Is eczema an allergy? What are the symptoms of allergic eczema?

Eczema includes acute eczema, periauricular eczema, scrotal eczema, etc. These are also some common symptoms of eczema. Eczema is a kind of skin disease. When it occurs, the patient may feel itching. Eczema is prone to recurrence and may occur in any season of the year. What are the common symptoms of allergic eczema?

Symptoms and treatment of allergic eczema

1. Heat accumulation in the stomach meridian

[Symptoms of eczema] Initially, the papules are red, and the grayish-white scales form spots, which are small like beans and large like coins. Over time, they spread and expand into patches. The hair is dry, easy to break, and easy to fall off, but not painful, itchy, and a few patients have slight redness, swelling, rash, pustules, scabs and slight pain. The course of the disease is long.

[Treatment of eczema] Nourish blood and extinguish wind, kill insects and clear away heat.

2. Spleen deficiency turns into heat

[Symptoms of Eczema] Skin eczema, mostly on the limbs, initially scattered all over the body, then gradually increasing in flakes, itching, yellow discharge after scratching, no fever, good diet, unrefreshing sleep, normal urination and defecation, normal tongue, yellow greasy tongue coating, thin and stringy pulse.

[Treatment of eczema] Nourish blood, clear heat, dispel wind and remove dampness.

3. Blood heat and external infection

[Symptoms of eczema] The rash spots on the body are small, hard and millet-like in shape, white in texture and with red roots. They are extremely itchy. If scratched, yellow fluid will seep out and spread. If the itching is severe, the skin will turn red and hot, the tongue will be red with yellow coating, and the pulse will be slippery and rapid.

[Treatment of eczema] Dispel wind and dampness, eliminate toxins and purge fire.

4. Rheumatoid arthritis

[Symptoms of eczema] Skin lesions are thickened, rough, dry, scaly, with widened and deepened skin lines, obvious pigmentation and lichenification, excessive itching, thin white coating, and weak and frequent pulses.

[Treatment of eczema] Extinguish wind and stop itching, remove dampness and detoxify.

5. Wet heat type

【Symptoms】 Erythema, swelling, papules, blisters, pustules, erosions, more exudate, soaked into patches, severe itching. May be accompanied by fever, fatigue, or abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, short and dark urine. Red tongue, yellow and greasy coating, slippery and rapid pulse or stringy and slippery and rapid pulse.

【Treatment method】 Clear away heat and dampness, while dispelling wind.

6. Wind-heat type

【Symptoms】Skin has erythema, papules, scaling, crusts, or a small amount of exudate. Red tongue with thin white or thin yellow fur, and rapid and floating pulse.

【Treatment method】Dispel wind and clear heat, assist with promoting diuresis.