Professor Eli Shprecherleading dermatologist and oncodermatologist
Eczema is a chronic relapsing condition that affects the skin. It is accompanied by acute inflammatory processes and symptoms. The disease is not contagious, has an allergic nature, and is characterized by skin rashes that cause burning, itching, and pain.
Eczema can occur in people of all ages, regardless of social status and gender. The doctors at Ichilov Top Clinic have accumulated vast experience in treating a wide range of skin diseases. Thousands of patients from all over the world come to Israel every year to be treated for dermatitis and eczema.
For the treatment of eczema in our clinic, both modern conservative methods and time-tested procedures are used. Israel is known as an international health resort - it is hard to find a person who has not heard of the healing properties of the Dead Sea resorts and therapeutic muds that can relieve people of chronic skin diseases.
Eczema Treatment at Top Ichilov Clinic
For the treatment of eczema, antihistamines and glucocorticoid hormones are used. Local treatment includes ointments, creams, and moist-drying dressings with antibacterial solutions. Comprehensive treatment of this complex disease brings about the subsidence of inflammatory processes. Remission periods become prolonged, and new rashes do not appear. However, provoking factors can exacerbate the course of the disease.
Simultaneously with local treatment, strengthening and treatment of the whole body are carried out. The patient must undergo a course of procedures to strengthen the immune system, dietary treatment, and replenishment of vitamins and minerals.
Dead Sea – a place that relieves eczema
The healing properties of the mud sources of the Dead Sea are recognized worldwide. People have been treated here since ancient times. The healing natural properties and climatic balneological features of the Dead Sea are used by the clinic's doctors to relieve patients' suffering. Unique mud successfully treats eczema, and exacerbation periods do not manifest, gradually all skin manifestations disappear.
Resort treatment involves the use of natural materials: mud therapy, sea baths, sun and air baths, and wrapping with seaweed. Without medical drugs, patients are cured of eczema, their overall condition improves, and sleep normalizes. Specialists at the "Top Ichilov" clinic recommend that people suffering from eczema regularly undergo sanatorium-resort treatment at the Dead Sea.
Eczema Diagnosis in Israel
The causes of the disease are external and internal factors. External factors can include thermal, mechanical, chemical, or bacterial agents. Internal factors include diseases of internal organs, metabolic disorders, chronic diseases, dysbiosis, vascular insufficiency, and nervous disorders.
The course of eczema is characterized by: erythematous stage, papulovesicular stage, oozing stage, and crusting stage. The course of the disease is accompanied by itching and burning in the affected areas. There is no clear localization of the foci; they most often appear on the head, neck, and upper limbs, with symmetry of the foci observed. Constant itching often leads to nervous disorders in patients and insomnia. Scratching the affected areas leads to their infection, worsening the patients' condition. Chronic eczema is characterized by periodic exacerbations of the disease alternating with periods of remission.
For the examination of patients suspected of having eczema, our clinic employs modern differential diagnostic methods that allow for the exclusion of other skin pathologies - scabies, trichophytosis, dermatitis, etc. During the diagnostic process, microscopic examination of the skin is performed, and a detailed blood analysis is conducted. Thanks to rapid and accurate diagnostics, it is possible to promptly identify the cause of the skin disease and prescribe the necessary treatment course.