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Ekoma And Eczema
Eczema affects the skin, causing redness, itching, oozing and over time rough hard thickened skin may occur. This can have an enormous impact on the whole family. Typically it goes through phases of being severe, then less severe and then worse again. Sometimes flares can be due to factors outlined below but often no cause can be identified. It is a disease that gets better or worse over the space of days, weeks and/or months.

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