If you or your child has eczema, you know the cycle well. Your skin itches, so you scratch it. Then it becomes red, raw, and … itchy. So you scratch again. Then it gets worse (swollen or bleeding) and it keeps going. Eczema is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that effects nine million children in the United States. It also affects more than 7% of adults, according to the National Eczema Society. Whatever your age, you’ll want to make sure you’re taking the right steps to help tame the itch, and not make it worse. Test your knowledge on how best to do that by taking this quiz.
This article was originally published January 24, 2018 and most recently updated August 2, 2022.
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