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Article: ECZEMA CAN BE GREATLY AGGRAVATED BY STRESS
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- October 25, 1994
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ECZEMA
Do you have itchy, dry, irritable and inflamed skin? Do you also suffer from hay fever or asthma?
You could be one of the one in 10 people worldwide who inherit a susceptibility to eczema, a chronic inflammatory condition believed to be triggered by the immune system's oversensitivity to irritants in the air or against the skin.
Atopic eczema also is known to run in families. It generally affects the respiratory system and the skin since most of the irritants causing the condition tend to lay against the skin or get taken into the body through the respiratory system.
The severity of the condition varies according ...