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Our diet has a direct impact on the skin and some foods can cause allergies and eczema break-outs. If you don’t already know which foods you are allergic to, you can have an allergy test performed by your doctor called a skin prick test. If this is not possible, you can keep a check on what you eat and when you feel itchy. This will take around a month or two to get exact results where you keep a diary or what you eat and eczema attacks. After a while you will see a correlation between the two and be able to isolate certain foods.

Depending on the type of eczema, the symptoms may vary; however there are a few common symptoms. These are the so-called primary symptoms, and we can mention here reddening of the skin, a prolonged itching sensation, swelling of the affected areas, and sometimes blistering, and crusting.

If the eczema is not treated, there appear the secondary symptoms. The skin becomes scaly and thick, dries up, and there can appear in some areas a change of color and loss of hair.It is known that depending on the type of the eczema, it is possible that a combination of these symptoms to appear.

The diet should also contain plenty of healthy oils that can be obtained from olive oil and other un- and polyunsaturated fats. You should also eat plenty of fruit and vegetables for that all important vitamin C which assists in creating new skin cells and gets rid of toxins in the body.

Woollen clothes can cause extreme allergies in some people and milder to no allergies in others. However, if you have had any prior discomfort and itching while wearing wool, it is best to avoid it altogether. This includes, cashmere blends, mohair, Merino wool,gucci handbags, woollen blankets, socks, scarves and hats.

Denim and leather have also been known to cause irritation due to a build up of heat. Again, if you have had a bad experience when wearing these materials but didn’t put it down to your clothing, you can be extra vigilant the next time and potentially banish these materials from your wardrobe.