I get echsema (pronounced “exma”) it’s pretty irratating and lately I have had it worse and longer than ever. It’s all over my arms, just a little bit under the legs, under my neck and a bit around my eyes. Just wondering if anyone else gets it and what they’re are allergic to and stuff 
nope
i come from a long line of people that aren’t allergic to anything:D
No.
But a few weeks ago I did have urushiol induced contact dermatitis (poison ivy). It’s gone now.
I think you mean that you have eczema?
Are you allowed to say “urushiol induced contact dermatitis” on this forum? 
I have a poison ivy rash on my left leg just above were my sock was. The rash is healing but it feels sooooo good to scratch it. 
About 10 years ago, I knew a boy (about 13yo) who got poison ivy on his hands then rubbed his face. His eyes swelled shut. He could just barely see out of one eye.
I’m had the contact dermatitis (poison ivy), I guess poison ivy at least that’s what the doc said. First time I ever had it.
I get eczema every once in awhile on the insides of my elbows.
Before I had this massive outbreak, that’s where I got it every once in a while but now as I’ve said its all over the outside of my arms creeping up to my hands, under the legs a bit etc… :S
is there any difference between excema and psoriasis?
I have what some of my doctors consider to be psoriasis, which as far as I can tell differs from excema only by the parts of the body it attacks. I have it mainly on my left elbow, smaller patches on my knees, (left knee the worst). In times past I’ve had it around my right eyelid and at the point where my right ear (the top edge of it) joins the head. I am intrigued by my observation that the psoriasis seems to “flip”…below the neck it’s mostly on my left side, and above the neck it’s on the right. I haven’t found any clinical findings discussing that particular aspect.
Anyway, I wanted to chime in to share what I’ve found helpful: mostly just keeping the skin hydrated seems to help. None of the million dollar creams and lotions the dermatologists like to prescribe seem to help much, (they help a little but never go all the way). I get the same result with Lubriderm, Vaseline, Bag Balm, or just any lotion at all, and I can get those free by keeping the little bottles of skin lotion the hotels provide when I travel.
I’ve sometimes, (when it gets really bad on that elbow), had to cover the area with duct tape when I go to bed. In the morning when I remove the tape it strips all the flaked skin off, leaving behind the raised psoriatic area smooth and moist, and the itching is gone.
If I let the skin get too dry for too long the condition flares up really horribly, so I am diligent about applying whatever skin lotion is handy, three or four times a day.
I’ve tried to make correlations between my diet and the severity of my lesions but so far cannot do so. I think general stress, along with dry skin, are the two main factors I can identify so far. I try to avoid getting stress, and keep my skin from drying out.
Incidentally when I used to live in the high desert of New Mexico, (elevations above 6000 feet), I found that my oily hair made the lesions on my head worse. If I keep my hair short, (people think I’m a skinhead now), the condition is mostly gone on my head. The left elbow remains a major battle.
Oh! Forgot to clarify: my point about the elevations when I lived out west, one doctor told me that the increased solar radiation at those elevations was interacting with my hair oils in a way that encouraged the lesions. This is why he advised staying clean and shortening my hairstyle.
Strangely enough, I’ve heard from other sources that exposure to sunlight is beneficial for sufferers of psoriasis, I suppose that applies only when hair or skin oils are not too abundant.
sunlight is beneficial… to everyone. it’s a source of vitamin c i think and also something else. too much or too little is the problem for most people.
it makes me wonder what food people eat when they have all these health issues. not that i’ve done any deep research or anything but i can’t say i’ve noticed anyone who leads a ‘healthy lifestyle’ having problems like these, or multiples of other diseases all at once etc like some ‘lucky’ folk seem to have. funny how when one ‘eats healthy’ and ‘lives healthy’ one becomes… ‘healthy’. funny how that works. this isn’t directed at anyone here, and is just my little rant, but sometimes i see people on tv (or unfortunately in real life) and i want to put my fist through their thick skull to wake up that tiny peanut of a brain that must surely be hiding in there somewhere. it’s amazing how they will eat ‘diet’ this and ‘low fat’ that just like all their other fat / sick / dying friends and family and wonder why they too are the same. a little bit of thinking for oneself and researching and learning about what goes into your body and what one needs… well it goes a long way, and more often than not it goes towards being healthier and along with that thinner… and more than anything a little bit smarter and aware of what is going on in the world in terms of what the ‘sheep’ are being fed both literally and in terms of information.
despite that, though, some things will get you no matter what you do and that’s the real kicker. personally in the winter (which it happens to be, or at least recently was, here) i get an allergy to warmth or sweat or some combo of the two or possibly something entirely different. pretty sure it’s a sweat allergy. basically i get an excrutiatingly itchy red rash/hives if i become too warm or eat something that causes a warm flush to course through my body like eating hot soup etc and (this one is so great) taking a hot shower.
what do you want to do in winter… eat hot food and have hot showers and wear warm clothes… and this gives me hives.
funnily enough if i i’m in the shower and it starts to occur i’ve found that purposely making the shower hotter and just pushing through it is actually quite relieving and the sensation is muted by the hot hot water, and when i get out i’m no longer on that borderline of just about to break-out and am now warm and over the attack… as opposed to cooling the water and then still having an attack when i get out a few minutes later and try to get warm with jumpers etc.
i’m actually getting a slight attack on my back typing this right now because my body is starting to warm up now that i’ve put a jumper on. shakes fist at winter
if anyone else knows what the hell i’m on about let me know. if i get it on my chest/stomach and i resist the intense urge to scratch and simply not touch the skin within about 30 seconds of feeling an attack start i can actually watch my chest/stomach go from being pale white (my normal colour) to blotchy and red like someone has been slapping me right before my eyes.
i wonder if this links into any psoriasis / exzema conditions. yes i’ve been to the doctors (because it’s so intensely uncomfortable and regular) and no they weren’t of any help. hayfever tablets possibly help a little but i don’t think it completely stops it. hard to tell if you aren’t getting any attacks because of taking hayfever pills or simply because you aren’t getting any attacks full stop. a lady at the chemist told me she had a friend who suffers the exact same issues as me, but unfortunately had no solution.
I think the correct answer is that sunlight on your skin produces vitamin “D”.
sounds about right. you win a prize.
sucks to be the few people who seem to be allergic to sunlight.
insides of my legs…etc…the areas my saddle is up against constantly…have been red for a while.