The Menkes Clinic & Surgery Center
- Where
- Melchor Pavilion, 2490 Hospital Drive, Suite 201, Mountain View , CA
- Call
- +1 650.962.4600
- Contact
- Web
- The Menkes Clinic & Surgery Center Website
- Tags
- Health & Wellness, Dermatologists
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Eczema (also called atopic dermatitis) is a common genetic skin condition affecting infants, children, and adults that is characterized by increased sensitivity to many environmental factors resulting in itching and a scaly rash which may involve the entire skin. Individuals who suffer from eczema often experience intense itching after exposure to certain environmental triggers such as house dust mite, wool, and grass. Contact with these allergens can result in an itchy, scaly rash that usually becomes chronic if not appropriately treated. Patients may also experience flares of their eczema in the absence of any identifiable trigger. Seasonal outbreaks are also commonly observed with worsening of the rash during the winter and summer months.
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