This coming Saturday sees the start of National Eczema week – http://www.eczema.org/national_eczema_week.html

As a child through to my early 20’s I had Eczema. It felt terrible and at times really got me down. I still very occasionally have itchy skin to this day which I relieve with a, for me, miracle cream called Diprobase. My occassional Eczema in adulthood is brought on by stress now. Fortunately I don’t get the prickly itchy craziness of my early years.

If you have a child, family members, friend or colleague with eczema do get them to take a look at the National Eczema society website and get some good advice and help. My childhood GP in hindsight didn’t really know what to do with me and much of my suffering could have been relieved. It was only as an adult with excellent advice that I was shown a regime that enabled me to largely rid myself of this affliction.