Eczema in Children

Eczema is a very inconsistent and unfair skin disorder. It can infect anyone from the very youngest- infants- to the most senior of people. Eczema is an equal “age opportunity” skin condition and is just as common in males as it is in females. Atopic eczema, the most common type of eczema across the globe, affects an average of one out of every eight or nine children. An estimated thirty percent of babies are likely to develop the disorder. On average about seventy to seventy-five percent of babies or young children who develop eczema will outgrow it before they become teenagers or else before they enter their twenties.

Over half of the children who are plagued by eczema will also develop other allergy related disorders such as a hypersensitivity to other allergens such as food or dust, asthma or hay fever. These children will also be more likely to suffer from problem and/or dry skin for the majority of their lives. Children and infants most often develop a case of eczema on their faces but also on their hands, elbows, and the backs of their knees. For reasons that science cannot explain, for those children who outgrow eczema, it also shows improvement on their faces before other parts of their body.