Certain foods can cause increased eczema symptoms

Certain foods can increase eczema
Atopic dermatitis is a mostly chronic, inflammatory skin disorder, which in many cases represents a massive burden for those affected. Because in addition to an extremely dry skin, redness and inflammation, an unbearable itchy rash occurs, which affects mainly the head, face and hands. However, it can be helpful if patients do without certain foods.

Dry skin and itching often become agony
Atopic dermatitis (also known as "atopic eczema") is a widespread disease, of which, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), a total of 3.5 percent of adults (women: 3.9%, men: 3.1%) and good seven percent of children and adolescents are affected. The symptoms can vary greatly depending on the age. It is typical, however, that the skin disease occurs in batches, causing the patient even have no symptoms, but then suddenly again suffer from unbearable itching and massive skin lesions.

In people with atopic dermatitis is often relatively soon after eating certain foods the itching. (Image: Astrid Gast / fotolia.com)

Meal plan must be individually tailored
But the complaints can be alleviated by certain behaviors. As reported by the Apothekerkammer Niedersachsen, for example, some foods are suspected of reinforcing an existing disease. Which play exactly a role, can be quite different from case to case. Accordingly, there are no general nutrition tips for atopic dermatitis patients - instead, the diet must be individually tailored to allergies and intolerances of the person affected, so the announcement of the Pharmacists.

Attentive observation of children important
Since atopic dermatitis usually begins at an early age, parents of affected children should therefore closely monitor which foods, ingredients or additives the small patients are sensitive to. If a relationship between certain foods and the severity of the symptoms is discernible, these should be taboo in the future - a deletion of the entire food group, however, the information is not necessary. React the child, e.g. on apples, it should nevertheless continue to grab pears or grapes. Because if the whole group were deleted from the diet, the risk of a one-sided diet would increase, emphasizes the Apothekerkammer Niedersachsen. In order to keep track of several meals a day and to be able to recognize which foods are risky, always recommend a food diary. (No)