try and "heal" a non-existent injury. The skin reacts the same way it does when it has a fungus infection; it grows very fast, trying to "grow" the infection off the skin. These areas become the reddened, inflamed, patches with white scale on them.

There are several ways psoriasis can start. In most sufferers, the tendency to get psoriasis is inherited. It is not passed on in a simple, direct way like hair color, but involves multiple genes. For this reason, it is not always clear from whom one inherited it. Inherited psoriasis usually starts in older childhood or as a young adult. Sometimes, especially in children, a virus or strep throat triggers brief attacks of tiny spots of psoriasis.

Psoriasis flare-ups may be triggered by changes in climate, infections, stress, excess alcohol, a drug-related rash and dry skin. Medications may trigger a flare up weeks to months after starting them. These include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Indocin, Advil, Feldene, others), blood pressure (beta-blockers such as Tenormin, Inderal), oral steroids such as prednisone, or depression (lithium).

Psoriasis tends to be worst in those with a disordered immune system for other reasons (cancer, AIDS or autoimmune disease). Psoriasis areas are worsened by scratching and minor skin injuries or irritations. Psoriasis may itch or burn. It most often occurs over the elbows, knees, scalp, lower back, and palms or soles of the feet. The skin may split or crack in areas that bend.

There are several forms of psoriasis. The most common form shows reddened areas a few inches across covered by silvery scales. Dermatologists refer to the affected areas as areas as "plaques". Other patterns psoriasis can appear in are "inverse" (shiny, red patches in areas of friction such as in the folds of skin in the groin, the armpits or under the breasts), pustular (blisters of noninfectious pus on red skin), or "erythrodermic" (reddening and scaling of most of the skin).

Psoriasis may also affect some of the joints causing discomfort and restricted motion, and even distortion. This occurs in about 10 percent of people with psoriasis. This is called "psoriatic arthritis". It often affects only a few fingertips, but in some it can be severe and widespread. It also may affect the fingernails, toenails and the mucous membranes lining the genitalia and mouth.

 

ALSO  I KNOW A WOMAN WITH PSORIASIS WHO CHANGED HER PRODUCTS AND SHE NO LONGER SUFFERS!!