Eczema

Eczema, a vesicular eruption affecting the skin. It usually commences with itching, and an examination of the affected part reveals the presence of a number of minute prominences, or papules as they are called. Within each papule a small collection of fluid appears, and the papule becomes a vesicle; the vesicle then bursts, and the contained fluid exudes, and, drying on the skin surface, forms ei scab. Matters are complicated, as a rule, by the scratching and rubbing of the inflamed surface, which are provoked by the intense irritation of the affected parts. Eczema may be acute or chronic. In the former case the disease runs its course in