The infections that develop can be due to bacteria, most commonly staphylococcus, fungus or viral infections such as herpes simplex.  This is the virus that also causes cold sores. The infection can worsen eczema.  In this instance, your doctor needs to give antibiotics to clean out infection before the eczema can improve.

Malassezia furfur is a type of fungus that can aggravate eczema.  This fungus commonly causes dandruff.   It is usually found on your body, shoulders, scalp and face.  You will need to get a prescription from your doctor to deal with this fungus.  

You may feel that you need to wash your eczema more often or scrub away the itch.  However, this is the last thing that you ought to do.  Excessive scrubbing and washing can remove the natural oils from the skin. When this happens, water evaporates from the skin and the skin becomes dry. Dry skin gets itchier and you scratch the skin all over again. You should also avoid harsh soaps and detergents as these tend to remove natural oils from your skin.

Varicose eczema is a type of eczema that can strike when you become middle aged or elderly. This is a type of eczema that is not caused by food allergies or coming into contact with substances that you are allergic to.

The cause of varicose eczema, otherwise also known as gravitational or stasis eczema, is the poor blood circulation in your legs. Should you observe the presence of variocose veins, then you should be concerned about developing a varicose eczema condition. Not treating varicose eczema can result in nasty ulcers and open to bacterial infections whereas early treatment can allow your skin to heal.

Varicose veins develop when blood does not flow properly to deeper veins from the surface veins. Pressure builds up on the surface veins, resulting in the pooling of blood. However, developing varicose veins does not necessarily lead to variocose eczema. It is not known why this is so.

The appearance of varicose eczema skin is not very pretty. Your skin is both unhealthy and fragile. It is easily broken and if you have ulcers, you may not want to go out all that much.

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