Patient Education Information

Eczema: Tips on How to Care for Your Skin - Information from the American Academy of Family Physicians about controlling flare-ups of eczema.

What is Atopic Dermatitis? - Eczema is one type of dermatitis, so check out this fact sheet too.

Daily Skin Care Essential to Control Atopic Dermatitis and
Moisturizing and Cleansing Key to Treating Atopic Dermatitis and
Proper Treatment Helps Ease Burden of Eczema - The American Academy of Dermatology provides this information.

Dermatitis/Eczema - The Mayo Clinic specialists offer this information.

Eczema - Basic information about eczema from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Frequently Asked Questions - EczemaNet offers these questions and answers.

Handout on Health: Atopic Dermatitis - This booklet is for people who have atopic dermatitis (often called "eczema"), parents and caregivers of children with atopic dermatitis, and others interested in learning more about the disease. The booklet describes the disease and its symptoms and contains information about diagnosis and treatment as well as current research efforts supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It also discusses issues such as skin care, health care, and quality of life for people with atopic dermatitis.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Preventing Flare-Ups - Learn more about how to keep the eczema at bay.

Skin Disorders - Basic information about different skin disorders and ways in which they can be controlled. This page comes from New Zealand, so some of the treatment information may vary.

Under My Skin - A book for kids in Adobe format. You can view the entire book or choose a chapter.