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Diet and daily life adjustment for patients with eczema

2024-08-12

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Eczema, called "wet sore" in traditional Chinese medicine, is an inflammatory skin disease of the superficial dermis and epidermis caused by a variety of internal and external factors. The main clinical manifestations are itching, erythema, papules, blisters, exudation, erosion, etc. It is often symmetrically distributed, recurrent, and the course of the disease is prolonged and unhealed.

External factors that cause eczema include various allergens, pathogenic microorganisms, environmental changes and other external stimuli. External environmental conditions such as cold, warm, and humid conditions, physical stimulation, or excessive cleaning can damage the skin barrier, cause skin flora imbalance, activate the epidermal immune system, and trigger an inflammatory response. The inflammatory response causes the skin to itch, and the continuous stimulation of "scratch-itch-scratch" further aggravates skin damage, forming a vicious cycle that seriously affects patients' daily work and life.

Eczema patients should pay attention to the following points in their daily life:

1. Diet: It is recommended to eat a light diet with less salt and sugar to avoid excessive accumulation of water and sodium in the body, which will aggravate the exudation and erosion of the rash. Avoid spicy and irritating foods, such as peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, etc. Beef, mutton and seafood are traditionally irritants. Modern medical research believes that beef and mutton contain arachidonic acid, which can aggravate inflammation. In terms of fruits, peaches and mangoes are common allergens. Avoid drinking strong tea, coffee, and alcohol. Patients can keep a food diary, carefully record their three meals a day, and record the time of each attack of eczema, and reasonably analyze the relationship between food and the onset of eczema.