The dry atopic skin requires sustained and regular maintenance, even when the skin is just not ignited. For basic care are ointments, creams and lotions, which have different fat and water content have. Basically it is: fat on dry, wet on wet.
Most fat include ointments, which is why the basic care of dry skin are ideal. For the care of chapped chapped skin, there are special ointments with a very high fat content, the night only. Creams are less fat. They are suitable for the treatment already weeping eczema. Even less fat lotions. They are very liquid and are also suitable for weeping eczema and the shedding of skin flakes.
Care products, creams and ointments
There are also mixtures between cream and ointment available. Everyone should try it themselves, for whatever fat it is best tolerated. The only ointment for atopic dermatitis, there is unfortunately not. Not recommended oils. They dry the skin under long-term treatment. Even pure vaseline and agricultural teat dips are less suitable for skin care.
As an ointment additives are urea and omega fatty acid. Urea, the horny layer smooth, triggers dandruff, binds water and reduces itching. Omega-fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids, especially fish oil and Rückfettung promote. These fatty acids are missing in the skin.
Cortisonhaltige ointments or creams are available in the acute phase of very useful and help against inflammation and redness. You should then be possible in the evening, as they are particularly good effect. Supporting and reinforcing effects damp envelopes around the eingecremt skin wound, and with a cling foil, so-called "Okklusivverbände".
Meanwhile, there are also anti-inflammatory cortisone ointments free (since April 2002, a tacrolimus ointment and since January 2003, a cream containing the active ingredient pimecrolimus), the dermatitis can significantly reduce relapses and the use of cortisone-S make albums often unnecessarily. Initially, both substances from the age of two years allowed. Especially in the sensitive skin of infants and in the field of facial and neck can help.
Useful for the treatment with ointments or creams, which need time to them in the skin, the wearing of cotton clothes. Then you can ease the maintenance materials into clothing and an eye will not be lost.
One trick the scratching in the night to prevent the wearing of cotton gloves. Indeed, even the fingernails can kurzgeschnittensten itchy skin still maltreat. Scratches are the result. To ensure that the gloves are not lost, they are with, for example Leukosilk at the level of the wrist mount.
Treatment in acute shear
Cortisone therapy: Standard therapy during the acute nudge one cortisone. For topical treatment there is cortisonhaltige creams, treatment for internal (systemic use) cortisone preparations in tablet form or as injections. Cortisonhaltige creams should never be too long without a break may be used. Otherwise there is a risk that the skin diluted, increased hair on the treated areas or to grow new small blood vessels formed skin. Cortisone creams are usually nothing - at least not in normal concentrations - for the face and the decollete. Therefore, there are preparations with different concentrations of cortisone. Depending aufgekratzter a skin job is, the lower concentration range. Because of such thin, fragile skin is all the more so as cortisone. A very effective and safe has been in children and adults with a distinct clinical picture proved a therapy method in which the affected skin after bathing once a day, a 0.05% reduction in glucocorticoid-cream - in a face to ten diluted - promiseth. On the so-prepared one layer of skin moist cotton fabric and over a dry location.
Cortisone in tablet form may be necessary when large skin areas are inflamed. The revenue you need to follow the instructions of the doctor hold. Systemic treatment must never be stopped suddenly, but must always be tapering ends. For children to a systemic cortisone treatment, ie cortisone injection, if possible, avoided.
Light anti-acting supplements are Bufexamac and Ammoniumbituminosulfat. But when a long-term treatment is important to note that these additives can cause allergic reactions. Approximately 5% of patients develop eg Bufexamac an allergy.
Antihistamines
Substances, the effects of histamine weaken. They relieve the itching and allergies and hay fever used.
Plant Albums
Low anti-impact Calendula extract, Hamamelisextrakt, chamomile extract. Caution - allergic reactions are possible.
Fumaric acid
Available ointments, bath additives, liquid and rub with fumaric acid tablets. This substance is derived from the herb Erdrauch won and influences the immune system. Fumaric acid is therefore also a positive influence on rheumatism and psoriasis (psoriasis) have. The tolerance is well described. Caution is warranted in renal disorders.
Salt on the skin
Sole is the name of kochsalzhaltiges mineral water with a salt concentration from 1.4 up to 30%. Naturally occurring salt Solequellen can be viewed as special salt in pharmacies relate. For the bathrooms are also very good sea salt or salt from the Dead Sea, which one gets in any drugstore. Salt relieve the itching, have an inflammatory effect and promote the Abschuppung. As a rule, are now 1.5 to 6% reduction in salt used. It begins with a Badedauer five to ten minutes, and it increases slowly to 10 to 20 minutes. The water temperature should not exceed 38 degrees Celsius are.
After the bath the skin dab, not Frottier, then one hours of bed rest. Later, a shower with clean water and fat under the skin. Children under three years should not swim in salt.
Photo Therapy
Under influence of the sun tends to improve inflammatory skin symptoms. For light therapy for atopic dermatitis UVA light, and a mixture of UVA light / UVB light. It should be during the treatment at no redness come. What amount of UV light is tolerated and what mix of UVA and UVB light, the best effect, is uniquely different and should be tested beforehand. During the therapy may not photosensitising medication (eg St John's wort). Before phototherapy Teerpräparate not apply, no sun protection factors and no parfümhaltigen cosmetics. After light therapy retroactive greasy ointments and creams used.
Balneo phototherapy
The balneo phototherapy is a combined lighting and therapy baths. It has a better effect of atopic dermatitis as sole Soletherapie. It is now offered by several sanatorium. Used sea salt, salt from the Dead Sea or salt. The bathing time is 10 to 20 minutes. During the bath, the skin with UV light. The medical treatment is UVA light, or a mixture of UVA and UVB light. This is the principle of the therapy at the Dead Sea.
Thalasso therapy
The Thalasso-therapy includes various forms of treatment: Climate therapy, therapy baths, drinking cures and treatment with sunlight. Wind, solar, aerosol and seawater interact and complement each other in their therapeutic effect. Already climate change has on many atopic patients have a positive effect. There is also in the coastal regions, a lower pollen. The salt water soothes the itching, promotes Abschuppung and makes the skin sensitive to sunlight.
Klimakur: The salt concentration at the Dead Sea is about 30%. Salt from the Dead Sea contains a lot of magnesium, which is a calming effect on the skin. The salt water also makes the skin more susceptible to the sun's rays, a certain skin-own "sun protection factor," the Urocaninsäure is increasingly resigned, allowing the sun's rays can function better. About the Dead Sea is a haze of fog, the more UVB radiation filters. Therefore, the larger proportion of UVA and the threat of a sunburn to get a little lower. But it does not necessarily equal to the Dead Sea. Even a trip to the mountains or on the open sea can be very positive for the condition of the skin effect. Weekends, however, are often very stressful and can be loaded less.
Bioresonanztherapie
Where in the news recently in allergic diseases. It is an instrumental method by which certain harmful vibrations "delete" them. There is no scientific explanation of how this would work and no studies that demonstrate an effect. Experts now warn against this method and call it even as "nonsense".
Autogenic Training
If you autogenic training exercise regularly, you will be able to consciously "back a gear." Is well suited to reduce stress and to the "scratch-Jucks vicious circle" to break through.
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