• Individual susceptibility to offending agent.
• Familial predisposition.
• Prolonged exposure to sunlight.
• Exposure to ultra-voilet rays.
• Trauma.
• Infection.
• Psychogenic stress.
• Pre-existing disease.
• Poor general health.
• Hyperhydrosis.
• Focal sepsis.
• Exposure to allergen.
• During hormonal immbalance.
• Sedentry life.
• Constipation.
• Any other condition which lowers local skin resistance.

• Infection.
• Ide eruption (dissemination).
• Cotact dermatitis.
• Erythroderma.

• Anxiety.
• Depression.

• Wage loss.
• Debility.
• Social ostracism.

• Clinically.

• Psoriasis.
• Scabies.
• Tinea infection.

• Reassurance.
• Identify offending agent.
• Early removal from offending agent.
• Avoid contact.
• Maintain personal hygiene.
• Maintain electrolyte balance.
• Avoid scratching.
• Adequate physical & mental rest.

KENT- SKIN- ERUPTIONS- ECZEMA.

a. Depression, melancholy, despairing, indifferent.
b. Anxious, fearful, restless, full of anguish.
c. Irritable, sensitive, peevish, easily vexed.

The greater the suffering the greater the anguish, restlessness and fear of death. Mentally restless, but physically too weak to move.

Calcarea Carb

It is indicated in the Eczema of the children, when it appears on the scalp, with a tendency to spread downwards and over the face. Frequently it appears in patches on the face or scalp, forming thick crusts, which are often white, like chalk deposits.
Leucophlegmatic, blond hair, light complexion, blue eyes, fair skin; tendency to obesity in youth. Psoric constitutions; pale, weak, timid, easily tired when walking. Disposed to grow fat, corpulent, unwieldy. Children with red face, flabby muscles, who sweat easily and take cold readily in consequence. Large heads and abdomens; fontanelles and sutures open; bones soft, develop very slowly. Curvature of bones, especially spine and long bones; extremities crooked, deformed; bones irregularly developed. Head sweats profusely while sleeping, wetting pillow far around.

Graphites

Very useful in Eczema, which looks very much like that of Ars., but with rough skin and oozing of a glutinous fluid. Eczematous eruption appears about the eyes, on the cheeks, on and behind the ears, on the top of the head and down the occiput; it may also be scattered here and there over the surface of the body, particularly in the bends of the joints.
"Excessive cautiousness; timid, hesitates; unable to decide about anything. Fidgety while sitting at work. Sad, despondent; music makes her weep; thinks of nothing but death. Eczema of lids; eruption moist and fissured; lids red and margins covered with scales or crusts.

Hepar sulph.

It is called for in eczematous eruptions, which have a purulent discharge, and are accompanied by itching.
For torpid lymphatic constitutions; persons with light hair and complexion, slow to act, muscles soft and flabby. The slightest injury causes suppuration. Diseases where the system has been injured by the abuse of Mercury. In diseases where suppuration seems inevitable, Hepar may open the abscess and hasten the cure. Oversensitive, physically and mentally; the slightest cause irritates him; quick, hasty speech and hasty drinking. Patient is peevish, angry at the least trifle; hypochondriacal; unreasonably anxious. Extremely sensitive to cold air, imagines he can feel the air if a door is opened in the next room; must be wrapped up to the face even in hot weather; cannot bear to be uncovered.

Mercurius

It is useful when the Itch has been complicated with pustulous and eczematous eruptions.
Best adapted for light-haired persons; skin and muscles lax. In bone diseases, pain worse at night; glandular swellings with or without suppuration, but especially if suppuration be too profuse. Cold swellings; abscesses, slow to suppurate. Profuse perspiration attends nearly every complaint, but does not relieve; may even increase the suffering. Great weakness and trembling from least exertion.

Mezereum

It is useful esp. in scrofulous cases, when hard, thick, chalky crusts form, which crack and ooze copiously of pus. Itching is more intense at night, when the patient is warmly wrapped up. Sometimes pimples surround the main seat of the disease. It should be compared with Rhus Tox.
For light-haired, irresolute persons of a phlegmatic temperament. Eczema and itching eruptions after vaccination. Hypochondriacal and despondent;indifferent to everything and everyone; angry at trifles and perfectly harmless things, but is soon sorry for it.

Natrum Muriaticum

It it called for in an Eczema, which appears in thick scabs, oozing pus and matting the hair together, a crusta lactea, in fact. Scaly eruptions on flexor surfaces and the bends of joints.
For the anaemic and cachectic, whether from lots of vital fluids - profuse menses, seminal losses or mental affections. Great emaciation; losing flesh while living well ; throat and neck of children emaciate rapidly during summer complaint . Great liability to take cold. Irritability: child cross when spoken to; crying from slightest cause; gets into a passion about trifles, especially when consoled with. Awkward, hasty, drops things from nervous weakness. Marked disposition to weep; sad weeping mood, without cause, but consolation from others <. her troubles.

Petroleum

An excellent remedy for Eczema, wherever it may appear, forming thick scabs and oozing pus. The skin soon grows more harsh and dry and there form deep cracks and fissures which bleed and suppurate.
Adapted to persons with light hair and skin; irritable, quarrelsome disposition; easily offended at trifles; vexed at everything. Ailments: from riding in a carriage, railroad car, or in a ship. Ailments which are worse before and during a thunderstorm. Symptoms appear and disappear rapidly

Psorinum

A scaly dirty-looking eruption with itching, worse from the warmth of the bed. Especially adapted to the psoric constitution. In chronic cases when well selected remedies fail to relieve or permanently improve. Body has a filthy smell even after bathing. The whole body painful, easily sprained and injured. Great sensitiveness to cold air or change of weather.

Rananculus Bulbosus.

It may be used in Eczema, attended with thickening of the skin and formation of hard, horny scabs.
One of our most effective remedies for the bad effects of alcoholic beverages; spasmodic hiccough; delirium tremens.

Rhus Tox

It is useful in Eczema, when hard, thick chalky crusts form, which crack and ooze copious pus.
Adapted to persons of rheumatic diathesis; bad effects of getting wet, especially after being over-heated.

Staphysagria

It may be used in eczematous eruption on any part of the body, but esp. apt to be found on the head and face; the eruption is usually dry and formed of very thick scabs and itches violently; when scratching stops the itching in one place, it goes to another. At other times, these scabs are moist and yellowish in color and very offensive.

Sulphur

Eczema rubrum. Gouty eczema with much oozing. Skin dry, rough, scaly, voluptuous itching _ "feels so good to scratch Itching in skin, even of whole body, worse at night, or in morning, in bed, and often with pain as of excoriation, heat, itching (soreness), or bleeding of the part which has been scratched.

Adapted to persons of a scrofulous diathesis, subject to venous congestion; especially of portal system. Persons of nervous temperament, quick motioned, quick tempered, plethoric, skin excessively sensitive to atmospheric changes. For lean, stoop shouldered persons who walk and sit stooping like old men. Standing is the worst position for sulphur patients; they cannot stand; every standing position is uncomfortable. Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections. Aversion to being washed; always <. after a bath.