What you feel when visiting a shop that sells clothes or beauty products but not given due attention by the salesman?This occurs because the physical part of your face or have the effect -patch of redness and eczema due to illness. If this situation happen to her, sure sticking a little sense of shame and low self-esteem in addition to its effect not only on their daily lives but also affect the interaction with friends.
Eczema is a chronic skin disease that causes skin feel very itchy, raised dots or small bubbles of reddish.eczema commonly affected areas are face, fingers or feet, amid the thigh and genitals. Dermatology Consultant, Division of Dermatology Kuala Lumpur, Dr . Suganthi Thevarajah said, a total of 10 to 20 percent of children potentially suffering from this disease. While one to three percent of adults worldwide and two of the 10 people in Malaysia have it.
“The disease can be caused by internal factors such as genetics, as well as the effect of external conditions such as polluted environment and not clean.
” There is a difference in this disease is atopic eczema, contact dermatitis, Scalp dermatitis and eczema of hands and feet.
“In addition a person with allergies and asthma also has the potential for disease this, “he said.
He added that in Malaysia the risk of eczema sufferers to children the most significant.
According to a study conducted found that more than 12.6 per cent of children aged seven years of the disease.
“A survey conducted by LEO Pharma to eczema patients and their caregivers in Malaysia found that 75 percent of eczema patients have heard about but never knew and only little information about the disease before they see a specialist for treatment.
“Meanwhile, 15 percent have never heard of this disease and see a specialist for treatment.“While 80 percent of caregivers have little information about eczema and never knew anything about the disease,” he said. He also said, by 50 percent year-old patient suffering and more than 80 percent were suffering from this disease at the age of five years.
“Only half of these patients were successfully cured, but some can not be cured but can only be reduced through medication and health care in the right way, “he said.
Dr. Suganthi said, most people with eczema than among adults and children facing stress in their daily lives from emotional, psychological and social.“red spots on the face and hands, cause they are not confident when faced with the public.
“In addition, children who suffer from this disease was being bullied and ridiculed by their peers cause trauma of everyday life as well productivity declined,” he said.
He added that he admitted that many people do not know, and less awareness of this disease.
“As a result, people are not ignoring the other less experienced doctor cause they can not withstand the pain.
“There is no treatment that can cure this disease but skin pain can be reduced with medication and proper care,” he said.