{"id":4796,"date":"2020-09-18T15:34:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/dermatology\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T07:26:36","slug":"ten-top-tips-for-eczema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/general-healthcare\/ten-top-tips-for-eczema\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Top Tips for Eczema"},"content":{"rendered":"

While eczema can be a challenging condition, you can help make some small changes that can make a big difference. <\/p>\n

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  1. Keep your home environment cool to ease itching- about 18C is just right.<\/li>\n
  2. Stress is a causative factor for many conditions, and it can trigger eczema flare-ups too. Try to relax and manage your stress as best you can. <\/li>\n
  3. Keep dust at bay! Dust mites can trigger eczema. <\/li>\n
  4. Avoid fragrances at home, as they may irritate your skin. Perfumes and smelly creams on the skin should also be avoided. <\/li>\n
  5. Leave approximately 10 minutes between applying an emollient and a topical steroid, to stop the steroid spreading to areas of unaffected skin or dilution of the steroid.  <\/li>\n
  6. Pinch rather than scratch itchy skin, to avoid damaging the skin’s barrier. Always keep nails (especially on young children) short and clean. <\/li>\n
  7. Use your emollients at least twice daily to prevent dryness, and at other times whenever your skin feels dry and itchy. Warmer weather may affect skin dryness – keep well hydrated. <\/li>\n
  8. Check with your healthcare professional for advice to make sure you are applying your creams correctly and managing your eczema triggers well. <\/li>\n
  9. Do not cut out certain foods from your diet without medical advice. If you’ve been diagnosed with a food allergy, then that food can be taken out, but it’s best to consult your GP or nutritionist first. <\/li>\n
  10. If you feel eczema is negatively affecting your quality of life talk to someone like a family member, trusted friend, your GP or visit www.eczema.org<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more advice on managing your eczema call the National Eczema Society Helpline on 0800 089 1122 (8 am-8 pm, Monday-to-Friday) or email your questions to helpline@eczema.org<\/a> <\/p>\n

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    It’s National Eczema Awareness Week! And we wanted to share some helpful tips with you, read on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[67,93,94,64,65],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-healthcare","tag-awareness-days","tag-dermatology","tag-eczema","tag-medicine","tag-specialties"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/4797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promedical.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}