When eczema affects the area around the ears, it can cause discomfort, itching, redness, and dry, flaky skin. It may lead to inflection and other complications as well. Experts estimate that atopic ...

Overactive Immune System People who have eczema tend to have an overactive immune system that responds to irritants or allergens by producing inflammation. When an irritant or an allergen “switches on ...

How do you know if your itchy, red, inflamed skin rash is atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis? These two skin conditions can have similar symptoms, but different causes and triggers. You can have ...

Between an unrelenting itch that interrupts sleep and the social challenges of rashes that can appear anywhere on the body without warning, atopic dermatitis has many ways of raising a person’s stress ...