Eczema Causes Information And Tips

What Causes Eczema Outbreaks

Having eczema really sucks, doesn't it? It's bad enough that you have to deal with the itching, dry, red skin, and the flakes. But then, all of a sudden your eczema symptoms kick into high gear and the itching becomes almost unbearable and your skin is redder than ever. And now you have a patch where there wasn't one before. What is going on?


Unfortunately, there are all sorts of things that can cause an eczema flare up, so it may not be obvious what caused yours. You may have to do some investigative work to discover what triggered your outbreak. Here is a list of some of the more common things that can cause eczema outbreaks.


- Exposure to an allergen. Have you eaten any foods you normally don't eat? Have any of the ingredients in the foods you normally eat changed? Have you been exposed to new plants? Has there been an increase in the pollen or mold count?


- Changes in the weather. Has the weather recently changed, either from hot to cold, humid to dry?

- Chemical sensitivity. Have you changed any of your household products recently, such as laundry detergent or bath soap? Are you wearing new clothing that may contain dyes that you haven't been exposed to before?

- Stress. Some stress is normal, but has anything happened to increase your stress level?

With this list in mind, you can use a step-by-step approach to find and correct the eczema trigger that is causing your flare ups. However, what if this list doesn't uncover any obvious triggers? Then what? What explains the new eczema patches?

There are a couple of other things you can consider. Even if you haven't had a recent spike in your stress level, maybe you have been continuously dealing with a very high level of stress for a long period of time. Stress can eventually lead to weakness in your immune system.

Where your body was once able to successfully fight off eczema factors, your immune system may now be so compromised that it can't fight them any longer and you suffer new eczema patches.

Even if our immune systems aren't compromised, our bodies are always changing over time. At the cellular level, we are not the same today as we were a year ago. Allergies and sensitivities could have changed, so it may be necessary to systematically re-evaluate your environment to determine what is triggering your eczema flare ups.

While you are investigating what has triggered your flare ups, you would be well served to try to get to the root cause of your eczema. Once you determine what causes eczema breakouts at your core level, you will then be able to address those issues and perhaps put your eczema symptoms into permanent remission, so that you will never have to worry about a breakout again.