PART 2  Before Eczema The itch that never scratches…. Thankfully eczema is not a terminal illness but living with eczema is life changing.                                      With Eczema Some eczema symptoms include dry, inflamed skin, rash that oozes when scratched, swelling, extra dark and scaly skin and sometimes even pain. There are different types of eczema and you can have it anywhere on the body.  I have the eczema on my hands mostly, from the back of my fingers to my shoulders. I had a few rashes on my legs, my eyelids, the top of my ears and my face would get swollen sometimes, but my hands were affected the worst. Of all my eczema symptoms the itching was the worst. It was unbearable, I thought it would drive me crazy. I actually wished that I was feeling pain instead of the constant itching. I mean, for pain relief I could take ...

PART 1                                                                         E czema's gift Eczema, I struggle with the spelling and now I struggle with the condition . Eczema is a skin condition that has no known cure.  There are various eczema treatments but what works for one person will not necessarily work for another. What is most distressing is that even though one eczema treatment might work for you during one flare up, it may not work during your next. Eczema continues to be confusing both to those in the medical field and to those of us who suffer.  I can’t count the number of doctors I have been to since my first outbreak, with little success. I began my journey with eczema about 2 years ago after migrating to a new country. My hairdresser said to m...