Category: The 411
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Allergist Update – Allergy Shot!!
Just finished shadowing my allergist and getting my yearly checkup with him! The verdict?!? There’s nothing to worry about with my eye!! It’s just a mild break out of Eczema that should subside by the time school starts. For extra precaution, he also prescribed some medication I could take it if gets worse. My allergist…
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Did you know?
Did you know more than 31 million individuals in the United States experience various types of eczema? Atopic dermatitis affects all ethnicities, races, genders, and ages, although it can appear more often or slightly less often among different groups. Pertaining to race, according to the National Eczema Association, eczema is the most common among Asians…
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Weeping
Oozing like honey. That’s the best way to describe the severity of my eczema condition. With eczema, there’s a variety of different symptoms. Although none of them are “good”, one of the worst symptoms to experience and have is weeping, and unfortunately that was the symptom I was experiencing the most. Weeping eczema is the…
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dupilumab (Dupixent)
Today, I have exciting news to share with you all! As a medicine related blogger that mainly focuses on my experiences with eczema, I try to show the different ways to help relieve eczema triggers, the different medications I have used, and what works and what doesn’t. After many different steroids, lotions, medications, I have…
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Backstory
As I mentioned in the last post, I have a severe case of eczema and have lived with it since the day I was born. I was “officially” diagnosed with my eczema condition at age 3. From there, my pediatrician recommended to my parents that they take me to the allergist and the allergist then…
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Something New?
Today, I want to share with you guys my recent experience at the dermatologist. Many of you readers may not know this, but I was diagnosed with a severe case of eczema at three years-old. When diagnosed with this pesky skin condition, the doctors had told my parents that I would probably outgrow this condition…
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