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Eczema and Psoriasis - An Inexpensive and Effective Treatment
By Peter Cross
The purpose of this article is to tell the world what I have learned from my own
personal experience about an inexpensive and effective treatment for eczema.
Because psoriasis is a very similar affliction, there's a good chance that this
treatment would be effective for psoriasis too.
Eczema is a skin irritation characterized by red, flaky skin that sometimes has
cracks or tiny blisters. It's believed to be hereditary and if both parents have
it, there is an 80 percent chance that their children will have it too.
Once upon a time, I had medical insurance coverage and I was able to afford any
medication my doctor prescribed. I used to have a slew of little bottles and
creams that were somewhat effective in relieving the itching, but nothing I ever
tried had any effect whatsoever in terms of reducing the severity or frequency
of eczema attacks. Topical applications of cortisone cream have a limited effect
in terms of relieving the itching, but cortisone just suppresses eczema and can
actually cause it to spread.
There's a theory that eczema can be brought on by stress, and I believe that may
be true. After experiencing a year long constant virulent attack during 2004
through 2005 when I was under severe stress, I decided to seek medical help in
order to find out whether anything new had been discovered regarding eczema
treatment. The only treatment I didn't already know about involves exposure to
ultraviolet light radiation which is very expensive.
For many years there have been medications that are taken internally, but all of
them require regular blood testing for possible liver damage. For me, this is
out of the question because any medication that is capable of causing liver
damage comes under the category of unacceptable.
One day I was returning from a doctor visit when I passed a health food store,
and I had some time to spend so I went in. The woman behind the counter turned
out to be a certified nutritionist so I asked her whether she knew anything
about eczema treatment that the doctors don't know about. She said "Yes, I do."
I said "Really. Tell me."
She brought out a small bottle of liquid zinc and told me that some of her
customers had reported success with topical applications on their eczema
sores. So I bought a bottle. I figured "What have I got to lose? Nothing. Twenty
bucks, maybe." To my surprise, it relieved the itching and seemed to have some
limited effect in reducing the inflammations.
The health food store lady had told me that zinc is a healer so I started
thinking about it. I remembered that Desitin is a very effective and well known
treatment for baby rash and that the active ingredient is zinc oxide. I thought
"If liquid zinc is effective topically, how much more effective could it be if I
take it internally?"
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