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Allergic skin reactions
Allergy suffering is quite common, but not all allergies are the same. One of them is produced by contact with a foreign substance that causes us itching and stinging. To avoid this, we must ensure that what generates it.
What is?
Our body recognizes as foreign substances in the outside and develops a mechanism that causes immune reactions occur.
In the case of the skin, the body activates an inflammatory process that causes cells by skin lesions appear.
Eczema is a skin lesion characterized by inflammation and flaking. It is produced by the reaction of our organism to a substance which has had contact.
The most common causes are metals, chromium, colognes or deodorants components and the application or ingestion of certain medications.
Symptoms
Mild eczema, rashes and redness on the skin surface.
The skin swells and changes its appearance to the touch and sight.
The redness and warmth, redness due to increased blood supply by inflammation, pruritus, which is characterized by itching in the area, the papule, which is identified by its relief, the vesiculation or blistering known, and the eczematization, which produces skin peeling.
Treatment
Going to a medical specialist to find out whether an allergy.
Determine the substance that produces allergy and avoid components that cause it.
Corticosteroid ointment or topically applied antihistamines and corticosteroid injections, according to the intensity of the reaction.